Principal Character Artist (Face) (Real-Time Character Systems)

Location: Montreal, Canada; full-time onsite role

Company

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

What you will do

• Define and maintain quality standards for facial assets across an interactive entertainment project.
• Solve complex artistic and technical challenges involving facial realism, expressiveness, and character performance.
• Develop and advance facial pipelines, tools, methodologies, and production best practices.
• Collaborate with Animation, Technical Art, and cross-disciplinary teams to integrate facial rigs and performance systems.
• Produce benchmarks, review facial content, and validate assets against artistic and technical standards.
• Support the Lead Character Artist and broader production team with high-level expertise and guidance.

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 character performance.
• Expertise in facial systems, including blendshapes, 3D scanning, and real-time pipelines.
• Experience with modular character pipelines and collaboration with Animation and Technical Art teams.
• Ability to solve complex artistic and technical challenges with strong 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 working with distributed teams or external partners.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive culture focused on creating content that reflects diverse communities.
• 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.
• Reasonable accommodation is available during the application and recruitment process.