Hair/Groom Artist (Gamedev)

TL;DR

Hair/Groom Artist (Gamedev): Creating high-quality hair, fur, and grooming assets for characters and creatures with an accent on in-engine implementation and PBR texturing. Focus on collaborating with character art, animation, and tech art teams to meet artistic and technical requirements and improve production pipelines.

Company

hirify.global is a company developing high-quality games, specializing in creating immersive gaming experiences.

What you will do

• Create high-quality Hair and Fur for character models, monsters, clothing, and accessories.
• Produce PBR textures following modern real-time pipelines.
• Import assets into the game engine and support other teams during integration.
• Work with the Outsource team, supporting external hair production.
• Participate in concept and design stages, contributing ideas and visual solutions.
• Collaborate with Animation to ensure assets meet deformation and rigging requirements.

Requirements

• 2+ years of AAA game development experience as a Character or Groom Artist.
• Strong skills in grooming, sculpting, modeling, and texturing.
• Proficiency in hair grooming tools (XGen, Ornatrix, Houdini, or similar), ZBrush, Substance Painter, Maya or 3ds Max.
• Strong understanding of PBR workflows and principles.
• Good knowledge of game engines, preferably Unreal Engine.
• Intermediate English proficiency.

Nice to have

• Experience with version control systems (SVN, Perforce) and bug-tracking tools (Jira or similar).
• Experience creating materials in Substance Designer.
• Scripting skills (Maya/Max or external tools).

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package available.
• Work closely with Character Art, Animation, Tech Art, and Programming teams.
• Contribute to improvements in tools, workflows, and technology.
• Opportunity to participate in concept and design stages.