VFX Artist (Game Development)

TL;DR

VFX Artist (Game Development): Creating visually impressive real-time effects to enhance gameplay and immerse players in the game world, with an accent on combining artistic creativity with technology. Focus on designing, building, and integrating high-quality real-time effects within technical constraints and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.

Location: Hybrid in Toronto, Canada

Salary: $70,000–$120,000 CAD yearly

Company

hirify.global is a global leader in gaming creating original and memorable gaming experiences across the world.

What you will do

• Collaborate with the core production team to understand the creative vision and set visual effects priorities.
• Create environmental and character VFX such as smoke, fire, explosions, weather, and atmospheric effects.
• Author and integrate effects using particle systems, textures, and modeled assets.
• Partner with programmers, animators, designers, lighting artists, and tech art to develop gameplay assets and tools.
• Work within technical constraints to deliver performant, visually appealing real-time effects.
• Integrate VFX into the game engine and validate correct functionality.
• Optimize and debug effects in collaboration with quality control and technical teams.
• Iterate on work by adapting to art reviews, gameplay feedback, and playtests.

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to create real-time VFX for games, shown through a demo reel or portfolio.
• Working knowledge of game engines such as Unity or Unreal Engine.
• Experience with VFX and content creation tools such as Photoshop, EmberGen, Houdini, Maya, 3DS Max, or Blender.
• Familiarity with compositing tools like After Effects or Nuke.
• Strong understanding of art fundamentals including lighting, composition, color theory, and animated motion.
• Comfort with basic vector math, node graphs, or visual scripting workflows.

Nice to have

• Interest in or exposure to procedural workflows, shaders, or VFX scripting.

Culture & Benefits

• Embrace a hybrid work model helping you stay connected with your team and aligned with business priorities.
• Opportunity to maintain your work-life balance.
• Fair compensation will be determined following the interview process, taking into account experience, skills, scope of responsibilities, and qualifications.