Principal Character Artist (Face)

Location: Montreal, Canada

Company

hirify.global is a global media and entertainment corporation producing and distributing film, television, streaming, theme park, consumer product, and interactive entertainment experiences.

What you will do

• Define and maintain quality standards for facial assets across the project.
• Solve complex artistic and technical challenges involving facial realism and character performance.
• Develop and advance facial pipelines, tools, methodologies, and best practices.
• Work with Animation and Technical Art to integrate facial rigs and real-time performance systems.
• Establish benchmarks, review facial content, and ensure consistency across the production pipeline.
• Provide high-level expertise and guidance while driving innovation in expressive realism, scalability, and efficiency.

Requirements

• Extensive AAA game development experience focused on modular character art.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating high-quality facial modeling and realism.
• Advanced knowledge of human facial anatomy, expressions, and performance.
• Expertise in facial systems, including blendshapes, scanning, and real-time pipelines.
• Experience collaborating with Animation and Technical Art teams and solving complex artistic and technical challenges.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Experience developing or improving facial pipelines and systems at scale.
• Knowledge of performance capture workflows.
• Experience with Unreal Engine and modern character pipelines such as Metahuman.
• Experience with distributed teams or external partners.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive culture focused on creating diverse content and developing talent.
• Opportunity to contribute to ambitious interactive entertainment experiences.
• External candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview at an hirify.global location before a hiring decision.