VFX Artist

Summary

Join Digital Extremes as a VFX Artist and utilize your traditional art training and 3D art knowledge to create high-quality special effects for video games. You will collaborate with various teams, ensuring effects meet technical specifications and enhance gameplay. Keeping up-to-date with industry trends and utilizing game engines and tools are crucial. The ideal candidate possesses 3+ years of VFX experience in video games, a relevant university degree, and excellent communication skills. Digital Extremes offers a competitive salary, excellent benefits, paid time off, and various professional development opportunities.

Requirements

• 3+ years’ previous experience creating high quality VFX for video games
• Excellent understanding of what makes special effects work - particle systems, postprocessing effects and shaders (specular and normal maps)
• University degree in visual arts with specialization in graphic design, commercial art, graphic communications or cartooning or completion of a college diploma program in graphic arts
• Understanding of game engines, tools, pipelines and development processes
• Working knowledge of a commercial 3D package
• Good communication skills across multiple disciplines; ability to follow direction and to collaborate successfully with others
• Strong work ethic, self-direction and artistic vision, dedicated work ethic
• Have a genuine enthusiasm and interest in video games
• Applicants must be legally eligible to work in Canada at the time of application

Responsibilities

• Utilize traditional art training and knowledge of 3D art, design and computer graphics software to build efficient, high quality special effects, keeping in mind technical specifications relating to memory usage and gameplay speed
• Keep up-to-date with contemporary effects techniques and research new effects technologies and solutions
• Cooperate closely with art, design, audio and development department to deliver first class visual effects that exceed the state of the art
• Work under the creative guidance of the Art Director
• Deliver work on time and according to schedule as prepared by the Art Director
• Actively participate in the feedback loop including accepting feedback from and providing feedback within the art and level design team as required, staying current on the scope and understanding of the project
• Multitask effectively, prioritize competing demands, and follow through on details

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with Maya, After Effects, Houdini, and Photoshop
• A thorough knowledge of the game development process
• An understanding of scripting languages such as Python or Lua

Benefits

• Competitive salary with potential bonus opportunities
• Excellent benefits and paid time off
• Matching RRSP or Simple IRA
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Virtual access to Dialogue or Magellan, our mental wellness and healthcare services app
• Professional development and career support
• Work-life balance wellness subsidies
• Be part of “Giving Back” through a multitude of fundraising venues at DE
• Employee events and team building exercises