Lead VFX Artist

Location: Hybrid, based at a studio in Oxford, Warwick, or Runcorn, United Kingdom. Applicants must have the permanent right to work in the UK; visa sponsorship is not available.

Company

hirify.global is an independent video game developer with in-house film, motion-capture, board game, book, comic, and graphic novel production.

What you will do

• Define the creative vision and technical direction for real-time VFX on an upcoming project.
• Lead, guide, and mentor a team of VFX artists while maintaining quality and visual consistency.
• Collaborate with art, design, and engineering leadership to align VFX with gameplay and narrative goals.
• Establish scalable workflows, pipelines, and best practices for efficient content production.
• Own VFX delivery at scale while balancing visual impact, performance budgets, and platform requirements.
• Provide feedback, support career development, and solve complex technical production challenges.

Requirements

• Extensive professional experience in real-time VFX and a portfolio demonstrating strong artistry, technical mastery, and a cohesive visual style.
• Leadership experience managing or mentoring VFX artists and setting quality and efficiency standards.
• Expertise with Blender, Photoshop, Substance, After Effects, Houdini, Embergen, or equivalent tools.
• Deep knowledge of particle systems, textures, simulations, and real-time optimization.
• Strong cross-discipline collaboration skills across art, design, and engineering.
• Experience with project planning, source control, documentation, and scalable pipelines.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work with collaboration across multiple UK studios.
• 22 days of holiday plus Christmas closure and UK bank holidays, increasing with service.
• Private medical insurance, healthcare cash plan, dental and vision coverage.
• Life assurance, income protection, critical illness cover, enhanced family leave, and pension scheme.
• Mental health and wellbeing support, discounts, free parking, social events, and other staff benefits.
• Open, friendly, creative, and inclusive working environment with opportunities for development.