VFX Artist [Splinter Cell Remake]
Ubisoft Toronto is a global leader in gaming, known for creating memorable gaming experiences. As a VFX Artist, you will enhance gameplay by designing and integrating high-quality real-time effects that align with the creative vision of the game.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with the core production team to understand the creative vision and set visual effects priorities
- Create environmental and character VFX such as smoke, fire, explosions, weather, and atmospheric effects
- Author and integrate effects using particle systems, textures, and modeled assets
- Partner with programmers, animators, designers, lighting artists, and tech art to develop gameplay assets and tools
- Work within technical constraints to deliver performant, visually appealing real-time effects
- Integrate VFX into the game engine and validate correct functionality
- Optimize and debug effects in collaboration with quality control and technical teams
- Iterate on work by adapting to art reviews, gameplay feedback, and playtests
Skills
- Demonstrated ability to create real-time VFX for games, shown through a demo reel or portfolio
- Working knowledge of game engines such as Unity or Unreal Engine
- Experience with VFX and content creation tools such as Photoshop, EmberGen, Houdini, Maya, 3DS Max, or Blender
- Familiarity with compositing tools like After Effects or Nuke
- Strong understanding of art fundamentals including lighting, composition, color theory, and animated motion
- Comfort with basic vector math, node graphs, or visual scripting workflows
- A collaborative mindset, strong communication skills, and attention to detail
- Interest in or exposure to procedural workflows, shaders, or VFX scripting is a plus
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