VFX Artist II (Apex Legends)
About The Position
Respawn Entertainment is seeking a VFX Artist to support the Apex Legends content creation team. The role creates and implements real-time visual effects that bring Legends, weapons, seasonal content, environmental moments, and gameplay events to life across the live-service game. The artist applies timing, shape, motion, and color to create polished effects that support gameplay clarity and reinforce the Apex visual language. The VFX Artist collaborates with Art, Design, Animation, and Engineering to meet the quality bar and vision for each content area. The role also helps troubleshoot VFX issues, fix bugs, and address performance and memory-budget concerns across the content pipeline. This position reports to the VFX Director and contributes to the ongoing evolution of Apex Legends' visual identity.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of professional experience as a real-time VFX artist in the games industry.
- Ability to create high-quality real-time VFX for games and a portfolio of shipped in-game work.
- Proficiency with relevant DCC tools such as Maya, Houdini, Photoshop, or Substance Designer.
- Experience implementing work within a game engine or proprietary toolset.
- Passion for making and playing games.
- Shipped AAA game credit.
Nice To Haves
- Background in first-person shooters, battle royale, or competitive multiplayer games.
- Experience with live-service or seasonal content cycles.
Responsibilities
- Create and implement real-time VFX for Legend abilities, weapons, seasonal content, environmental moments, and gameplay events across Apex Legends.
- Create effects that add energy, impact, and visual identity to seasonal content, new characters, weapon releases, and limited-time events.
- Use timing, shape, motion, and color to support gameplay clarity and reinforce the Apex visual language.
- Coordinate with Art, Design, Animation, and Engineering to ensure VFX meet the quality bar and vision for each content area.
- Troubleshoot VFX-related problems and help fix bugs, including performance and memory-budget issues.
- Deliver consistent, polished, game-ready effects season over season and contribute to the evolution of Apex Legends' visual language.
Benefits
- Paid time off: 3 weeks per year to start in the US.
- 80 hours of sick time per year in the US.
- 16 paid company holidays per year in the US.
- 10 weeks of paid time off to bond with a baby in the US.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Disability insurance.
- 401(k) for regular full-time employees in the US.
- Vacation: 3 weeks per year to start in Canada.
- 10 days of sick time per year in Canada.
- Paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when welcoming a new child: 12 weeks for maternity and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave in Canada.
- Extended health, dental, and vision coverage in Canada.
- Life insurance and disability insurance in Canada.
- Retirement plan for regular full-time employees in Canada.
- Certain roles may be eligible for bonuses and other incentive programs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
