Senior Visual Effects Artist [Far Cry]

As a Senior Visual Effects Artist at Ubisoft Montreal, you will play a key role in mentoring the VFX team and creating spectacular visual effects that enhance gameplay and immerse players in our universes. From smoke and flames to explosions, precipitation, and waterfalls, your creations will strengthen immersion and inspire admiration. You will combine artistic vision with technical expertise, adapting to various tools while prioritizing impactful, high-quality real-time visual effects. You will support the team in producing optimized effects, manage priorities, and ensure the proper maintenance of essential resources like the texture library.

Must Have

• Mentor and evaluate the VFX team's work (artistic and technical)
• Collaborate with leadership to understand creative vision and set priorities
• Create realistic effects for environment, gameplay, and cinematics using particle systems and custom textures
• Work with programmers and technical artists to define needs and develop tools
• Adhere to technical constraints for functional and aesthetic effects
• Integrate visual effects into the game engine
• Refine effects based on playtest results and team feedback, ensuring optimization
• Balance creative ambitions with project constraints and feedback
• Proficiency in simulation software (Embergen, Houdini)
• Proficiency with 2D tools (Photoshop) and 3D software (Maya, 3DS Max)
• Experience with game engines (Unity, Unreal)
• Good understanding of vector mathematics and fundamental artistic principles
• Great attention to detail and artistic quality
• Leadership skills
• Collaborative spirit and openness to feedback
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

Good to Have

• Knowledge of shader writing and optimization

Perks & Benefits

• Hybrid work model for work-life balance

Job Description

As a Senior Visual Effects Artist at Ubisoft Montreal, you will play a key role in mentoring the VFX team and creating spectacular visual effects that enrich gameplay and immerse players in our universes. Whether it's smoke, flames, explosions, precipitation, or waterfalls, your creations will strengthen immersion and inspire admiration.

You will combine artistic vision with technical expertise, adapting to a variety of tools while prioritizing impactful, high-quality real-time visual effects. You will support the team in producing optimized effects, manage priorities, and ensure the proper maintenance of essential resources like the texture library.

What you will do

• Mentor and evaluate the work of the VFX team, both on artistic aspects (textures, animations) and technical performance.
• Collaborate with the leadership team to understand the creative vision, establish priorities, and maintain an optimized texture library.
• Create realistic effects for the environment, gameplay, and cinematics using particle systems and custom textures.
• Work with programmers and technical artists to define needs and develop appropriate tools.
• Respect technical constraints to design functional and aesthetic effects.
• Integrate your visual effects into the game engine.
• Refine effects based on playtest results and team feedback, ensuring their optimization.
• Find the balance between creative ambitions and project constraints, while taking into account received feedback.

Qualifications

What you bring to the team

• Proficiency in simulation software such as Embergen or Houdini.
• Competence with 2D tools like Photoshop and 3D software such as Maya or 3DS Max.
• Experience with game engines like Unity or Unreal.
• Good understanding of vector mathematics and fundamental artistic principles such as light, composition, proportion, and color theory.
• Great attention to detail and artistic quality.
• Leadership skills to guide and inspire your colleagues.
• Collaborative spirit and openness to feedback.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Knowledge of shader writing and optimization is a plus.

What to send us

• Your CV highlighting your relevant skills and experiences.
• A video demo showcasing your best work with a clear description of each project. Include examples or a link to your personal website or online portfolio.

Additional Information

About us

Ubisoft is a global leader in video games, with teams around the world creating original and memorable gaming experiences, from Assassin's Creed to Rainbow Six to Just Dance and many more. We believe that diversity of perspectives advances both players and teams. If you are passionate about innovation and want to push the boundaries of entertainment, join our adventure and help us create the unknown!

We adopt a hybrid work model that helps you stay connected with your team and aligned with company priorities, while giving you the opportunity to maintain your work-life balance. Note that some roles are entirely office-based and are not eligible for hybrid work.