Environment Artist (AAA Game Development)

Location: Hybrid position with on-site work at the potential home studio in Irvine, California, United States

Salary: $30.47–$56.35 per hour in the United States, plus potential incentive compensation.

Company

hirify.global develops genre-defining video games and immersive worlds across franchises including Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, and StarCraft.

What you will do

• Create, integrate, and optimize environment artwork for an unannounced AAA game.
• Develop environment assets through level set-dressing, asset creation, terrain manipulation, and material work.
• Collaborate with environment leadership, designers, artists, engineers, materials, VFX, and lighting departments.
• Contribute to content briefs and guidelines for internal and external artists.
• Take environments from concept through final implementation and completion.
• Identify blockers and workflow improvements while delivering tasks within production timelines.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in AAA environment art.
• Experience shipping at least one major game title in a relevant role.
• Experience with a AAA game engine, including implementation and integration.
• Strong understanding of environment art creation and industry-standard 3D workflows.
• Portfolio with practical work examples and detailed breakdowns.
• Understanding of authoring PBR-compliant content and a collaborative, self-motivated approach.

Nice to have

• Experience with lighting, VFX, characters, animation, or rendering.
• Experience creating and handling photogrammetry data.
• Knowledge of 3D composition, form, balance, and color theory.
• Interest in photography and cinema, plus a passion for playing a variety of video games.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative and inclusive environment focused on creativity, iteration, and polish.
• 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, parental leave, and other leave programs.
• Mental health, wellbeing, fitness, and discounted game programs.
• Relocation assistance may be available when the company requires a geographic move for the role.