Sr. VFX Artist

About the Position

Lakshya, a Keywords Studios company, is a leading game art studio in India with a team of over 700 employees. Based in Gurgaon, Lakshya has created art for over a hundred game titles, including global hits such as Bloodborne, Dark Souls II, and Just Cause 3. We are seeking a Senior VFX Artist to help lead the creation of high-impact real-time effects. In this role, you will create and implement VFX that bring Legends, weapons, and seasonal moments to life - reporting to the Lead VFX Artist and collaborating closely with Art, Design, Animation, and Engineering to raise the visual quality bar across the game.

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Responsibilities

• Create and implement high-quality real-time VFX for abilities, weapons, seasonal content, and gameplay moments - with a focus on delivering effects that feel visceral, impactful, and true to the intensity of combat.
• Help define and maintain the visual quality bar for VFX across seasonal updates, weapon releases, character abilities, and gameplay moments.
• VFX problem-solving for complex content, including visual polish, performance constraints, and technical issues across the content pipeline.
• Collaborate closely with Art, Design, Animation, and Engineering to develop effects that support gameplay, improve clarity, and strengthen the visual identity of the game.
• Help raise the quality and consistency of the team’s work.
• Contribute to visual direction and help evolve real-time VFX language, supporting production planning to ensure work is scoped and delivered effectively.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience as a real-time VFX artist in the games or film industry.
• Strong portfolio of shipped in-game real-time VFX work; portfolio examples that showcase bombastic, gritty combat and VFX-driven player intensity are a strong plus.
• Proficiency with relevant DCC tools such as Maya, Houdini, Photoshop, or Substance Designer, and experience implementing your own work within a game engine or proprietary toolset.
• Experience mentoring, reviewing work, or helping guide other artists, with strong communication and collaboration skills across disciplines.
• Passion for making and playing games.

We Offer

• Competitive salaries and annual performance-based bonuses.
• Generous paid time off. You get 26 Annual leaves and additional paid time off at the year-end (from 25th December to 1st January).
• Term Insurance and Personal accidental insurance.
• Benefit from our free Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental and emotional wellbeing.
• Special Education Assistance Scheme to further develop your career.
• Opportunity to work on some of the best-known game titles in the world.
• And a lot more!

Location

Gurugram, Haryana, India

About the Company

Lakshya, a Keywords Studios company, is a leading game art studio in India with a team of over 700 employees. Based in Gurgaon, Lakshya has created art for over a hundred game titles, including global hits such as Bloodborne, Dark Souls II, and Just Cause 3. Lakshya works closely with NASSCOM to help in the growth of the game development eco-system in India.