Senior Tech/VFX Artist (Unity)

Location: Remote within the United Kingdom

Company

hirify.global is a scrappy, collaborative startup game studio building games designed to bring people together.

What you will do

• Own the VFX pipeline for an unannounced co-op combat game, creating playful and physical combat visuals that communicate gameplay, impacts, and player feedback.
• Identify inefficient workflows and build lightweight tools, automation, and procedural solutions to accelerate art production across multiple projects.
• Collaborate across art, design, and engineering, contribute to playtests, identify risks early, and proactively maintain project momentum.
• Import, configure, and implement assets in Unity, including materials, particle systems, prefabs, folders, naming conventions, and scenes.
• Diagnose and fix VFX, material, collision, and general art issues while keeping assets and scenes optimized.

Requirements

• Senior-level experience with the ability to work autonomously from high-level direction and own an area of responsibility.
• Experience supporting multiple projects, overseeing a Tech Art pipeline, and using emerging technologies.
• Broad artistic and technical skills covering VFX creation, 2D and 3D asset support, tool creation, automation, and game art development pipelines.
• Strong Unity experience, including creating and connecting particle systems, using scripting or visual scripting to bridge art and code, and diagnosing and fixing VFX issues.
• Comfortable with Blender, or able to transition to it quickly.
• Willingness to prioritize speed and efficiency, with a project-first mindset focused on the player experience rather than portfolio pieces or art awards.
• General understanding of art-focused optimization and performance requirements for online multiplayer games.

Nice to have

• Shader creation.
• Rigging.
• Animation implementation or setup.
• C# scripting.

Culture & Benefits

• Six-month remote contract, with potential to extend depending on outcomes.
• Open to candidates anywhere within the United Kingdom.
• Hands-on work directly on games, with autonomy, speed, collaboration, and a focus on shipping builds over process and meetings.
• Support for multiple studio projects and direct contribution across disciplines.