VFX Artist II

Respawn Entertainment; Madison (WI); Híbrido; USD 104 000 - 157 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Respawn Entertainment is seeking a VFX Artist 2 to support the Apex Legends content creation team. The role is hybrid, located in North America, and focuses on real-time VFX across legends, weapons, and seasonal events.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years in games, a portfolio of shipped work, and proficiency with Maya/Houdini/Photoshop/Substance Designer, plus engine integration experience. Join us to help evolve Apex’s visual language and gameplay clarity.

Qualificações

• 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 Maya, Houdini, Photoshop, or Substance Designer, and experience implementing your work within a game engine or proprietary toolset.

Responsabilidades

• 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.

Conhecimentos

Real-time VFX

Shipped in-game work

Live-service / seasonal content

FPS / battle royale background

AAA game credit

Portfolio development

Ferramentas

Maya

Houdini

Photoshop

Substance Designer

Descrição da oferta de emprego

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.

Job Title: VFX Artist 2 — Apex Legends

Location: Vancouver, BC

• Los Angeles, CA
• Madison, WI

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.

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

PAY RANGES

• British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria) *$92,900 - $129,200 CAD
• California (depending on location e.g. Los Angeles vs. San Francisco) *$104,400 - $157,400 USD

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.