VFX Artist

Post Date

Jan 16, 2026

Location

Cary,
North Carolina

ZIP/Postal Code

27518
US
Mar 21, 2026 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract

Category

Designer

Req #

SEA-244e4229-0b7a-4511-82c7-cf0a24f7a92e

Pay Rate

$32 - $40 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

A large game studio is looking for a FX Artist to join our team. A successful candidate should have a strong sense of dramatic effects and an understanding of how to recreate them in a real-time particle editor. They will be first and foremost a team player, while also having the ability to be self-motivated and work autonomously.

If you have a strong sense of weight, timing, motion, and you demonstrate technical aptitude with Materials and Logic, then we are ready for you to bring those abilities to execute outstanding FX in our games.

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Required Skills & Experience

• Must have a strong reel/portfolio showing executed Real-Time FX work
• Experience with Unreal is preferred
• You have a critical eye for the timing, animation, and motion of real-world objects and visual FX with an ability to bring dramatic FX to life with flair
• Ability to create all art needed for the FX
• Desire to work with a team. Share knowledge and grow together
• Shipped multiple titles within the game industry
• Strong desire to learn new techniques, and grow tools and pipeline
• Experience working on a live-service game is a plus

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.