Environment Artist - Craft Immersive Game Worlds

Blind Squirrel Games; Colombia; On-site; COP 77,675,000 - 168,296,000; Full time

Job summary

Blind Squirrel Entertainment, Inc. is seeking an Environment Artist to create immersive environments, terrains, and assets that align with the project’s art direction. You will balance visual quality with technical requirements and production timelines, taking ownership of your work.

You will collaborate with designers, engineers, and other artists to deliver polished environments, mentor teammates when needed, and iterate based on feedback from art leadership and playtesting.

Qualifications

• Minimum of three years of industry experience in game development specializing in environment art; five+ years for senior roles.
• Portfolio demonstrating high-quality environments and assets reflecting experience.
• Experience contributing to game development projects and shipped titles as Environment Artist for senior roles.

Responsibilities

• Create environments, terrain, models, textures, and assets using current industry-standard software and methods.
• Develop realistic or stylized content aligned with established art direction.
• Maintain visual quality and consistency across assets and environments.
• Apply composition, lighting, and material techniques to create engaging spaces supporting gameplay.
• Integrate assets into the game engine and refine appearance and functionality.
• Collaborate with production to define tasks and schedules, delivering on time.
• Work with artists, designers, and engineers to create visually compelling and performant environments.
• Optimize geometry, topology, textures, materials, and asset organization to meet budgets.
• Identify and help resolve performance bottlenecks in environment content and rendering.

Skills

Environment art

3D modeling

Texturing

Lighting

Asset integration

Mentoring

Team collaboration

Communication

Tools

Maya

3ds Max

Photoshop

ZBrush

Substance Designer

Substance Painter

Unreal Engine 5

Job description

Blind Squirrel Entertainment, Inc. is seeking an Environment Artist to create immersive environments, terrains, and assets that align with the project’s art direction. You will balance visual quality with technical requirements and production timelines, taking ownership of your work.

You will collaborate with designers, engineers, and other artists to deliver polished environments, mentor teammates when needed, and iterate based on feedback from art leadership and playtesting.