Senior VFX Artist (Apex Legends)

Electronic Arts•Vancouver, BC

17h•$127,700 - $190,600•Hybrid

About The Position

Respawn Entertainment is seeking a Senior VFX Artist to help lead the creation of high-impact real-time effects for Apex Legends. In this role, you will create and implement 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 to raise the visual quality bar across the game. We are looking for someone with a passion for visceral, intense combat and a deep understanding of how VFX can drive player intensity, readability, and emotional impact in a fight.

Requirements

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.
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.
Experience mentoring, reviewing work, or helping guide other artists, with strong communication and collaboration skills across disciplines.
Passion for making and playing games.

Nice To Haves

Experience creating VFX for visceral, intense combat games is a plus.
Experience with first-person games, sci-fi art direction, or live-service seasonal content is a plus.
Shipped AAA game credit is a plus.

Responsibilities

Create and implement high-quality real-time VFX for legend abilities, weapons, seasonal content, and gameplay moments — with a focus on delivering effects that feel visceral, impactful, and true to the intensity of Apex combat.
Help define and maintain the visual quality bar for VFX across seasonal updates, weapon releases, character abilities, and gameplay moments.
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.
Provide feedback, mentorship, and craft guidance to other VFX artists, helping raise the quality and consistency of the team’s work.
Contribute to visual direction and help evolve Apex’s real-time VFX language, supporting production planning to ensure work is scoped and delivered effectively.

Benefits

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
401(k)
bonus and other incentive programs
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
retirement plan
complimentary games