Senior VFX Artist
| Company | Ubisoft |
|---|---|
| Location | Toronto, ON, Canada |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | |
| Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- Experience working within AAA production environments and adapting to their unique challenges.
- Strong knowledge of real-time graphics engines and their constraints.
- Deep understanding of collision, particle, and fluid dynamics, along with the physics behind simulations.
- Proficiency in industry-standard software such as Houdini, Maya, 3ds Max, or Blender.
- Familiarity with Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, and workload management tools like Jira, ShotGrid, or Flow.
- Understanding of data management systems such as Perforce.
- Ability to take ownership of tasks and seek innovative solutions.
- Strong problem-solving skills to diagnose and resolve technical challenges effectively.
- Creativity and adaptability to develop new ideas while aligning with the project’s artistic direction.
- Ability to maintain high-quality output even in fast-paced environments.
- Team-oriented mindset, working collaboratively to ensure artistic and technical alignment.
Responsibilities
- Design and produce high-quality effects (particles, fluids, rigid and soft body dynamics) at every stage of cinematic production, ensuring they meet both technical and artistic requirements.
- Leverage in-engine tools to maintain a consistently high-quality level while optimizing for technical performance.
- Act as a key resource for the team, sharing expertise on artistic and technical elements.
- Contribute to refining and implementing more effective ways of working to improve the team’s productivity.
- Work closely with artists, technical artists, and developers to ensure seamless integration of effects.
- Estimate, prioritize, and track tasks to meet deadlines while balancing quality and performance.
- Align with key stakeholders to validate creative direction and maintain cohesion within the team.
- Strive for a balance between artistic quality and real-time performance constraints.
- Establish, document, and share best practices, pipelines, and workflows with the team.
- Assist FX TDs with any ad hoc tasks and responsibilities to drive innovation in the field.
Preferred Qualifications
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No preferred qualifications provided.