Lead Material Artist (Character/Wardrobe)

Location: Montreal, Canada; in-person interview may be required

Company

hirify.global is a global media and entertainment company producing and distributing film, television, streaming, theme park, and interactive content.

What you will do

• Translate art direction into high-end character materials that meet visual and technical requirements.
• Lead and manage the character material team, ensuring consistency and quality across assets.
• Define, maintain, and evolve material pipelines, workflows, standards, and best practices.
• Create and oversee skin, fabric, and wardrobe materials using production-ready shader systems.
• Integrate materials with Character, Technical Art, Lighting, rendering, shading, and runtime systems.
• Improve scalable pipelines for hero characters and large-scale crowd populations across high-end and mobile platforms.

Requirements

• Extensive AAA game development experience focused on material creation.
• Proven experience leading and managing a team of artists.
• Lead experience on at least one shipped AAA title.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating high-quality skin, fabric, and shader materials.
• Strong understanding of PBR workflows, shader-based material systems, real-time pipelines, and rendering constraints.
• Experience with modern game engines such as Unreal Engine, plus strong communication and collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with scalable material libraries, reusable systems, and Unreal Engine 5 shader pipelines.
• Familiarity with modular character systems and customization pipelines.
• Experience working with outsourcing partners or distributed teams.
• Strong eye for realism, material definition, and visual consistency.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time position within NBCU Corporate.
• Inclusive culture focused on developing diverse talent and creating content that reflects the world.
• Equal employment opportunity and reasonable accommodation support are provided.

Hiring process

• External candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview at an hirify.global location before a hiring decision.