Senior VFX Artist (Apex Legends)

Respawn Entertainment is seeking a Senior VFX Artist who is as passionate about growing people as they are about making great effects. In this role, you will create and implement high-quality real-time VFX that bring Legends, weapons, and seasonal moments to life , reporting to the Senior VFX Director and collaborating closely with Art, Design, Animation, and Engineering.

Responsibilities:

• Create and implement high-quality real-time VFX for legend abilities, weapons, seasonal content, and gameplay moments, with a focus on effects that feel impactful, polished, and competitive.
• Help define and maintain the visual quality bar for VFX across seasonal updates, weapon releases, character abilities, and gameplay moments.
• Actively mentor and guide VFX artists on the team , investing in their growth, helping them develop their craft, and supporting their long-term career goals.
• Lead career development conversations, including goal-setting, performance feedback, and identifying opportunities for artists to stretch and grow.
• Lead VFX problem-solving for complex content, including visual polish, performance constraints, and technical issues across the content pipeline.
• Collaborate closely with Art, Design, Animation, and Engineering to develop effects that support gameplay, improve clarity, and strengthen the visual identity of Apex Legends.
• Contribute to visual direction and help evolve Apex’s real-time VFX language, supporting production planning to ensure work is scoped and delivered effectively.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional experience as a real-time VFX artist in the games industry.
• Strong portfolio of shipped in-game real-time VFX work; portfolio examples that showcase bombastic, gritty combat and VFX-driven player intensity are a strong plus.
• A genuine passion for mentoring and guiding other artists , someone who finds as much satisfaction in a teammate’s breakthrough as in their own shipped work.
• People management experience, including supporting career growth, providing regular feedback, and leading team members through development goals, is a plus.
• Proficiency with relevant DCC tools such as Maya, Houdini, Photoshop, or Substance Designer, and experience implementing your own work within a game engine or proprietary toolset.
• Strong cross-discipline communication and collaboration skills with a proactive approach to feedback and problem-solving.
• Passion for making and playing games.
• Experience with first-person games, sci-fi art direction, or live-service seasonal content is a plus.
• Shipped AAA game credit is a plus.