Senior Environment Artist

Summary

Join us as a Senior Environment Artist on a 12-month fixed-term contract, working remotely within the UK. You will play a key role in shaping immersive game worlds, collaborating with designers and technical teams. Your responsibilities include high-standard modeling, texturing, and PBR material creation, crafting realistic environments, and ensuring the style aligns with the art direction. You will also mentor junior team members and conduct research to inform environment development. This position requires proven experience in creating large-scale realistic environments in professional game development, proficiency in Substance Painter, and a strong attention to detail. Flexible working hours and various benefits are offered.

Requirements

• Proven experience creating and dressing large scale realistic environments within professional game development
• Proficient in the use of Substance Painter
• Strong attention to detail with a good eye for world building and storytelling
• Strong texturing ability
• Ability to work autonomously, self-critique work and respond accordingly
• Ability to supplement a provided brief with your own research and ideas while ensuring delivery of the brief’s core requirements
• Understanding the necessity of an iterative approach
• Able to respond positively and proactively to constructive feedback
• Professional and approachable when communicating with stakeholders
• Solid understanding of the art creation process and its place within the broader game development pipeline
• Experience working with source control
• Willingness to adapt to using various software and engine/s as required

Responsibilities

• Maintaining a very high standard of modelling, texturing and PBR material creation
• Crafting realistic, natural and hard surface, interior and exterior environments from white box
• Working closely with other disciplines to ensure environments form believable game worlds
• Ensure the style is in keeping with the overall art direction
• Implementing correct file naming and directory structure requirements
• Conducting research to inform environment development ensuring that created work is representative of real world examples
• Mentoring more junior members of the team

Preferred Qualifications

Experience using a range of game engines is desirable

Benefits

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Christmas shutdown
• Flexible working hours
• X 4 Half-day Fridays (during the summer months)
• A day off on your birthday
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Comprehensive Medical Insurance
• Weekly Yoga Class
• Anti-Crunch ethos
• Referral Bonus Scheme
• Bike2Work Scheme
• Social Events/Project Launch Wrap Parties
• Charity Events
• Branded merchandise