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VFX Artist

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of professional experience in real-time VFX for games
  • Strong Unreal Engine skills, including Niagara
  • Proven ability to work across stylized and realistic art styles
  • A solid portfolio showing range, quality, and technical understanding

Responsibilities

  • Create real-time VFX assets across a range of game genres and styles
  • Work within a custom engine to build, implement, and iterate on effects
  • Collaborate with art leads to ensure work meets client expectations and project specs
  • Adapt your approach across both stylized and realistic visual styles

Key facts

  • Remote from: Romania
  • Freelance
  • Mid-level (2-5 years)
  • Character Artist
  • English

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Communication

About the company

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Amber

Video Games & Interactive Entertainment

Amber is a global game development company built by a collective of artisans residing in eight locations covering four different continents. We are evolving the art and science of play by operating on a scaled-up, vertically integrated organizational model to achieve mastery in the full set of game development specializations.

Company details

Company typeLarge
IndustryVideo Games & Interactive Entertainment
Company size1001 - 5000

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Job description

ABOUT THE ROLE

We're looking for a Mid-Level VFX Artist to join Amber Art Studio. You'll be creating real-time visual effects for AAA and high-end game projects, working closely with art leads and clients to deliver work that meets both technical and creative briefs.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

- Create real-time VFX assets across a range of game genres and styles

- Work within a custom engine to build, implement, and iterate on effects

- Collaborate with art leads to ensure work meets client expectations and project specs

- Adapt your approach across both stylized and realistic visual styles

- Contribute to internal quality reviews and take on feedback efficiently

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

- 3+ years of professional experience in real-time VFX for games

- Strong Unreal Engine skills, including Niagara

- Proven ability to work across stylized and realistic art styles

- A solid portfolio showing range, quality, and technical understanding

- Good communication and the ability to work within a structured production pipeline

NICE TO HAVE

- Experience with Houdini or other simulation tools

- Familiarity with shader creation and material systems

- Experience working in an outsourcing or co-development environment

ABOUT AMBER ART STUDIO

Amber Art Studio is the dedicated art vertical of Amber Studios, a multi-disciplinary games services company. We specialize in high-end art production for game developers and publishers worldwide, covering character, environment, hard surface, concept, VFX, and tech art. Our team works across a broad range of projects, styles, and platforms — delivering quality that meets AAA standards.

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