Environment Art Director

TL;DR

Environment Art Director (GameDev): Creating high-quality artistic solutions for animated film projects, supervising the environment department's artistic concept and its implementation. Focus on providing artistic direction, mentoring the environment department's staff, and managing art issues.

Location: Remote freelance within ±2h of Budapest (CET)

Company

hirify.global is a 3D animation studio that has won numerous prestigious awards and created short films for world-renowned brands.

What you will do

• Developing and approving the environment department’s artistic concept for projects.
• Providing artistic input to the project plan.
• Providing high level artistic direction and control of the leads.
• Mentoring the environment department's staff from an artistic point of view and supporting their development.
• Creating some of the department workflows, templates and libraries of materials.
• Managing art issues and deliverables that arise during the progress of the work in the in-house production software (dProject) in English.

Requirements

• Ability to work in a disciplined and efficient manner to meet deadlines.
• Ability and drive to work as part of a team.
• Knowledge of exemplary art (e.g., drawing, anatomy, art/period/dressing/architecture history, lighting, color, etc.) related to division disciplines.
• High level of knowledge of other stages of the asset production and film workflow.
• Knowledge of 2D and 3D graphics software, for example: Substance painter, Maya, 3D Coat.
• Several years of experience as Lead Environment Artist in animation, stylized CG, or games.
• At least intermediate level of English

Nice to have

• Ability to drive a team of surfacing artists toward a unified aesthetic goal while maintaining production speed.
• Advanced ability to independently solve shader complexity issues and optimize unit-wide surfacing workflows.
• Delivering concise updates and visual explanations during interactive rounds and via GChat.
• High-level proficiency in written and spoken English, essential for documenting technical standards and internal collaboration.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote work.
• Long-term cooperation.
• Internationally recognized, world-class projects.
• Supportive work environment.