3D Artist

Numbered Gaming Co; Victoria; Hybrid; CAD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A cutting-edge VR game studio in Victoria, BC, is seeking a Senior 3D Artist & UI/UX Designer to craft immersive experiences using Unreal Engine 5. The ideal candidate has over 4 years of experience and a strong portfolio showcasing stylised 3D models and UI. This role offers not only a competitive salary but also early-employee ownership options, promoting creative autonomy within a collaborative team environment.

Benefits

Ownership upside

Health and wellness benefits

Annual learning budget

Access to latest VR tech

Qualifications

• Portfolio showing stylised 3D models and functional UI mock-ups.
• Hands-on experience with Unreal Engine 5 and its features.
• Strong optimisation mindset regarding performance.

Responsibilities

• Craft low-poly models and design engaging UI.
• Build game-ready environments, props, and validate assets in UE5.
• Profile scenes for performance and optimize as needed.

Skills

3D Asset Creation

UI / UX Design

Unreal Engine 5

Blender

Collaboration

AI-assisted workflows

Education

4+ years in game/XR asset creation

Tools

Photoshop

Maya

Substance tools

Job description

Senior 3D Artist & UI / UX Designer — VR (Unreal Engine 5)

Location : Victoria, British Columbia / Hybrid

Reports to : Creative Director

Type : Full-time

Compensation : $65 000 CAD + early-employee ownership option

Why We Need You

We’re a small, fast-moving studio building a stylised, high-energy VR title in Unreal Engine 5. Every person we hire shapes the final experience—and the company itself. Alongside equity / revenue-share upside, you’ll help us :

• craft low-poly, clean-topology models optimised for stereo rendering;
• design reach-and-grab UI that feels native in-headset;
• selectively leverage AI-assisted tools (procedural modelling, generative texturing, blueprint copilots) to speed up iteration—never as a crutch, always as an accelerator;
• jump into UE5 to profile, light, script and polish until the scene sings.

What You’ll Do: 3D Asset Creation & Integration

• Build game-ready environments and props in Blender (or similar).
• Generate UVs, LODs, light-map UVs and lightweight colliders.
• Export to UE5, validate scale, pivots, material assignments and Nanite / HLOD setup.
• Experiment with AI workflows—e.g., generating concept thumbnails or base textures—then refine by hand to meet our art style.

UI / UX & Blueprint Implementation

• Design VR-legible HUDs, icons and diegetic panels.
• Author widget blueprints (UMG) and hook up interactions for hand-tracking or controller pointers.
• Iterate via headset play-tests, applying comfort heuristics (text size, safe zones, snap turns).
• Prototype layouts quickly using AI design assistants when useful, while keeping final decisions user-tested and artist-led.

Technical Art & Performance

• Profile scenes with Unreal Insights; fix draw-call and overdraw issues; script importer tools if needed.
• Tune materials, merge instanced meshes, and batch-generate LODs to hold a stable 90 FPS.

Lighting, VFX & Shaders

• Own Niagara particles, baked + stationary lighting passes, and lightweight Material Graph / HLSL shaders for mobile-class GPUs.

Cross-Platform VR Readiness

• Balance texture budgets (ASTC 6×6), poly limits and feature toggles across Quest 3 and PCVR SKUs.

Pipeline & Source Control

• Use Perforce (or Git-LFS) for large binaries, set up pre-commit checks, and keep naming tidy.

Optional Specialisms

• Control Rig skinning & animation exports.
• Concept-art paint-overs & marketing key-art.
• Photogrammetry cleanup, Houdini procedural asset creation.

What You Bring

• 4+ years creating assets and/or UI for shipped games or XR experiences.
• Portfolio showing stylised 3D models and functional UI mock-ups.
• Fluency in Blender or Maya, Substance tools, Photoshop / Illustrator.
• Hands-on Unreal Engine 5 experience: importing assets, setting up materials, building widget blueprints.
• Strong optimisation mindset—poly counts, texture memory, draw calls are second nature.
• Self-management—you can take a feature from brief to headset demo without micromanagement.
• Collaborative attitude—comfortable giving / receiving feedback across art, design, and engineering.
• Comfort with AI-assisted workflows: you know when they save time, when they introduce risk, and how to keep the human creative vision in control.

Bonus Points

• Shipped VR title on Quest, PS VR 2, or PCVR.
• Control Rig, Niagara VFX, or HLSL shader chops.
• Familiarity with accessibility standards & motion-sickness mitigation in VR.

What We Offer

• Ownership upside – early-employee equity or revenue-share plan.
• Competitive salary (flexible salary / equity mix).
• Small team that values autonomy, candour, and creative experimentation.
• Chance to define studio art standards and influence product vision from the ground up.
• Health, dental, and wellness benefits.
• Opportunities for technical leadership and creative direction.
• Annual learning budget—including courses on emerging AI art / tech—to keep your skills sharp.
• Access to the latest VR tech and dev tools.
• Hybrid or in-person studio culture in beautiful Victoria, BC.

How to Apply

Email [e-mail] with the subject “3D & UI / UX — VR”. Include :

• A short intro (who you are, why this role excites you).
• A link to your portfolio or reel—highlight VR or UE5 work if possible.
• Your résumé (PDF or LinkedIn is fine).

We review every application and will reply to promising candidates within two weeks.

Build worlds people can step into—and share in the ownership of what you create.