Real-Time Environment Artist

• Create a wide range of believable real-time 3D assets, props, and environments from concept art, photographic reference, and creative direction
• Create and maintain both organic and hard-surface environment assets, materials, and textures
• Build blocking geometry for initial environment layouts and develop environments from early blockout through final art implementation
• Maintain a consistent visual standard throughout the development process, from initial blockout through final polish and delivery
• Model, texture, assemble, edit, and set dress detailed 3D environments in a real-time engine
• Apply materials and lighting to support the intended mood, visual storytelling, and creative goals of each environment
• Process and clean up photogrammetry assets for integration into real-time environments
• Test content in builds and proactively identify visual, performance, or integration issues affecting the quality of the environment
• Tune and optimize assets and environments to meet the visual-quality, performance, memory, and run-time requirements of the project
• Actively participate in the QA process to identify and fix bugs
• Create and implement materials, LODs, foliage, and other environment-art elements needed to support efficient real-time rendering
• Collaborate with Leads, Art Directors, Designers, Technical Artists, and Engineers to solve artistic and technical challenges
• Prepare scenes and content for internal reviews, creative working sessions, and virtual scouting sessions as needed
• Support client-facing creative sessions and other real-time working sessions as needed
• Contribute to environment-art workflows, documentation, asset briefs, and best practices that improve consistency and iteration speed
• Proactively seek feedback, respond constructively to direction, and keep Leads and Production informed of progress and developments
• Participate in dailies and reviews, contribute aesthetic solutions, and share knowledge with other members of the team
• Work toward defined milestones and deadlines while continuing to develop your skills and stay current with relevant tools, techniques, and industry trends
• Support the development of Apprentice and Junior Artists as appropriate

• 3–5 years of relevant professional experience in game development, VFX, animation, virtual production, or a related field, with shipped titles or comparable completed productions
• A strong foundation in traditional or digital art, with a particular emphasis on landscapes, interiors, environmental composition, and visual storytelling
• Strong 3D modeling and texturing skills using Maya, 3ds Max, Blender, or equivalent software
• Proficiency with Photoshop and 3D painting tools such as Substance Painter or equivalent software
• Experience using a real-time engine such as Unreal Engine or Unity
• Familiarity with environment-art workflows such as terrain or landscape editing, material setup, LOD creation, asset optimization, foliage tools, and scene assembly
• Experience taking environments from early blockout through final polish and real-time engine integration
• A solid understanding of PBR workflows, materials, textures, and lighting
• Strong understanding of form, shape, structure, silhouette, scale, proportion, color, and detail
• Experience with sculpting software such as ZBrush or Mudbox
• Ability to create work in a range of visual styles, from photorealistic to stylized
• Ability to work with a high degree of self-direction and motivation while meeting deadlines
• Strong communication, collaboration, time-management, and prioritization skills
• A team-oriented attitude and an openness to new ideas, constructive criticism, artistic direction, and changes
• Familiarity with source-control tools such as Perforce or equivalent software

• Experience creating environments for virtual production, virtual scouting, VR, AR, or other emerging platforms
• Experience working with photogrammetry
• Familiarity with procedural modeling, procedural asset-placement tools, or world-building tools
• Experience with software such as Houdini, Mari, World Machine, Quixel, or equivalent tools
• Familiarity with Blueprint visual scripting or similar real-time engine tools
• Familiarity with advanced Unreal Engine material creation or scripting tools such as Python or MEL

A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits