Virtual Art Department Generalist - Vancouver, Canada - CoSA VFX

CoSA VFX

Verified Company

Vancouver, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Department:

Virtual Art Department
Location:
Vancouver, BCCoSA VFX is an awardwinning, fastpaced, and highly collaborative Visual Effects studio with locations in Los Angeles, Vancouver, and Atlanta. We are seeking
Virtual Art Department Unreal Generalist for current and upcoming projects. While this is a remote role, artists in British Columbia and Ontario will be given preference.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Work within a team to develop and deliver highly detailed and optimized 3D assets and Virtual Environments inside the Unreal Engine for use in Virtual Productions for Film, commercials, and Episodic Television.
Work within a team to output high quality assets
Understand client feedback accordingly to produce highquality, client focused assets
Work to meet defined deadlines
Serve as an active participant in team art discussions, critiques, and reviews
Capable of picking up setups from other artists as well as creating looks from scratch
Engage effectively on multiple projects at the same time
Solve creative problems using simple, efficient techniques, and communicate ideas and techniques with teammates, and iterate rapidly based on client notes
Work with a broad range of resources and tools to create environments that will be reviewed and manipulated in realtime using virtual production techniques
Creates texture maps and sets up basic shaders for look development.

REQUIREMENTS:

2+ years of professional game production or Virtual Art Department experience in a Senior or Lead Artist role
A commitment to teamwork, excellent communication, and interpersonal skills
Strong organizational skills and selfmotivation
Advanced knowledge of Unreal Engine
Expertise of modeling/Texturing/Shading/Lighting/Post Process effects for game development.
Working knowledge of Maya or equivalent
Understanding of Substance Painter/Quixel Mixer or equivalent
Proficiency in the areas of Layout, Sequencer Animation, and Rendering inside Unreal Engine

PREFFERRED:

Expertise of Scripting/Development tools and blueprint creation for Unreal
Understanding of Source Control/Perforce
Working knowledge of Shotgrid
Competence of Optimization for Unreal
Problem solver

**CoSA's compensation and benefits package includes: 4% gross earnings paid in lieu of vacation, paid sick leave as well as extended health & dental insurance.