Senior Surfacing Artist (Gamedev)

TL;DR

Senior Surfacing Artist (Gamedev): Focuses on surfacing assets for cinematics, collaborating within a fast-paced production environment. Focus on technical art production, including modeling, texturing, rendering, and UV unwrapping workflows.

Location: Anticipated to be a hybrid work position in Irvine, CA, with potential for remote work arrangements.

Salary: $38.85 - $71.83 Hourly

Company

hirify.global Entertainment is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences, known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, and StarCraft®.

What you will do

• Focus on surfacing assets in a collaborative production environment and entrusted with the more difficult assets in the pipeline.
• Work through technical art production, modeling, texturing, rendering, and UV unwrapping workflows.
• Work closely with the character team, technical artists, and the production team to determine surfacing needs and create textures based on those needs.

Requirements

• 8+ Years working in Animation/VFX/Games as a Surfacing Artist or Look Development.
• 5+ Years experience working with Mari and/or Substance Painter.
• 5+ Years experience working with Katana.
• Experience working in production with Renderers like PRMan, Redshift, or similar.
• A thorough understanding of Surfacing and Look Development workflows.
• Efficient in industry standard texturing tools like Mari and Substance Painter.

Nice to have

• Practical knowledge of Houdini Solaris.
• Knowledge and experience working in Unreal.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, and financial well-being programs.
• 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, and charitable donation matching.
• Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, and parental leave.
• Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, and free and discounted games.