VFX Artist
Naughty Dog· Naughty Dog
Santa Monica, CA$57.98/hr - $72.45/hrtemporaryPosted 4w ago
About the role
Naughty Dog is seeking a Visual Effects Artist to visualize, create and implement real-time visual effects for video games, collaborating with other effects artists and the development team in a hybrid/onsite environment.
Responsibilities
- Visualize, create and implement real-time visual effects
- Create effects that work optimally on the target platform
- Be proactive and self-motivated, seeking out tasks remaining to be done
- Collaborate with other effects artists, and the rest of the development team to make the best game possible
- Additional responsibilities may be assigned as needed
Qualifications
- Technical knowledge and artistic abilities working with sprite type particles and materials within a game engine or equivalent VFX experience on movies/tv/commercials that have aired
- Ability to optimize effects such that they run/render efficiently AND look great
- Strong sense of form, color, timing, and composition
- Advanced problem solving techniques and patience to resolve the numerous hurdles that present themselves while working to achieve the highest quality effects
- Natural tendency to take on a problem and to work with others until the problem is resolved
Skills
Required:Sprite particle systemsReal-time VFXOptimizationColor, timing, compositionCollaboration
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
Last updated Sep 27, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Naughty Dog
Naughty Dog, LLC.
Naughty Dog, LLC.
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