Senior VFX Artist (Call of Duty)

Location: Middleton, Wisconsin, United States; onsite four days per week

Salary: $82,240–$152,160 annual base pay, plus potential incentive compensation.

Company

hirify.global is a game development studio contributing to the Call of Duty franchise, including Call of Duty: Warzone and the Black Ops campaigns.

What you will do

• Develop particle effects and VFX systems for environments, gameplay, and cinematics.
• Prototype VFX systems and particle materials to support gameplay needs and visual direction.
• Collaborate with VFX leadership, art directors, artists, designers, programmers, and production.
• Contribute to VFX research and development, workflow improvements, tools, and best practices.
• Balance visual quality, performance, and efficiency across AAA game development.
• Estimate task scope, own day-to-day execution, and mentor other artists.

Requirements

• 8+ years of visual effects experience in real-time game development or equivalent film/television experience.
• Expert experience with game engines and particle effects tools such as Unreal, Unity, or proprietary engines.
• Strong experience with 2D and 3D tools including Photoshop, After Effects, Maya, Max, Houdini, Substance Designer, or EmberGen.
• Strong understanding of real-time VFX workflows, physics simulations, shader development, and post-processing.
• Ability to manage VFX tasks independently, adapt to proprietary tools, and communicate effectively across disciplines.
• An impressive reel demonstrating realistic visual effects, modern workflows, and creative technical solutions.

Nice to have

• Experience with Call of Duty tools or other proprietary engines.
• Secondary skills in modeling, animation, or lighting.
• Basic scripting and procedural workflow experience.
• Real-time physics knowledge and console and PC performance optimization experience.
• Traditional art foundation and passion for the Call of Duty franchise.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, respectful, direct-communication culture with a focus on low-ego teamwork.
• Medical, dental, vision, health spending, life, disability, and related insurance programs.
• 401(k) with company match, tuition reimbursement, and charitable donation matching.
• Paid holidays, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, parental leave, and bereavement leave.
• Mental health, wellbeing, fitness, legal service, and other voluntary benefit programs.
• Relocation assistance may be available if geographic relocation is required for the job.