Senior VFX Artist

Salary Range: 98880 to 123600 (Currency: CAD) (Pay period: per-year-salary)

In this role, you can expect to be involved in:

• VFX Artistic Development
• Creating and implementing a wide range of high-quality VFX in Unity, including but not limited to: Gameplay Character VFX, Cinematic VFX, Environment VFX, Combat VFX, Front-end VFX, magic, and more.
• Working with the Art and Design teams to ensure VFX alignment with Artistic vision and Gameplay.


• VFX Technical Development
• Working with other artists and engineers on the development of shaders and rendering techniques.
• Identifying opportunities for automation and efficiency in the VFX production process.

To be successful in this role, your background includes:

• Post-secondary education in a related field
• A portfolio demonstrating strong skills in VFX
• Proven experience as a VFX artist in the gaming industry.
• Strong proficiency in industry-standard tools such as Maya, Houdini, Unity, Unreal, Photoshop, After Effects, Substance Designer, etc. to create VFX.
• Strong understanding of VFX principles, animation, and real-time rendering techniques.
• Good knowledge of 3D modeling and texturing for VFX.
• Strong knowledge of VFX performance optimization and Rendering & Shader techniques.
• Strong knowledge of game engines and the technical constraints of real-time rendering.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Exceptional attention to detail and a keen eye for visual quality.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Passion for gaming and a deep understanding of different gaming genres.

Our success is due to the hard work of our people. We share our success with our people through flexible benefits and reward programs, sweet swag, snacks, and more. Here’s a look at some of the support we provide our people:

• Extended Health Coverage: effective day one, no waiting period! Our benefits cover health, dental, life, disability, and extended paramedical services such as vision care, mental health practitioners, massage, physiotherapy, acupuncture, and much more.
• DEIB Benefits: DEIB is important to us and to our people - that’s why our benefits include gender-affirming care, fertility care, and other hormonal treatments and drugs.
• Flexible Spending Accounts: our benefits are built on a flex credit model, so you’re able to choose the coverage levels that are right for you, and allocate the rest to a group RRSP/TFSA, Health Spending account, and/or Personal Spending Account.
• RRSP Matching: everyone retires eventually, and we help our people save for their futures with a contribution matching program once you reach 90 days with us.
• PTO and Parental Leave: we offer paid parental leave, flexible paid time off, paid time off for volunteering, sick leave, and holiday closures.
• Employee and Family Assistance Program: this program provides crisis management support, immediate mental health care, and generalized support for emotional, mental, and financial well-being.
• Telus Virtual Health: we provide increased access to remote healthcare providers for prescription refills or referrals from the comfort of your home.
• Learning and growth: We encourage people to grow both personally and professionally, and support this through regular lunch & learns and an education stipend.
• Pay transparency: We share with employees the pay range their role falls within and clear career maps to determine how they can grow within their role or level-up to a promotion. 
• Cool spaces: Our offices are in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Montreal, Prince Edward Island, and Seoul. Whether it’s summers on the rooftop patio in Downtown Vancouver, watching the fireworks in Montreal’s South Shore, or trying local eats in Downtown Charlottetown - we want our people to feel like their time spent in office is worthwhile!
• Giving back: Our ‘Agents of Change’ initiative is how we support the communities close to our heart, and we have several events and fundraisers every year that Agents of Change organize.
• Hybrid Work: We aim to provide flexible arrangements that suit all work styles. All teams at Kabam are hybrid work environments, with a minimum of 2 days in-office to foster team collaboration and bonding. Full-remote options are also available for certain positions within Kabam.