Environment Artist: Immersive Game Worlds (Auckland Onsite)

Blind-Squirrel-Games; Auckland; On-site; NZD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Blind Squirrel Games in Auckland is seeking an Environment Artist to create immersive environments for ports, co-development, and full game work. You will collaborate with art leadership, designers, and engineers to deliver high-quality environments that meet project directions and technical constraints.

The role emphasizes ownership, collaboration, and mentoring as needed, with a path toward more senior responsibilities for experienced candidates.

Qualifications

• Minimum three years of industry experience in environment art; five+ years for senior-level responsibilities.
• Portfolio demonstrating high-quality environments and assets.
• Shipped at least two titles as Environment Artist for seniorlevel roles.
• Understanding of environment art pipelines and production workflows.
• Proficiency in 3D modeling, texturing, material creation, and integrating assets into a game engine.

Responsibilities

• Create environments, terrain, models, textures, and assets using current industry-standard software and methods.
• Develop realistic or stylized content aligned with project art direction.
• Maintain visual quality and consistency across assets and environments.
• Apply composition, lighting, and material techniques to create engaging spaces that support gameplay.
• Integrate assets into the game engine and refine their appearance in context.
• Collaborate with production to define tasks, schedules, and deliver work on time.
• Work with artists, designers, and engineers to create visually compelling environments.
• Optimize geometry, topology, textures, materials, and asset organization for budgets.
• Identify and help resolve performance bottlenecks related to environment content and rendering.
• Iterate on assets based on feedback from art leadership and playtesting.
• Document environment art pipelines and best practices for reference.

Skills

Environment art

Storytelling

Time management

Collaborative

Tools

Maya

3ds Max

Photoshop

ZBrush

Substance Designer

Substance Painter

Unreal Engine 5

Jira

Job description

Blind Squirrel Games in Auckland is seeking an Environment Artist to create immersive environments for ports, co-development, and full game work. You will collaborate with art leadership, designers, and engineers to deliver high-quality environments that meet project directions and technical constraints.

The role emphasizes ownership, collaboration, and mentoring as needed, with a path toward more senior responsibilities for experienced candidates.