VFX Artist (Assassin's Creed Invictus)

As a VFX Artist at Ubisoft Montréal, you will create impactful visual moments that enrich gameplay and elevate the player experience. You will help bring immersive worlds to life through environmental effects such as smoke, fire, explosions, snow, water, and other real-time visual effects.

In this role, you will combine creativity and technical expertise to design, integrate, and optimize high-quality visual effects directly in the game engine. You will collaborate with multiple teams to deliver a cohesive, performant, and visually engaging experience.

What you’ll do

• Collaborate with creative direction to understand the project vision and define visual effects priorities
• Create environmental effects using particle systems and original textures
• Partner with programming teams to assess needs and support tool development
• Design visual effects that respect technical constraints while maintaining strong artistic impact
• Integrate visual effects into the game engine and ensure real-time performance
• Refine and optimize effects based on playtest results
• Troubleshoot technical issues related to visual effects when needed
• Adjust effects based on feedback from collaborating teams
• Consider community feedback post-launch when relevant

What you bring to the team

• Demonstrate skills in creating real-time visual effects for games or interactive media
• Understand 3D production pipelines including modeling, texturing, lighting, or image processing
• Know 2D art tools, compositing software, 3D software, and game engines
• Understand art fundamentals such as lighting, composition, proportion, and color theory
• Apply vector mathematics to visual effects work
• Receive feedback and adapt your work accordingly
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
• Communicate clearly and maintain strong attention to detail
• Use procedural tools or shader workflows, considered an asset

What to send our way

• Your CV highlighting relevant skills and experiences
• A portfolio showcasing your strongest visual effects along with insight into your creative process

Collaborate with creative direction to define VFX priorities. Create environmental effects using particle systems and original textures. Partner with programming teams for tool development and support. Design and integrate visual effects respecting technical constraints while maintaining artistic impact. Ensure real-time performance within the game engine and optimize effects based on playtest results. Troubleshoot technical issues related to VFX. Adapt work based on feedback from teams and consider community feedback post-launch. Demonstrate skills in creating real-time visual effects for games/interactive media. Understand 3D production pipelines (modeling, texturing, lighting, image processing). Proficient with 2D art tools, compositing software, 3D software, and game engines. Strong understanding of art fundamentals like lighting, composition, and color theory. Ability to apply vector mathematics. Excellent collaboration, communication, and attention to detail. Experience with procedural tools or shader workflows is an asset.