Senior Environment Artist

Media Molecule; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

8 bank holidays

Flexitime

Free car parking

Cycle garage and showers

Private health and life insurance

Income protection

Job summary

Media Molecule, based in Guildford, is hiring two Senior 3D Environment Artists for a short-term contingent engagement with Yoh Services. The role supports hybrid/remote UK work with a preference for one day per week on site in Guildford.

You will shape stylised environments, light and composition, and adapt existing content using Blender and proprietary plugins. You will join a world-class team, communicate across disciplines, and contribute to levels that showcase the studio’s high-quality

Qualifications

• Experience shipping 3D games, with AAA title credits preferred.
• Strong knowledge of Blender and in-house plug-ins.
• Proven ability to work across teams to maintain visual style.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and collaboration.
• Experience with multiple game engines and developing for PlayStation 5.

Responsibilities

• Role focuses on delivering stylised environments and lighting for game levels.
• Collaborate with artists under the Art Director to preserve visual quality.
• Modify existing content in Blender using in-house tools to maintain style.
• Contribute to cross-department workflows and feedback loops.

Skills

Stylised environments

In-house plug-ins

Team collaboration

AAA title shipping

Multiple game engines

PS5 development

Communication skills

Blender familiarity

Tools

Blender

Job description

We are Media Molecule, aGuildford based game developerproudly partof thePlayStation Studios group. We have a history of creatingAward winninggames such as LittleBigPlanet, Tearaway and Dreams.

It's a fantastic time to join us as we embark on our next adventure, defining and executing the vision for our next ambitious project based out of ourstudio in central Guildford. We are now searching for 2exceptional Senior 3D Environment Artists to join us!

This will be a short-term contingent engagement through our staffing partner, Yoh Services which we anticipate will run until the end of July 2027. We are therefore open to hybrid and remote working in the UK with a preference for 1 day a week onsite in Guildford.

Role Overview: As a Senior 3D Environment Artist, you'll be working with a world class team of Artists to bring our game levels to the highest quality, under guidance by our Art Director.

If you have a passion forbeautifullystylised environments, lighting and composition, we want to hear from you!

You'll be working on already-existing levels within Blender often using our inhouse plug-ins, so being able to pick upnew tools and tech is a must.A strong knowledge of Blender is essential to this role.

What we are looking for:

• You have affinity for stylised natural environmentsand architecture
• You're quick to learn and understand in-house plug-ins and tools
• You're confident working on existing content and can continue the consistency of quality and style you're given
• You're articulate and have strong written and verbal communication skills - Media Molecule is built on empowering close collaboration between people and teams
• You have experience shipping 3D games
• You have a shipped AAA title under your belt
• You have experience with multiple game engines
• You have experience with developing for the PlayStation 5
• 25 days holiday and 8 bank holidays per year
• Flexitime working (where approved)
• Free car parking facilities
• Access to cycle garage and showers

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People of all backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives are encouraged to apply. Media Molecule is committed to creating an inclusive and safe work environment that reflects the diversity of the world around us. We are an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability status.

Tips for getting hired!

Words are not enough! We need to see what you make: a portfolio, showreel, demo…send us a curated selection of your work that shows just the pieces you're most proud of. Don't be afraid to show us your personal work alongside your professional projects… just make sure we have your best creations to look at.

Embrace collaboration.Media Molecule loves a game jam, so we need team members that can work well together - sometimes across departments that don't traditionally overlap. Maybe you already work on a team, or manage a guild or play in a band - we'd love to hear how you get on collaborating with others.

Be yourself.We are a studio that encourages our team think creatively, to play with new technology and jam on individual ideas. We love seeing the personality of everyone at Media Molecule so it's YOU and YOUR STYLE that we are interested in learning about.

Go for it.Media Molecule is filled with people with all sorts of previous experiences - straight from university, from jobs outside the industry, from AAA studios and indie ones, etc. We are after people who fit the roles we are hiring for not a specific number of years in the industry. Some roles benefit from certain experience, of course, but otherwise we are very open. We make creative games, and creativity is something we all enjoy. If you are interested then please apply - and don't forget that portfolio!

What you get

On top of all the things we already mentioned, you'll also get to be part of a talented, diverse team of people, get a tip top benefits package, including private health and life insurance, income protection and all that jazz, a competitive salary, a winning bonus scheme, a personal development fund, being a name and not a number, free lunches, organic fruit, and really comfy chairs. Our main studio is based in Guildford, and we now also have a small office in Brighton.