Senior Level Artist (Game Development)

Location: Massachusetts, USA

Salary: $90,200–$133,520 per year at the start of employment, with potential bonus, equity awards, and benefits.

Company

hirify.global is a self-publishing game development studio creating narrative-driven experiences rooted in immersive world building and gameplay.

What you will do

• Prototype and create visually compelling environmental spaces for Judas that support gameplay and cohesive visual storytelling.
• Collaborate with level design on navigation, pacing, sight lines, cover, verticality, and AI considerations.
• Own the visual assets for assigned spaces and coordinate with art leadership, level and narrative design, concept art, and external art vendors.
• Use established pipelines and technical specifications to plan, prototype, and implement level art assets.
• Monitor level performance, work within memory and performance budgets, and collaborate across disciplines on optimization strategies.
• Support and mentor junior artists while contributing creative, technical, and process improvements.

Requirements

• Established game-industry experience as a mid-level or senior Level Artist, preferably on large and complex productions.
• Proficient artistic and technical experience with a real-time game engine; Unreal Engine 4 experience is a plus.
• Strong understanding of form, line, value, rhythm, composition, visual hierarchy, and shape balance.
• Experience evaluating and optimizing performance while working within technical metrics and budgets.
• Ability to iterate effectively, prioritize work using order-of-operation and ROI considerations, and operate autonomously on ambiguous cross-functional tasks.
• Ability to learn and use technical tools and systems to create visually compelling spaces.

Nice to have

• Passion for narrative-driven games, especially first-person shooters.
• Traditional art or architecture background.
• Experience collaborating with diverse internal and distributed teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative work with Narrative, Design, and Art disciplines toward a shared creative vision.
• Opportunities to contribute to novel technology and new technical pipelines for dynamic storytelling.
• Regular roles may include bonus and/or equity awards.
• Benefits may include medical, financial, and other employee benefits.
• Equal opportunity workplace committed to diverse thoughts, cultures, and backgrounds.

Hiring process

• Applicants are asked to watch a GDC talk by Ken Levine.
• Recruitment communication is conducted through official hirify.global email addresses, not third-party messaging apps.