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title: 'VFX Artist at Wildlife Studios'
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# VFX Artist at Wildlife Studios

- **Company:** Wildlife Studios
- **Location:** São Paulo, Brazil
- **Posted:** 2026-07-14
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/wildlifestudios/jobs/8613645002

## Job description

## About the Team

The Art Team at Wildlife is growing. With an audience that numbers in the millions, our games have the power to impact countless lives. Our games connect people with interesting characters, vibrant worlds, and unforgettable experiences. That’s no small task, but we have a powerful secret weapon: our people. The Wildlife team is a collection of world-class talent, a team focused on synergy, collaboration, and growing strong together.

## About the Role

Our Real-Time VFX Artists help breath life, depth and immersion to our game experiences. For that to happen, the Real-Time VFX Artists work closely on all aspects of the game development process. Our Real-Time VFX Artists have a strong sense of elevating gameplay by adding dynamic, clear and breathtaking effects that will astonish our players.

Who you are:

- Craft Knowledge: You craft and implement compelling moments using your knowledge of shape language, values, colors, textures and animation principles.
- Team Player: You are a self-motivated team player who proactively seeks feedback and shares knowledge.
- Pipeline: You are always on top of the latest tools and techniques to help shape our pipelines.
- Software Expertise: You have experience working across multiple software packages to create effective VFX assets such as Photoshop, After Effects, Maya, Substance Designer, Unity, etc.

What you’ll do:

- Collaboration: You will work closely with Art Directors to help establish a cohesive look for our games. You will also work with various other artists and disciplines such as engineering, design and audio to bring viscerality to our gameplay.
- Problem Solving: You will prototype VFX and shaders which effectively develop tone and pacing of gameplay events.
- Communication: You will use your excellent communication skills in a collaborative and diverse work environment.
- Game Developer Mindset: You will balance both the quality and efficiency of your VFX assets while working under tight deadlines.
- Prototyper: To achieve the best product value, you will iterate on what feels right. You’ll be tasked with concepting and blocking out solutions to test in game during the development process. It’s not all about the polishing.

What you’ll need:

- Experience working as a VFX Artist in games or proven ability to execute real-time assets with a style varying from realistic to stylized
- A resume and an online portfolio showcasing your work.
- You know your way around at least one game engine (Unity) and understand the various parts of the game development pipeline.

Pluses:

- You have experience working in mobile titles.
- You own a basic knowledge of motion graphics and 3d asset creation.

We welcome people from all backgrounds who seek the opportunity to help build the best gaming company, where everyone thrives. Please note that an art test may be required during the evaluation process.

## About Wildlife

Wildlife is one of the leading mobile game developers and publishers in the world. We have released more than 60 titles, reaching billions of people around the globe. Today, we have offices in Brazil, Argentina, Ireland, and the United States. Here, we create games that will excite, intrigue, and engage our players for years to come!

## Equal Opportunity & Affirmative Action

Wildlife is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, colour, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. We’re committed to providing accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance, please let us know at recruitment@wildlifestudios.com.

## About Wildlife Studios

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Wildlife Studios is a leading global mobile game developer and publisher, one of the 10 largest mobile gaming companies in the world, with a portfolio of over 60 games that have reached billions of players.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B)
- **Headquarters**: São Paulo, Brazil
- **Founded**: 2011
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Mobile gaming (free-to-play)
- Target customers: B2C – global mobile gamers
- Mission statement: "We dream of being the best technology company to work for in the world and we aspire to develop games that will be remembered by generations." [careers.wildlifestudios.com](https://careers.wildlifestudios.com/)

## Products & Services
- **[Zooba]**: Multiplayer battle royale mobile game with animal characters.
- **[War Machines]**: Real-time multiplayer tank battle game.
- **[Tennis Clash]**: Real-time multiplayer tennis game that reached #1 in over 100 countries.
- **[Sniper 3D]**: First-person shooter sniper game; was the giant shooting game worldwide until Fortnite’s launch.
- **[Castle Crush]**: Real-time multiplayer strategy card game.
- **[Bike Race]**: Physics-based racing game that won Apple Game of the Year (2012) and Facebook Game of the Year (2013).
- **[Colorfy]**: Coloring book app for mobile with over 90 million users.
- **[Racing Penguin]**: Early hit that reached 100,000 downloads per day.
- All products are mobile games (free-to-play with in-app purchases).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: $3 billion (as of Series B round in 2021) [newsroom.wildlifestudios.com](https://newsroom.wildlifestudios.com/fast-facts/)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of $120M (Series B, 2021); over 4.7 billion total game downloads; ~400 employees
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Lead investors not disclosed in provided sources. Affiliated studios include Never Forget Games (USA), Playabit (Turkey), 8 Bit Bandits (USA), Stellar Core (Finland), SuperWow! (USA), and FoxBear Games (USA). [newsroom.wildlifestudios.com](https://newsroom.wildlifestudios.com/fast-facts/)
- **Growth Signals**: Opened offices in the US, Brazil, Finland, Ireland, Argentina, and Israel; announced multiple affiliated studios in 2021–2022; portfolio expanded to 60+ games; reached 3 billion downloads milestone.

## Competitive Advantages
- Massive global user base (billions of downloads) and proven ability to create hit titles across multiple genres.
- Strong focus on talent acquisition and retention with a transparent, generous compensation philosophy.
- Global studio network with offices in key markets, enabling access to diverse talent and local insights.
- Commitment to diversity and equal opportunity in hiring, which helps build inclusive teams that reflect a global player base.

## Strategic Focus
- Continue expanding globally by opening new offices and forming affiliated studios.
- Scale development and delivery capacity by hiring top-tier talent worldwide.
- Maintain a portfolio of engaging, long-lived games (e.g., Sniper 3D still updated years after launch).
- Build a company culture that aims to be the best technology workplace in the world.

## Why Work Here
- Culture highlights: "Being in Wildlife is about being part of something big" – employees are called "Wilders" and are treated as part of a mission to create memorable games. [careers.wildlifestudios.com](https://careers.wildlifestudios.com/)
- Recruitment process is transparent, with clear expectations, coaching from recruiters, and a focus on candidate experience.
- Compensation philosophy: "We don’t offer the minimum possible wage… we try to be generous" and operate within a range based on market expectations and interview evaluation. [careers.wildlifestudios.com](https://careers.wildlifestudios.com/talent-acquisition/)
- Remote/hybrid policy: Transitioned to work-from-home during COVID-19; all roles were expected to begin as remote at that time. Current policy not specified in provided sources.
- Notable perks: Strong emphasis on diversity and inclusion; state-of-the-art technologies used in recruitment; HR teams dedicated to each business unit.

## Sources
1. [wildlifestudios.com](https://wildlifestudios.com/)
2. [careers.wildlifestudios.com](https://careers.wildlifestudios.com/)
3. [careers.wildlifestudios.com/talent-acquisition](https://careers.wildlifestudios.com/talent-acquisition/)
4. [newsroom.wildlifestudios.com/fast-facts](https://newsroom.wildlifestudios.com/fast-facts/)
5. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/wildlifestudios](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/wildlifestudios)

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