VFX Artist (GameDev)

TL;DR

VFX Artist (GameDev): Creating impactful visual moments for Assassin's Creed Invictus, enriching gameplay and elevating the player experience with smoke, fire, explosions, and environmental effects. Focus on designing high-quality real-time visual effects, integrating them into the game engine, and optimizing for performance while maintaining a strong visual impact.

Location: Onsite in Montreal, Canada

Company

hirify.global is a leading creator, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and services, with a rich portfolio of world-renowned brands.

What you will do

• Collaborate with creative direction to understand the overall 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 effects that respect technical constraints while maintaining strong visual impact.
• Integrate visual effects in the game engine and ensure real-time performance.
• Iterate on effects based on playtest results, debugging and optimizing as needed.

Requirements

• Demonstrated skills in real-time visual effects for games or interactive media.
• Hands-on experience with 3D production pipelines, including modeling, texturing, lighting, or image processing.
• Knowledge of 2D art tools, compositing software, 3D software, and game engines.
• Strong understanding of art fundamentals such as lighting, composition, proportion, and color theory.
• Understanding of basic vector mathematics applied to visual effects.
• A creative and collaborative mindset that supports teamwork.

Nice to have

• Experience with procedural tools, shader creation, or optimization, considered an asset.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a collaborative environment.
• Opportunity to work on a well-known game franchise.