Senior / Director VFX Artist (Stylized Games | Unity3D)

TL;DR

Senior / Director VFX Artist (Stylized Games | Unity3D): Create expressive, stylized VFX with strong readability, timing, and visual impact for AA and AAA Unity3D projects with an accent on gameplay-driven effects and client alignment. Focus on implementing in VFX Graph, Shader Graph, and particle systems, optimizing for performance, and maintaining consistency across production.

Fully Remote (Poznań, Poland, Europe)

Company

Collaborative studio delivering stylized AA and AAA game projects.

What you will do

• Collaborate directly with client’s Art Director as main VFX contact, translating feedback into production-ready effects
• Create high-quality stylized VFX for gameplay, environments, and events emphasizing readability, timing, and game feel
• Build and iterate VFX in Unity3D using VFX Graph, Shader Graph, and particle systems
• Maintain VFX quality, consistency, and direction while staying hands-on in production
• Optimize effects for real-time performance, overdraw, and platform constraints
• Work with designers, programmers, and technical artists in remote agile workflow

Requirements

• 5+ years as VFX Artist in games, including Senior/Lead experience
• Strong stylized real-time VFX portfolio with gameplay examples
• Expertise in timing, motion, color, shape language for stylized effects
• Experience with textures, flipbooks, shader-based effects, Houdini, Photoshop
• Proven Unity3D VFX skills (VFX Graph, Shader Graph, particles) and gameplay integration
• Fluent English, strong communication for remote client collaboration

Nice to have

• Mobile games or performance-constrained platforms experience
• Houdini simulations and flipbook workflows
• Basic C# scripting for effects
• Stylized/non-realistic styles and distributed team experience

Culture & Benefits

• Stable full-time role with employment or B2B options
• Direct impact on VFX workflows and project quality
• Production-focused studio culture with experienced teams
• Competitive compensation
• Annual team retreats for alignment, learning, and bonding
• Fully remote collaborative environment