Visual Effects Artist - EA Sports

Avature; Burnaby; Hybrid; CAD 73,000 - 102,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team as an FX Artist, where your creativity and technical skills will bring games to life through stunning visual effects. This role offers the chance to collaborate with talented artists and developers, contributing to innovative projects that shape the future of interactive entertainment. Your expertise in real-time VFX and mastery of industry-standard software will be pivotal in creating immersive experiences that captivate players. With a strong emphasis on diversity and inclusion, this opportunity allows you to thrive in a supportive environment while making a significant impact in the gaming industry.

Benefits

3 weeks vacation per year

10 days sick time

Paid top-up for parental leave

Extended health/dental/vision coverage

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plan

Free games

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in creating VFX for games or film.
• Strong technical and creative skills with a solid artistic vision.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement realistic effects to enhance gameplay.
• Coordinate with teams to ensure FX quality matches game vision.
• Fix FX related bugs and improve technical pipelines.

Skills

Real-time VFX

Game engine experience

Artistic vision

Photoshop

After Effects

Maya

Team collaboration

Education

2+ years experience as an effects artist

Tools

Photoshop

After Effects

Maya

Job description

Role ID: 207814

Worker Type: Regular Employee

Studio/Department: Flexible Work Arrangement

Work Model: Hybrid

Description & Requirements

We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.

About the Organization: EA is one of the most iconic brands in entertainment with nearly 30 years of innovation, passion, 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 which 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).

Base Salary Ranges: $73,200 - $101,700 CAD

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.