Sr. VFX Artist

Lakshya, a Keywords Studios company, in India is headquartered in Gurgaon and has a team of over 700 employees spread across studio facilities in Gurgaon, Pune and Seattle, and sales offices in San Diego and Tokyo. Setup in 2004, Lakshya has, over the last 20 years, created a reputation in the game development industry for being a highly talented and dependable game art studio. During this time, Lakshya has created art for over a hundred game titles, including hugely successful global hits such as Bloodborne, Dark Souls II, Just Cause 3, WWE 2K16, Uncharted 2, Farmville and Cityville. Lakshya’s senior team, which comprises of top-notch International and Indian talent, has a huge amount of experience of creating art for different game platforms and genres. Lakshya blends artistic creativity with strong process orientation in order to deliver best in class services. Lakshya works closely with NASSCOM to help in the growth of the game development eco-system in India.

For more info, please refer to https://lakshyadigital.com/ 

About the Role:

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. We are looking for someone with a passion for visceral, intense combat and a deep understanding of how VFX can drive player intensity, readability, and emotional impact in a fight.

• 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.
• Experience creating VFX for visceral, intense combat games is a plus. 
• Experience with first-person games, sci-fi art direction, or live-service seasonal content is a plus.
• Shipped AAA game credit is a plus.

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 Apex Legends.
• Helping 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.

• We offer the opportunity to work on some of the best-known game titles in the world.

• We offer competitive salaries and annual performance-based bonuses.
• We offer generous paid time off. You get 26 Annual leaves and additional paid time off at the year-end (from 25th December to 1st January).
• We cover Term Insurance and Personal accidental insurance for you.
• Benefit from our free Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental and emotional wellbeing.
• You can also avail our Special Education Assistance Scheme to further develop your career.
• … And a lot more!

Role Information: EN
Studio: Lakshya
Location: Asia Pacific, India,
Area of Work: Art Services
Service: Create
Employment Type: Full Time
Working Pattern: Onsite