VFX Artist

CurlyBlue · India

We are a creative technology studio focused on immersive digital experiences. We collaborate with top-tier professionals in North America to develop innovative projects at the forefront of Virtual Reality and interactive media.

Our team is currently working on a new VR multiplayer experience built in Unity for Meta Quest platforms, combining engaging gameplay with expressive characters and environments. This project is a flagship initiative within a world-leading VR content ecosystem.

Build the game’s real-time VFX. Particle systems are the core of this role — you author, tune, and optimize effects that read well and stay inside strict VR performance limits. You own your effects from brief to in-game, working autonomously.

• Author gameplay and environment VFX in Unity’s built-in particle system (Shuriken).
• Work to a hard budget: very low particle counts, opaque / alpha-clipped materials only, 512×512 textures.
• Interpret concept, reference footage, and art direction into finished effects.
• Tune timing, scale, colour, and emission so effects read clearly in a headset.
• Use shaders and materials to carry visual complexity so particle count stays low.
• Build and maintain reusable VFX setups and texture sheets.
• Test in headset and cut overdraw when effects cost too much.
• Work with 3D, Design, and Dev on effect hookup and game feel.

• Strong Unity particle system skills — emission, shape, lifetime modules, texture sheet animation, sub-emitters, culling. This is the main thing we assess.
• Autonomous — you take a brief, make your own calls, unblock yourself, and deliver without close supervision.
• Basic shader authoring for VFX — you can build and modify your own VFX shaders and materials, not only use existing ones.
• Ability to hit a visual target without transparency — alpha-clipped and opaque only.
• Understanding of overdraw and why it is expensive on mobile VR hardware.
• Strong art sense — silhouette, timing, colour, readability.
• Texture authoring for VFX (Photoshop / Substance / equivalent) and flipbook creation.
• Mid-level minimum — at least one full production cycle of VFX work behind you.
• A portfolio or reel showing VFX you made yourself.
• English, written and spoken.

• Shipped VR or mobile title.
• Advanced shader work — dissolve, distortion, vertex animation, complex masking.
• C# scripting for VFX hookup and pooling.
• Houdini for flipbook or mesh generation.
• 3D DCC basics for VFX meshes.

• Precision: High-quality output and attention to detail in balancing VR experiences.
• Innovation: Creativity and a passion for immersive, interactive storytelling.
• Growth: Teamwork, adaptability, and a desire to continuously learn within the VR field.

If you are a motivated VFX Artist eager to craft exceptional VR experiences for Meta Quest and contribute to an industry-leading team, we encourage you to apply! Please send your CVs to talent@jmancurly.com!