Lead Character Artist (BioShock)

Location: Remote, based in California, United States

Salary: $150,400–$180,000 USD per year

Company

hirify.global develops evocative, immersive BioShock games and collaborates across art, design, engineering, animation, and audio to deliver AAA experiences.

What you will do

• Manage, coach, and mentor a team of character artists.
• Set visual quality standards and workflows in Unreal Engine, including exemplary reference assets.
• Collaborate with art, design, gameplay, animation, environment, concept, and production teams to prototype character assets and align specifications with project needs.
• Assign and schedule character assets with the Art Director and Outsourcing Manager for external development partners.
• Contribute to material pipelines, track team output, supervise bug distribution, and provide input on custom tools and software.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional video game industry experience and at least two shipped titles as a character artist.
• Proven experience managing, guiding, and mentoring character artists.
• Expert proficiency with 3ds Max, Maya, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Marvelous Designer, and Unreal Engine.
• Mastery of the PBR texture pipeline, including baking tools, Substance Painter, and Photoshop.
• Expert knowledge of traditional art, human anatomy, composition, proportion, volume, light, and color.
• For candidates located in Quebec: professional proficiency in both French and English is required.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative work across design, art, engineering, animation, and audio disciplines.
• Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance for eligible full-time employees.
• Paid holidays, vacation or discretionary time off, sick days, parental leave, and compassionate leave.
• Wellbeing, family planning, commuter, and fitness reimbursement benefits.
• Potential bonus or equity awards, 401(k) participation, and Employee Stock Purchase Program eligibility.