About the role
Company Overview
Lakshya, a Keywords Studios company, is headquartered in Gurgaon, India, and maintains a team of over 700 employees across studio facilities in Gurgaon, Pune, and Seattle, with sales offices in San Diego and Tokyo. Established in 2004, the studio has spent two decades building a reputation in the game development industry. They have contributed art to over a hundred game titles, including Bloodborne, Dark Souls II, Just Cause 3, WWE 2K16, Uncharted 2, Farmville, and Cityville. The senior team comprises international and Indian talent with experience across various game platforms and genres. Lakshya works in collaboration with NASSCOM to support the growth of the game development ecosystem in India.
About the Role
The studio is seeking a Senior VFX Artist to lead the creation of high-impact real-time effects. This role involves creating and implementing VFX for Legends, weapons, and seasonal moments. The position reports to the Lead VFX Artist and requires close collaboration with Art, Design, Animation, and Engineering teams to elevate the visual quality of the game. The ideal candidate possesses a passion for visceral, intense combat and understands how VFX drives player intensity, readability, and emotional impact.
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.
- Proficiency with relevant DCC tools such as Maya, Houdini, Photoshop, or Substance Designer.
- Experience implementing work within a game engine or proprietary toolset.
- Experience mentoring, reviewing work, or guiding other artists.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills across disciplines.
- Passion for making and playing games.
Preferred Qualifications
- Portfolio examples showcasing bombastic, gritty combat and VFX-driven player intensity.
- Experience creating VFX for visceral, intense combat games.
- Experience with first-person games, sci-fi art direction, or live-service seasonal content.
- Shipped AAA game credit.
Responsibilities
- Create and implement high-quality real-time VFX for abilities, weapons, seasonal content, and gameplay moments.
- Focus on delivering effects that are visceral, impactful, and consistent with the intensity of combat.
- Define and maintain the visual quality bar for VFX across seasonal updates, weapon releases, character abilities, and gameplay moments.
- Perform VFX problem-solving for complex content, including visual polish, performance constraints, and technical issues across the content pipeline.
- Collaborate with Art, Design, Animation, and Engineering to develop effects that support gameplay, improve clarity, and strengthen visual identity.
- Raise the quality and consistency of the team’s work.
- Contribute to visual direction and help evolve real-time VFX language.
- Support production planning to ensure work is scoped and delivered effectively.
Benefits
- Opportunity to work on globally recognized game titles.
- Competitive salaries and annual performance-based bonuses.
- Generous paid time off, including 26 annual leaves and additional paid time off from December 25th to January 1st.
- Coverage for Term Insurance and Personal accidental insurance.
- Free Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental and emotional wellbeing.
- Special Education Assistance Scheme for career development.
Role Information
- Studio: Lakshya
- Location: Asia Pacific, India
- Area of Work: Art Services
- Service: Create
- Employment Type: Full Time
- Working Pattern: Onsite