Associate Technical Artist (Contract)

Location: Hybrid position based at the Beatrice Street Studio on Beatrice Street in Los Angeles, California, United States; combines in-studio and remote workdays. Permanent remote work is not available.

Salary: $24.43–$45.19 hourly base pay in the U.S.; incentive compensation may also be available but is not guaranteed.

Company

hirify.global develops and publishes interactive entertainment, including major video game franchises, and its Central Technology CTX group develops workflows and techniques for game content creation.

What you will do

• Work with artists, engineers, supervisors, and producers to identify and deliver modeling and animation asset needs for games.
• Prepare for and attend photography, scanning, and motion capture shoots.
• Clean, enhance, and quality-check raw scan and capture data.
• Manage day-to-day pipeline issues, identify problems, and drive creative solutions.
• Assist with designing, developing, and supporting asset creation pipelines and tools integrated with studio pipelines.
• Contribute to long-term research and development and short-term production support for announced and unannounced games.

Requirements

• College degree in Animation, CG, or equivalent experience in the video game industry, with a strong modeling and animation portfolio.
• Knowledge of photography, photogrammetry, model cleanup, and texturing.
• Experience with FACS, facial performance animation, motion capture, and character rigging.
• Ability to work positively on a multidisciplinary team, take direction, and address notes.
• Passion for developing high-quality games, strong problem-solving skills, and the ability to innovate.
• Self-motivated and able to quickly learn new areas of development.
• Knowledge of Perforce, Jira, Shotgun, or similar tools for delivery and production tracking.

Nice to have

• Python, HSL, or other scripting experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaboration across artists, scientists, engineers, and hirify.global studios.
• Hybrid work with a combination of in-studio and remote workdays.
• Eligible employees may receive medical, dental, vision, insurance, healthcare spending, and dependent care benefits.
• Benefits may include 401(k) matching, tuition reimbursement, paid holidays and vacation, sick time, parental leave, and mental health and fitness programs.
• Relocation assistance may be available if the company requires a geographic move for the job.