VFX Artist II

Electronic Arts; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation 3 weeks

Sick time 10 days

EI/QPIP top-up

Extended health/dental/vision

Retirement plan

Bonus programs

Job summary

Respawn Entertainment is seeking a VFX Artist to support the Apex Legends content creation team. You will create and implement real-time effects for legends, weapons, and seasonal moments, reporting to the VFX Director and collaborating with Art, Design, Animation, and Engineering to deliver polished, performant VFX.

Join a team known for Apex Legends and Star Wars titles, contributing to the live service with timing, color, and motion that enhance gameplay clarity and visual identity.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional experience as a real-time VFX artist in the games industry.
• Ability to create high-quality real-time VFX for games, with a portfolio of shipped in-game work.

Responsibilities

• Create and implement real-time VFX for legend abilities, weapons, seasonal content, environmental moments, and gameplay events across the Apex Legends live service.
• Elevate seasonal content drops with effects that bring energy, impact, and visual identity to new characters, weapon releases, and limited-time events.
• Use timing, shape, motion, and color to develop effects that support gameplay clarity and reinforce the Apex visual language.
• Coordinate with Art, Design, Animation, and Engineering throughout development to ensure VFX match the quality bar and vision for each content area.
• Solve VFX-related problems and help fix bugs, including performance and memory budget issues, as they arise across the content pipeline.
• Contribute to the continuous evolution of Apex Legends' visual language by delivering consistent, polished, game-ready effects season over season.

Skills

Real-time VFX

VFX in games

Maya/Houdini

Portfolio review

Tools

Maya

Houdini

Photoshop

Substance Designer

Job description

• California
• United States of America
• Madison
• Wisconsin
• United States of America

Role ID

216459

Worker Type

Regular Employee

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. Part of 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.

Description & Requirements

Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of 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.

Work Model: Hybrid

Respawn Entertainment

Founded in 2010, Respawn was created with the philosophy that when talented people have creative freedom, they'll make extraordinary games that achieve the unexpected. Respawn Entertainment is the Academy Award-winning studio behind Apex Legends, Titanfall, and Star Wars™ Jedi titles. Join us to help shape the future of one of the world's leading live service franchises.

Respawn Entertainment is looking for a VFX Artist to support the Apex Legends content creation team.

In this role, you will create and implement real-time effects that bring Legends, weapons, and seasonal moments to life — reporting to the VFX Director and collaborating closely with Art, Design, Animation, and Engineering to deliver polished, performant VFX across the full breadth of Apex's live service. You will apply your understanding of timing, shape, motion, and color to help build the Apex universe while maintaining our readability.

Responsibilities

• Create and implement real-time VFX for legend abilities, weapons, seasonal content, environmental moments, and gameplay events across the Apex Legends live service.
• Elevate seasonal content drops with effects that bring energy, impact, and visual identity to new characters, weapon releases, and limited-time events.
• Use timing, shape, motion, and color to develop effects that support gameplay clarity and reinforce the Apex visual language.
• Coordinate with Art, Design, Animation, and Engineering throughout development to ensure VFX match the quality bar and vision for each content area.
• Solve VFX-related problems and help fix bugs, including performance and memory budget issues, as they arise across the content pipeline.
• Contribute to the continuous evolution of Apex Legends' visual language by delivering consistent, polished, game-ready effects season over season.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional experience as a real-time VFX artist in the games industry.
• Ability to create high-quality real-time VFX for games, with a portfolio of shipped in-game work.
• Proficiency with relevant DCC tools such as Maya, Houdini, Photoshop, or Substance Designer, and experience implementing your work within a game engine or proprietary toolset.
• Passion for making and playing games. Background in first-person shooters, battle royale, or competitive multiplayer games.
• Live-service or seasonal content cycle experience.
• Shipped AAA game credit.

Pay Transparency - North America

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).

PAY RANGES

Pay is just one part of the overall compensation at EA.

In the US, we offer a package of benefits including paid time off (3 weeks per year to start), 80 hours per year of sick time, 16 paid company holidays per year, 10 weeks paid time off to bond with baby, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and other incentive programs.

For Canada, 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 other incentive programs.

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 adopt a holistic approach to our benefits programs, emphasizing physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life. Our packages are tailored to meet local needs and may include healthcare coverage, mental well-being support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leaves, complimentary games, and 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.