Senior VFX Artist - Cinematics Real Time

1 Month ago • 4-8 Years • Technical Art

Job Summary

Job Description

Ubisoft's Montpellier studio seeks a Senior VFX Artist for real-time cinematics in games like Prince of Persia, Assassin's Creed, Star Wars Outlaws, and Avatar. Responsibilities include producing high-quality visual effects, adhering to technical and artistic constraints, acting as a team reference for artistic/technical aspects, sharing knowledge, contributing to artist validation, communicating project direction, improving workflows, collaborating effectively with other artists and developers, planning and prioritizing tasks, optimizing work for quality and performance, and establishing best practices. The role requires strong communication and collaboration skills.
Must have:
  • Produce high-quality VFX
  • Adhere to technical & artistic constraints
  • Team reference for art/technical elements
  • Share knowledge & motivate team
  • Contribute to artist validation
  • Communicate project direction effectively
  • Improve workflows and collaboration
  • Plan and prioritize tasks
  • Optimize work for quality and performance
  • Establish best practices

Job Details

Company Description

Ubisoft’s 19,000 team members, working across more than 30 countries around the world, are bound by a common mission to enrich players’ lives with original and memorable gaming experiences. Their commitment and talent have brought to life many acclaimed franchises such as Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Just Dance, Rainbow Six, and many more to come. Ubisoft is an equal opportunity employer that believes diverse backgrounds and perspectives are key to creating worlds where both players and teams can thrive and express themselves. If you are excited about solving game-changing challenges, cutting edge technologies and pushing the boundaries of entertainment, we invite you to join our journey and help us create the unknown.

Job Description

The strong cinematics team in Montpellier helps players discover the history of our universes, including Prince of Persia, Assassin's Creed, Star Wars Outlaws and Avatar. More than 20 professions work together to produce high quality cinematics.


As a Senior VFX Artist on the Art Team, you will be responsible for creating and/or adapting high quality visual effects in line with technical constraints and artistic direction.

  • Produce quality effects at all stages of the cinematic production process, respecting the technical and artistic constraints of the project; 
  • Be a reference for the team in terms of various artistic/technical elements. 
  • Share knowledge and help motivate the team; 
  • Contribute to the artist validation process by conducting reviews as needed and providing appropriate feedback; 
  • Effectively communicate the specific artistic direction of projects to the rest of the team and provide production solutions to the team; 
  • Actively participate in the implementation of more efficient ways of working; 
  • Build relationships with artists, technical artists and other project developers to facilitate effective collaboration during the resource production process; 
  • Plan, estimate and prioritise deadlines for the completion of tasks and monitor progress using designated monitoring tools; 
  • Communicate and collaborate with key stakeholders to confirm the direction of tasks and ensure consistency of work within the team; 
  • Optimise work and maintain a balance between quality and performance; 
  • Establish and share best practice, production pipelines and workflows across the group; 
  • Support DT FX with any ad hoc tasks and responsibilities.  

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Ubisoft’s 21,000 team members, working across more than 30 countries around the world, are bound by a common mission to enrich players’ lives with original and memorable gaming experiences.


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