Lead VFX Artist overseeing high - quality visual effects production for AAA titles at People Can Fly. Collaborating with global teams while using Unreal Engine to create engaging gaming experiences.
About the role
- Senior VFX Artist needed for high-quality visual effects in AAA game title development. Join a creative global team focused on innovative game experiences.
Responsibilities
- Create/implement particle-based and shader-driven special effects;
- Seamlessly integrate them into gameplay or cinematics;
- Mentor and provide feedback to other artists;
- Ensure visual effects meet performance budgets;
- Use visual scripting to drive effect logic.
- Maintain artistic direction and quality;
- Produce high-quality visual effects that are technically and artistically appropriate for the project’s universe and visual direction;
- Collaborate with the Art Director to define the artistic vision and uphold quality standards throughout development;
- Translate art concepts and game design documentation into prototypes and implement them as real-time visual effects in the game;
- Oversee and facilitate the creation of ambient effects that enhance atmosphere, support storytelling, and bring the world to life;
- Deliver work that meets specifications and maintain workflows within deadlines;
- Work closely with production on task assignment and scheduling to meet deadlines while ensuring a healthy work–life balance.
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Visual Effects artist;
- Knowledge of stylized effects;
- Shader development skills;
- Experience with particle systems (Niagara, VFX Graph, Houdini);
- Proficiency in Maya or equivalent software;
- Excellent communication skills;
- Proactive problem-solving ability.
- Must maintain frequent contact with client stakeholders to align VFX work with animation, combat design, and engineering.
- Must proactively identify risks related to performance, readability, and consistency when converting legacy assets.
- Strong knowledge of real-time stylized VFX, shader creation, and visual scripting (Blueprint-style systems) is required.
- Ability to strike the right balance between artistic direction and technical constraints is essential.
- Effective communication is required: ability to liaise with design, animation, lighting, and engineering teams independently and validate effects directly in-game.
- Must thrive in a tool-driven client environment where automation, reusability, and scalability are expected.
- Must adapt legacy VFX assets to modern physically-based rendering/shader pipelines without losing the original intent.
- Acts as a mentor: helps guide partners and junior VFX artists to balance artistic vision with execution efficiency.
- Should be a passionate player of melee action games and understand how VFX timing, readability, and style influence combat feel.
- VFX artists must be performance-conscious and gameplay-focused, not just style-driven.
- Comfortable creating VFX shaders, programming effect logic, and debugging complex real-time effects.
- Capable of supporting automation in VFX pipelines (for example, procedural Houdini systems, batch conversion of legacy particle banks).
- Able to integrate traditional particle/flipbook-style VFX into modern GPU-based workflows (VFX Graph, internal systems).
- Proficiency in English is required due to regular interactions with stakeholders and partners outside Quebec.
- Nice to have: shipped commercial AAA titles; experience with game engines; ability to paint VFX textures and create flipbooks.
Benefits
- A benefits package 100% paid by PCF.
- The insurance provider reimburses eligible claims at 100% (up to $1,000 of services per year), with family or individual coverage.
- Comprehensive dental coverage, including major dental care.
- Employer RRSP contribution matched at 4% pre-tax, 100% vested from day one.
- One week of paid time off during the winter holidays.
- 20 days of paid vacation and 5 paid sick days.
- Free virtual health and mental wellness sessions included in the plan for members and their dependents.
- Opportunities for personal development and the chance to work in a global environment.
- The opportunity to work within a creative team of people who are passionate about what they do.
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