Scopely Explore
Pokémon GO is the global gaming sensation that has been downloaded over 1 billion times and named “Best Mobile Game” by the Game Developers Choice Awards and “Best App of the Year” by TechCrunch. Pokémon GO follows Scopely Explore’s mission of encouraging outdoor exploration, exercise, and significant social interactions, and has grossed over $6B in revenue since its debut in 2016. In order to delight our millions of players across the globe, the Pokémon GO team requires motivated and skilled individuals to develop new features and look for creative ways to optimize a continually growing game.
We are seeking a Technical VFX Artist with creative and technical expertise to help across a variety of live-game challenges and features. This is a hybrid role, with three days per week on-site at our Tokyo studio. You will work with cross-functional partners and bridge technical and creative aspects of game development. You will leverage your curiosity and passion for mobile games to develop best in class game features.
Responsibilities
- Create performant VFX in Unity while maintaining intended artistic direction.
- Collaborate with art, design, engineering, and product teams to build features and solve creative problems.
- Build rapid prototypes of experimental features using Unity 3D or other mobile platform tools.
- Iterate on Unity 3D scene implementation to finalize product and creative requirements.
- Create performant graphics shaders for beautiful visuals.
- Facilitate communication and collaboration between art and engineering.
- Leverage AI to accelerate prototyping, c