Lead Artist (Props)

Location: Hybrid in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Company

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

What you will do

• Lead the creation and integration of props for city dressing, interiors, vehicles, and user-generated content.
• Translate artistic direction into high-quality assets supporting large-scale world building and environmental storytelling.
• Manage, mentor, and provide feedback and direction to the prop art team.
• Define, maintain, and improve scalable prop production pipelines, workflows, and modular asset systems.
• Collaborate with Environment, Lighting, Technical Art, Production, and external development partners.
• Monitor quality, risks, milestones, and production challenges across high-end and mobile platforms.

Requirements

• Strong experience in AAA game development focused on prop or environment asset production.
• Experience leading and managing an art team through at least one shipped AAA title.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating high-quality prop creation across multiple categories.
• Understanding of production pipelines, asset scalability, real-time constraints, and large-scale or open-world environments.
• Strong collaboration, leadership, communication, and organizational skills.

Nice to have

• Experience building scalable prop systems and modular asset libraries.
• Experience with Unreal Engine pipelines.
• Experience collaborating with outsourcing teams or external development partners.
• Understanding of urban environments, prop composition, and environmental variety.
• Ability to balance artistic quality, production efficiency, and technical constraints.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive culture focused on developing a talented workforce and reflecting diverse perspectives.
• Opportunity to contribute to an ambitious interactive entertainment project.
• Cross-functional collaboration across internal teams and external development partners.
• External candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview at an hirify.global location.