FX Artist

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FX Artist

Speculative application

Role Details

We’re looking for an FX Artist to join our CG team and deliver high-quality, visually compelling simulations for film and high-end TV. You’ll be responsible for creating a wide range of effects – from fire, smoke and water to stylised design-led simulations – using Houdini and working closely with our lighting, CG, comp and production teams.

What you’ll do:

  • Create realistic and stylised FX including smoke, fire, fluids, explosions, cloth, fur, destruction and crowds using Houdini

  • Recreate natural phenomena and character FX to match live-action plates or full-CG shots

  • Lighting and rendering your FX for seamless comp integration

  • Collaborate with CG and lighting artists to ensure effects work aesthetically and technically in the shot

  • Use templates and presets to build and refine tools, and help improve team workflows

  • Troubleshoot creative and technical issues to deliver FX at the highest quality

  • Interpret and respond to creative briefs, adjusting your approach where needed

  • Provide clear and regular updates to leads and production

  • Work proactively, either independently or as part of a team, depending on project needs

What we’re looking for:

  • Proven experience creating photo-real and stylised FX for film or episodic projects

  • Excellent Houdini skills, with a strong understanding of pyro, particles, fluids, cloth, destruction and procedural workflows

  • Experience shading, lighting and rendering FX (e.g. using Mantra, Karma, Arnold or similar)

  • A creative problem-solver with a strong eye for motion, detail, and composition

  • Familiarity with VFX production pipelines and a collaborative, team-oriented mindset

  • Comfortable troubleshooting and helping others debug technical issues

  • Knowledge of physics and natural phenomena at different scales

  • Bonus: scripting knowledge (Python or VEX), experience working with fur/hair setups

  • A calm, flexible and professional approach – especially when priorities shift

  • Great communicator, confident working across departments and with production

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