Lead VFX Artist
Snap Inc. is a camera company. We believe that reinventing the camera represents our greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Our products empower people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.
Snapchat is a camera used by over 150 million people every day to Snap with family, watch Stories from friends, see events from around the world, and explore expertly-curated content from top publishers. In short, we are passionate team working hard to build the best platform in the world for communication and storytelling.
We’re looking for a Lead VFX Designer to join Team Snapchat! We’re looking for someone who’s experienced in producing visual effects for animation and games. Working from our Venice, CA headquarters, you’ll create special effects for our products, help us develop creative new experiences, and play a vital role in shaping how Snapchat tells visual stories.
What you'll do:
- Lead the VFX team that creates visual effects for Snapchat products
- Act as art director to oversee creative VFX approaches, and ensure quality based on storyboards and instructions from the project lead
- Produce new visual effects for Snapchat products
- Seek out creative, design-led solutions to challenging problems
- Support the development of tools that optimize the VFX production processes
- Create new video concepts and prepare design resources for development
- Openly give and receive constructive design feedback
- Work with other designers and engineers to oversee new user experiences from concept to launch
- Create video mock-ups and final assets
- Produce a library of effects for Snapchat products
- Collaborate with the Engineering team to build out specs and user stories
What we're looking for:
- 3+ years of experience in a Lead VFX Designer role
- 7+ years of experience in producing VFX
- Past experience working on animation projects
- Strong design skills with a portfolio that showcases your work
- Strong knowledge of 3D software (Maya, Houdini, etc.)
- Proficiency with After Effects / Nuke is a plus
- Excellent communication skills
- A great attitude and self-starter mentality
- A sense of precision and an eye for detail
- Ability to complete tasks within production schedules and deadlines in an organized manner
- Ability to learn and adapt to new workflows and methods
- Someone open and responsive to guidance and review notes from both creative and technical supervisors
- A passion for Snapchat and creativity!