Associate Art Director - Characters

Location: Montreal, Canada; minimum four days per week in the Montreal office. Must be legally authorized to work in Canada. Willingness to travel for business when necessary is required.

Company

hirify.global is a global media and entertainment company producing and distributing film, television, streaming, gaming, theme park, consumer product, and experiential content.

What you will do

• Define and communicate the visual direction for characters across the project.
• Maintain quality, cohesion, and consistency across hero characters, crowd systems, and the broader character ecosystem.
• Lead Character Art Leads and Review Artists through mentoring, feedback, direction, and alignment.
• Review assets and validate compliance with artistic and technical standards.
• Collaborate with Animation, Design, Technical Art, Lighting, and other disciplines.
• Align artistic direction with production constraints, scalable pipelines, internal teams, and external partners.

Requirements

• 10+ years of AAA game development experience focused on character art.
• Experience leading multiple teams or disciplines on a published AAA title.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating high-quality character work and artistic direction.
• Experience with modular character pipelines, real-time production workflows, and large-scale crowd or customization systems.
• Strong experience with real-time engines and understanding of technical constraints across high-end and mobile platforms.
• Excellent leadership, communication, collaboration, and artistic direction skills.

Nice to have

• Unreal Engine 5 and MetaHuman experience.
• Experience defining visual identities for large-scale or open-world productions.
• Experience working with outsourcing partners and distributed teams.
• Strategic prioritization skills and sensitivity to realism, diversity, and character representation.
• Passion for storytelling through character design and exploring innovative solutions.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive culture focused on creating content that reflects the diversity of the world.
• Opportunity to contribute to an ambitious interactive entertainment experience.
• Collaboration across internal production teams and external partners.
• External candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview before a hiring decision.
• Reasonable accommodations are available during the application and recruitment process.