Lead Material Artist (World/Props)

Location: Hybrid, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Company

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

What you will do

• Define and create high-quality materials for open-world environments and props based on art direction and technical requirements.
• Lead and manage the world material team, maintaining asset quality and consistency.
• Define, maintain, and evolve scalable material pipelines, workflows, best practices, and reusable material libraries.
• Create and oversee surface materials, tiling systems, and modular shader approaches.
• Ensure materials scale across large environments and multiple performance targets, from high-end platforms to mobile.
• Collaborate with Environment, Technical Art, Lighting, rendering, and pipeline development teams to integrate materials into runtime systems.

Requirements

• Extensive AAA game development experience focused on environment material creation.
• Experience leading and managing a team of artists, including Lead experience on at least one shipped AAA title.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating high-quality world and prop materials.
• Strong understanding of PBR workflows, surface definition, and shader systems.
• Experience with real-time pipelines, multi-platform performance constraints, and modern game engines such as Unreal Engine.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with Unreal Engine 5 and advanced shader workflows.
• Experience building scalable material libraries and reusable systems.
• Familiarity with procedural world-building workflows or systems.
• Experience working with outsourcing partners or distributed teams.
• Strong eye for realism, surface fidelity, and material consistency.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement in Montreal.
• Inclusive culture focused on developing a diverse workforce and creating content that reflects the world.
• External candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview at an hirify.global location.
• Reasonable accommodations are available during the application and recruitment process.