VFX Manager

Company Description At Boyu Consulting, we understand that exceptional games are built by exceptional people. We partner with gaming companies to identify and connect high-quality talent across Game Art, Technical Art, Animation, VFX, Game Design, Engineering, and Production. With deep industry understanding and a targeted search approach, we go beyond simply matching resumes with job descriptions. We focus on understanding each project’s technical requirements, creative vision, team culture, and long-term talent needs. From highly specialized roles to key development positions, Boyu Consulting helps game studios access exceptional talent and build the teams behind outstanding games. General Information You are passionate about bringing the final “soul” and impactful feel to the team’s collective creation. In this role, you will create dramatic and stylized visual effects for an in-development game project, enhancing in-game events, combat feedback, and animation presentation. You will be skilled at transforming 2D concept art into high-frequency, high-quality in-game visual effects. You will strike the right balance between color, lighting, contrast, and visual clarity to create exciting and memorable visual experiences for players. A strong sense of timing and rhythm is also essential—not only to enhance the visual appeal of the effects, but also to reinforce gameplay readability and visual feedback. You will work closely with the VFX Director to ensure your work aligns with the project’s artistic style and technical requirements. Under the guidance of the VFX leadership, you will actively absorb and apply feedback to deliver highly polished and professional-quality work that adds value to the overall player experience. You will continuously push beyond team expectations while developing and refining both your artistic and technical skills. You will join a highly talented creative team and work in a collaborative, inclusive, and respectful environment. You will demonstrate creative problem-solving skills when facing design challenges and have opportunities to contribute ideas for improving workflows, identifying potential process improvements, and enhancing the efficiency and quality of the final game experience.Responsibilities - Consistently deliver high-quality, stylized visual effects, including both gameplay-driven and event-driven VFX. - Identify opportunities and provide constructive suggestions for workflow and pipeline improvements as part of daily production. - Provide accurate estimates for the time and effort required to complete assigned development tasks. - Collaborate closely with team members to ensure all art assets maintain a high level of visual consistency across the game.Qualifications - Proficient in the Unreal Engine VFX pipeline. - Demonstrated expertise in creating highly stylized visual effects, with the ability to translate concept art and storyboards into polished VFX sequences. A strong sense of timing and rhythm is essential. - Strong technical expertise with the ability to create and manage complex chained VFX sequences. Able to effectively synchronize and integrate animated meshes and flipbook textures to achieve cohesive artistic timing and visual presentation.