Senior Environment Artist

Responsibilities

• Own environment creation from early concept and blockout through final in-engine implementation and polish
• Build large-scale environments, vistas, and landmark spaces with strong composition, readability, and atmosphere
• Create high-quality environment assets, including modular kits, hero assets, and supporting props
• Develop and implement complex materials and shader setups to support environment fidelity and variation
• Translate concept art into fully realized, performant in-game environments while maintaining artistic intent
• Take responsibility for in-engine scene assembly, layout, set dressing, and world building
• Optimize environments for performance, memory, and scalability across target platforms
• Define and maintain best practices for environment implementation, including asset setup, material usage, and scene organization
• Collaborate closely with technical art and engineering to solve pipeline and performance challenges
• Identify risks related to environment scope, performance, and production timelines, and propose solutions early
• Contribute to visual consistency across the project by upholding and reinforcing the established art direction
• Mentor other artists through feedback, knowledge sharing, and raising the overall quality bar
• Be a feature owner for the Environment art team
• (Optional) Contribute to lighting and mood creation to enhance environment storytelling

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in environment art for games, with at least one shipped title
• Proven ability to own environments end-to-end, from concept translation to final in-engine implementation
• Deep understanding of real-time environment pipelines, including asset creation, materials, shaders, and scene assembly
• Strong technical proficiency working within modern game engines, including debugging, profiling, and optimization
• Experience building large-scale environments and vistas with strong composition and visual storytelling
• Demonstrated experience creating modular environments and scalable asset systems
• Solid understanding of performance constraints and how to optimize environments without sacrificing visual quality
• Experience creating and implementing complex material systems
• Ability to balance artistic quality with technical limitations and production realities
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across disciplines
• Self-driven and comfortable taking ownership of large features or environment areas

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience with lighting in real-time environments and mood development
• Background or experience in level design
• Experience working on open or large-scale worlds
• Scripting or procedural workflow experience
• Strong understanding of composition, color, and visual storytelling
• ARPG game development experience