Senior Real-Time VFX Artist (Unreal)

confidential; Austin (TX); On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellness

Time Off to Recharge

Financial Well-being

Life & Family Support

Volunteer and Community Initiatives

Learning & Development

Exclusive Perks

Job summary

Skeleton Key, a game development studio and division of Wizards of the Coast, is seeking a Senior VFX Artist to join our Montreal team. You will craft real-time VFX for diverse environments and assets in our first AAA project, collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams to push visual fidelity.

Bring experience with Unreal Engine, Niagara, Houdini, and related tools; mentor teammates and contribute to pipeline improvements.

Qualifications

• Proven experience building real-time VFX for games using Unreal Engine.
• Strong portfolio showing high-quality, integrated VFX for environments and characters.
• Ability to mentor junior artists and collaborate across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Improve the visual quality of the game by crafting high-quality real-time VFX.
• Collaborate with Art, Lighting, Design, Sound, Animation, and Production to bring levels to life.
• Help improve pipelines and VFX creation techniques/tools.
• Mentor junior visual effect artists.

Skills

Unreal Engine experience

VFX artist

Team collaboration

Mentoring

Creative vision

Tools

Niagara System

Material Building

Blueprints

Chaos Destruction

EmberGen

LiquiGen

Houdini

Maya

Photoshop

After Effects

Job description

Skeleton Key, a game development studio and division of Wizards of the Coast, is seeking a Senior VFX Artist to join our Montreal team. You will craft real-time VFX for diverse environments and assets in our first AAA project, collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams to push visual fidelity.

Bring experience with Unreal Engine, Niagara, Houdini, and related tools; mentor teammates and contribute to pipeline improvements.