Description & Requirements
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 seeking a VFX Artist to support the Apex Legends
content creation team. In this role, you will create and implement real-time
effects that bring Legends, weapons, and seasonal moments to life - reporting to
the VFX Director and collaborating closely with Art, Design, Animation, and
Engineering to deliver polished, performant VFX across the full breadth of Apex's
live service. You will apply your understanding of timing, shape, motion, and
color to help build the Apex universe while maintaining our competitive
readability.
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.
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.
Help improve VFX pipelines, tools, and creation techniques to support the quality and pace demands of a live service game.
Qualifications
2+ years of professional experience as a real-time VFX artist in the games industry.
Demonstrable 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 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 or competitive multiplayer games in a live-service context is a plus.
Shipped AAA game credit is a plus.
Pay Transparency - North America
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
The ranges listed below are what EA in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in these locations at the time of this posting. If you reside in a different location, a recruiter will advise on the applicable range and benefits. Pay offered will be determined based on a number of relevant business and candidate factors (e.g. education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, or business needs).
PAY RANGES
* 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 equity.
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