Senior VFX Artist (Apex Legends)

Electronic Arts is seeking a Senior VFX Artist to join the Respawn Entertainment team in Vancouver. As a Senior VFX Artist, you will create and implement high-quality real-time VFX for Apex Legends, reporting to the Senior VFX Director and collaborating with Art, Design, Animation, and Engineering teams.

Responsibilities:

• Create and implement high-quality real-time VFX for legend abilities, weapons, seasonal content, and gameplay moments.
• Help define and maintain the visual quality bar for VFX across seasonal updates, weapon releases, character abilities, and gameplay moments.
• Mentor and guide VFX artists on the team, investing in their growth 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.
• Genuine passion for mentoring and guiding other artists.
• 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.