Art & Animation Director (Game Development)

Location: United States - Remote within the United States

Company

hirify.global is an independent video game developer and publisher founded in 2007, with studios in Lakewood, Colorado and Tacoma, Washington.

What you will do

• Define and maintain cohesive, high-fidelity visual styles across all game assets and disciplines.
• Lead Environment Art, Tech Art, Outsourcing, VFX, Tech Animation, Animation, Lighting, Characters, UI/UX, and Concept Art teams.
• Partner with the Chief Creative Officer, Design, and Engineering to align creative, gameplay, and technical goals.
• Manage, mentor, and guide art leads and artists while supporting professional growth and team quality.
• Optimize art production pipelines, workflows, asset quality, and real-time rendering performance.
• Oversee outsourcing partners, establish visual benchmarks and style guides, and review assets in engine.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional video game art production experience, including 5+ years in Art Director roles.
• Multiple shipped console and PC titles as an Art Director.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams across characters, environments, lighting, animation, and VFX.
• Expertise in 3D modeling, sculpting, texturing, animation, lighting, and real-time engine workflows.
• Proficiency with ZBrush, Maya, 3ds Max, Substance Painter, Photoshop, and Unreal Engine.
• Experience building high-fidelity real-time art pipelines and directing persistent-world or live-service visual content.

Nice to have

• Experience working with and expanding existing intellectual property.
• Deep familiarity with Unreal Engine.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative cross-functional environment.
• Strong focus on mentoring artists and raising team quality standards.
• Hands-on approach to artistic and technical pipeline challenges.
• Resourceful, communicative leadership across multiple disciplines.