Technical Artist (three.js)

Company

hirify.global is an independent animation studio in Salt Lake City, Utah, creating content and workflows for social media, film, television, toys, and games while developing its own intellectual properties.

What you will do

• Integrate, iterate on, and optimize complex 3D production assets for a proprietary real-time rendering engine.
• Convert assets into GLTF format and organize them for consistency and clarity across stakeholders.
• Create artist-friendly tools to streamline the production pipeline.
• Develop new features with engineering and prototype tools and styles that improve workflow efficiency and output quality.
• Coordinate with engineering, product management, and UX to align assets with production features and marketing announcements.

Requirements

• Ability to author GLSL shaders.
• Technical or scripting experience with JavaScript, Python, or C++.
• Experience with Unity, Unreal, or a similar game engine.
• Basic modeling, rigging, animation, texturing, and lighting skills, with strong expertise in at least one area.
• Expertise in Maya, 3D Studio Max, or Blender; Maya is preferred.
• Ability to explain why a design is or is not working.
• Relevant degree in animation, video games, or computer science, or 4 years of relevant work experience in lieu of a degree.
• Strong attention to detail and excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal, and analytical skills.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with Substance Painter and PBR workflows.
• Familiarity with After Effects, basic compositing, video codecs, and video compression.
• 3+ years of experience as a Technical Artist for VR/AR or video games.
• Experience collaborating with UX, engineering, and product management teams in the technology industry.

Culture & Benefits

• Pragmatic, collaborative team of experienced and emerging creators.
• Collaboration and transparency are team priorities.
• Client work is balanced with active development of proprietary intellectual properties, providing creative control.

Hiring process

• Apply through the hirify.global application page.