Senior Visual Effects Artist - EA Sports

Electronic Arts; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an FX Artist, where your creativity will shape the future of interactive entertainment. In this role, you will design and implement stunning real-time visual effects that enhance gameplay experiences. Collaborating with talented teams, you will ensure that every effect meets the highest standards of quality and creativity. This is an exciting opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in a dynamic environment that values innovation and collaboration. If you have a passion for games and a strong artistic vision, this role is perfect for you!

Benefits

3 weeks vacation

10 days sick time

Paid parental leave

Extended health/dental/vision coverage

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plan

Free games

Qualifications

• Experience as an effects artist on professional projects.
• Strong understanding of real-time VFX and artistic vision.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement compelling realistic effects.
• Coordinate with teams to ensure FX match the game's vision.
• Fix FX related bugs and improve creation techniques.

Skills

Real-time VFX

Artistic Vision

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Passion for games

Education

2+ years experience as an effects artist

Experience with game engines

Tools

Photoshop

After Effects

Maya

Job description

Role ID: 207814

Worker Type: Regular Employee

Studio/Department: Flexible Work Arrangement

Work Model: Hybrid

Description & Requirements

Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. A community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen.

About the Organization: EA is one of the most iconic brands in entertainment with nearly 30 years of innovation and connection of millions of players across the globe to their favorite video games IP. We are assembling a team with the purpose of constructing a novel and immersive experience. This is your opportunity to join this new team that will shape the future of interactive entertainment.

About the Role: This FX Artist will help create incredible real-time rendered visual effects that meet the vision for the gameplay experience. You have sensibilities pertaining to real-time rendered FX both technically and creatively and are experienced as a member of a game development team (or a team that develops within a game engine) with a focus on creating FX. We are picturing someone with a passion for fun gameplay and the ability to both inspire and create, who can embrace our game development philosophy and share their hard-earned expertise to create an incredible experience for our players.

Your Responsibilities

1. Bring life and excitement to the game through your design and implementation of compelling realistic effects.
2. Coordinate with Art, Design, and Animation to ensure FX match the quality bar and vision for the game.
3. Fix FX related bugs, including performance and budget issues.
4. Help improve technical pipelines and FX creation techniques/tools.
5. Participate in research and development.

Your Qualifications

1. 2+ years experience as an effects artist on professional projects.
2. Experience working within a game engine.
3. Demonstrable ability to create beautiful and affecting VFX for games, film/tv, or a combination of both.
4. Strong understanding of real-time VFX.
5. Both technical and creative with a strong artistic vision.
6. Mastery of relevant software packages such as Photoshop, After Effects, and Maya.
7. A reel with examples of your work showcasing the above.
8. Passion for making and playing games.

Compensation and Benefits

The ranges listed below are what EA in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in these locations at the time of this posting. If you reside in a different location, a recruiter will advise on the applicable range and benefits. Pay offered will be determined based on a number of relevant business and candidate factors (e.g. education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, or business needs).

In British Columbia, we offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave), extended health/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.

About Electronic Arts

We’re proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that brings out your potential to creating space for learning and experimenting, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth.

We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.