ENVIRONMENT ARTIST

Flix Interactive; West Midlands Combined Authority; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a talented environment artist to join their dynamic team. In this exciting role, you will create and implement stunning game environments, props, and textures for AAA games. You'll collaborate closely with artists and designers to ensure visual consistency and quality across projects. This innovative firm offers a nurturing work environment, where your creativity and passion for gaming will thrive. If you are driven to deliver captivating gaming experiences and want to be part of a supportive team, this opportunity is perfect for you!

Benefits

Private healthcare

Additional time off over Christmas

Bonus scheme

Team outings and events

Summer BBQ + Festive party

Qualifications

• Proficiency in industry-standard software for game art.
• Good understanding of Unreal Engine content creation.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality game environments and props.
• Collaborate with teams to maintain visual consistency.

Skills

Game Art Creation

3D Modelling

Texturing

Communication Skills

Time Management

Collaboration

Education

Relevant Degree in Art or Game Design

Tools

Blender

Photoshop

Substance

ZBrush

Unreal Engine

SpeedTree

Job description

UK Remote or West Midlands Based – Birmingham/Worcestershire Area

Please Note: We welcome applicants that prefer to work from home, so please get in touch!

Role and Purpose

We are looking for a talented and motivated individual to help develop and deliver high-quality environment art for AAA games, both for Flix’s own exclusive projects and our high profile co-development partners. As a vital component of the Art team, you will work in conjunction with artists, designers, and developers utilising your artistic abilities and creativity to bring the vision of the game to life.

Responsibilities

1. Create and implement high quality game environments, props, textures and materials based on art and design guidelines.
2. Follow and uphold art style principles, maintaining visual consistency across the project and ensuring content aligns with the game’s aesthetic, gameplay, and narrative requirements.
3. Actively participate in art reviews, incorporating feedback to improve the quality of your work.
4. Follow best pipeline practices for asset creation, optimization, and performance, ensuring artwork meets visual quality standards and runs smoothly across target platforms.
5. Communicate and collaborate with Art and Design teams to help uphold the quality bar of the game’s artwork, ensuring a consistent and cohesive visual identity.

Requirements

1. Proficiency in relevant industry-standard software such as Blender, Photoshop, Substance, ZBrush or equivalents.
2. Good understanding of game art content creation for Unreal Engine, including the full modelling, texturing, material, and implementation process.
3. The ability to contextualise design block-outs with existing art assets and produce high-quality game environments while upholding the level’s design intention and integrity.
4. A passion for gaming and a drive to deliver visually stunning and captivating gaming experiences.
5. Effective communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work positively in a team environment.
6. Take critique and guidance from others well, and be able to contribute your own creative input in art reviews.
7. Manage your time effectively to create content to time, quality and implementation constraints.

Desirable Skills

1. Understanding of level design/level compositional theory.
2. Skills in any adjacent areas such as Niagara, Blueprint, Concept Art, Character Art, Animation, Level Design etc.
3. Experience creating high fidelity, realistic foliage using SpeedTree or similar pipelines.

Portfolio

Please send through your portfolio and cover letter. If your examples are from previous works with another studio, please make sure samples are cleared for release by copyright owners. Links to an online portfolio are preferable, otherwise we accept showreels via Dropbox or other secure sharing platforms.

Send your application to – [e-mail]

What We Offer

Based just outside Birmingham, Flix offers a friendly, nurturing work environment with the opportunity to build games as part of an extremely talented, ambitious studio. The team is made up of welcoming, passionate, active gamers that support one another in all aspects of development.

We Also Offer The Following

1. Private healthcare.
2. Additional time off over the Christmas period on top of standard holidays.
3. Bonus scheme.
4. Team outings and events.
5. Summer BBQ + Festive party.

If you have the drive and skills for making games and think you have what it takes to work within our team then we’d love to hear from you.

For more information visit our site – Flix Interactive

Alternatively, call our recruitment team on – [phone]

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