Volunteer VFX Artist | Humanitarian Operations

We are looking for someone who is passionate about all aspects of VFX design and implementation, with the ability to create dazzling effects, within technical restrictions and that aid in gameplay immersion.

What will you be doing?

About The Role

Humanitarian Operations is the UK registered charity that is releasing a new education platform for children that are subject to lockdown, social distancing, and home learning. This is your chance to make a difference in their lives.The ideal candidate will have a history of demonstrating an exceptional eye for detail, creative flair, stylistic versatility and the ability to effectively communicate and collaborate on artistic and technical aspects with other team disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Use your command over aesthetics and physics to create real world VFX;
• Collaborate with designers, artists and coders to design and implement those VFX;
• Willingness to muck-in, and will support other team members;
• Contribute to new techniques and workflows;
• Create protoypes and pre-visualisation concepts to help establish visual effects direction and workflows
• Collaborate with design team and unity teams to create visual effects that support gameplay requirements
• Be up to date on current and emerging visual effect trends and technology
• Work with the Graphical Rendering team/Technical Art team in the development and improvement of workflows and technologies to improve visual effect quality and performance.
• Work through all aspects of the VFX pipeline, which includes creating content from concept to final polished result

What’s in it for the volunteer?

Taking on this volunteer advisor role with Humanitarian Operations will have many benefits. This is an amazing opportunity for you to use your expertise to nurture a groundbreaking company, a team of talented young individuals and to play part in spreading happiness, love and hope around the world. We are trying to change the world for the better in ways no one has yet thought of. There is so much potential within our walls and it only gets better with your help.

What are we looking for?

• Requirements
• Good understanding of real-time VFX authoring tools
• Experience with 3D packages for creating 3D assets would be plus
• Good knowledge of Photoshop and After Effects
• Strong and demonstrable understanding of the Principles of Real Time VFX effects
• Understanding of VFX impact on console performance
• Highly passionate and self-motivated to create high quality VFX
• The ability to work with various styles of art on multiple projects
• Self-starter able to follow initiative
• Able and willing to learn and adapt quickly in a start-up environment
• You need to be based in the Greater London area. Unfortunately, we are not evaluating if you are currently living outside London
• Must have your own laptop which you can use and bring to work
• We are looking for someone who can join on an immediate basis.

What difference will you make?

Who are we?

Humanitarian Operations (HOPE) started as a ‘First Responder Disaster Relief Agency’ on September 1st, 2004, when the Bahamian Government became overwhelmed by the disaster and destruction caused by Hurricane Frances. The team has operated and provided much needed assistance in every major disaster location since its formation, including the Haitian Earthquake, the Indian Ocean Tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and the floods in India. It is impossible to quantify the number of lives that have been saved. Humanitarian Operations is now branching into our second mission; to eradicate educational inequality. We aim to make education widely available to every child in the world, regardless of their background or location, and without prejudice. We are growing our team and looking for like-minded individuals to bring their skills to push our mission forward. We value teamwork, honesty, and flexibility in the workplace, and creating an environment for each individual to flourish is of the utmost importance to us.

What’s it like to work at HOPE?

At Humanitarian Operations, we do things a little differently. We are done with corporate hierarchies and work in an agile, start-up, fashion. We celebrate everyone’s individuality and ideas as exactly what they are; valuable! There are no ‘stupid questions’ or ’wrong answers’, all opinions matter. We offer creative autonomy in each role and take a collaborative approach to solve problems. We don’t believe in micro-management, we believe in supporting each individual to reach their best potential and finding the most efficient and innovative solutions.

Causes

• Education

Organisation type

Charity

For the public benefit the relief and assistance of people in any part of the world who are the victims of war or natural disaster, trouble, or catastrophe in particular by supply of food, water,…