Senior Environment Artist

PUBG Studios Seattle; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 103,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Dental & Vision

401K with company match

20 days PTO

Holiday breaks

Job summary

PUBG Studios Seattle is seeking a Senior Environment Artist to lead the creation of immersive, large-scale game environments in Bellevue, WA. You will mentor a team, refine workflows, and collaborate across disciplines to ensure artistic and technical excellence in open-world settings.

The ideal candidate has 5–8+ years in game environments, strong leadership, and hands-on experience with Unreal Engine 4/5, shaders, and PBR workflows.

Qualifications

• 5-8+ years as an environment artist in the video game industry with 2+ shipped titles.
• Strong leadership and mentorship experience guiding a team of artists.
• Proficiency in Blender, Substance Suite, ZBrush and Photoshop.
• Experience with large-scale terrain, modular and procedural workflows.
• Experience owning large areas of map/level production.
• Experience creating and analyzing pixel shaders.
• Experience using photo scan data and satellite imagery.
• Recent Unreal Engine 4/5 experience with materials and pixel shaders.
• Deep understanding of PBR, composition, lighting, and environmental storytelling.
• Strong knowledge of natural biomes, foliage, architecture, and set dressing.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop large-scale environments from concept to polish.
• Build modular environment kits and world-building pipelines for open worlds.
• Mentor a team of artists, provide feedback and drive best practices.
• Collaborate with Art Directors and designers to ensure visual consistency.
• Refine environment workflows, tools, and production pipelines.
• Optimize assets for performance and memory constraints.
• Coordinate asset integration with engineers and level designers.
• Stay current with industry trends and push environment art boundaries.

Skills

Environment art

Leadership

Mentorship

English communication

Tools

Blender

Substance

ZBrush

Photoshop

Unreal Engine 4/5

Job description

We are PUBG, the global battle royale phenomenon! After the release of our flagship title in 2017 we have become one of the highest selling games of all time with over 75 million copies sold – that’s a lot of Chicken Dinners! PUBG Studios Seattle is a small, skilled team with a wide range of game dev experience, coming together with a strong focus on quality and cross discipline collaboration.

Bellevue, Washington. We are at the heart of a vibrant game development scene, surrounded by top-tier studios and industry talent. We pride ourselves on pushing the boundaries of creativity, storytelling, and visual artistry. Our team of talented artists, designers, and developers work collaboratively to build immersive worlds that captivate players.

The person we’re looking for:

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Environment Artist with deep expertise in creating environments as part of a large-scale or open world. We are looking for an experienced artist to join our team to help bring immersive, and visually stunning worlds to life. This role requires strong artistic vision, technical expertise, and collaboration skills to influence art quality by helping to refine workflows and by supporting a team of artists through mentorship and knowledge sharing. The ideal candidate has a deep understanding of composition, lighting, materials, and environmental storytelling, with a proven track record of creating high-quality game environments.

As a Senior Environment Artist, you will collaborate with Art Directors, Leads, Designers, and Technical Artists to establish and maintain the visual direction for environments while ensuring assets meet both artistic and technical standards.

This position is fully in-office in Bellevue, WA and reports to the Lead Environment Artist.

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop realistic natural ecosystems and landscapes.
• Create and own large-scale environments from block out through final polish.
• Build modular environment kits and world-building pipelines for massive open worlds.
• Support complex environment art efforts and serve as a subject matter expert for large scale world creation, mentor a team of artists, providing quality bar-setting examples, constructive feedback and fostering professional growth.
• Work closely with Art Directors, Leads, Designers, and Technical Artists to ensure visual consistency and technical feasibility.
• Develop and refine environmental storytelling techniques to create immersive game worlds.
• Contribute to the development and evolution of environment art workflows, tools, and best practices that improve quality, efficiency, and scalability.
• Identify production challenges, technical limitations, and content creation bottlenecks, collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop effective solutions.
• Optimize assets for performance and memory constraints while maintaining high visual fidelity.
• Support in managing art production pipelines to ensure deadlines and quality expectations are met.
• Work with engineers and level designers to ensure seamless asset integration into the game engine.
• Stay up to date with industry trends and push the boundaries of game environment art.

A Typical Day May Include:

• Reviewing builds with an eye to maintaining a high-quality bar while respecting project or technical requirements.
• Communicating with leadership to align on various topics like art direction and project timelines.
• Creating high-quality game art content.
• Providing constructive feedback to other artists to establish best practices and document workflows.

Please include:

• High-quality environment art for video games, including examples of realistic work and demonstrated understanding of composition, lighting, and asset pipelines.
• Examples of natural landscapes and ecosystems as part of a large-scale environment.
• Shader/material examples.
• Wireframes and optimization examples where
• Breakdown documentation demonstrating your workflow and individual contributions.

Qualifications:

• 5-8+ years of experience as an environment artist in the video game industry with at least 2 shipped titles.
• Strong leadership and mentorship skills, with experience guiding and supporting a team of artists.
• Proficiency in industry tools such as Blender, Substance Suite, Zbrush and Photoshop.
• Experience with large-scale terrain systems, modular and procedural content workflows
• Experience leading or owning large areas of map or level production.
• Experience creating and analyzing pixel shaders.
• Experience using photo scan data as well as satellite imagery.
• Recent experience with Unreal Engine 4 or 5, including material and pixel shader creation.
• Deep understanding of PBR workflows, composition, lighting, and environmental storytelling.
• Strong understanding of natural biomes and foliage creation.
• Strong understanding of real-world architecture, set dressing and infrastructure.
• Ability to balance artistic vision with technical constraints for optimized performance.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across teams.
• Excellent English written and verbal communication ability.

Personal Attributes:

• Proactive, self-motivated, and able to work independently.
• Passion for video games and interactive entertainment.
• Strong desire to learn and stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies.

What we offer:

• A highly competitive total compensation package
• Comprehensive employer funded healthcare – ensuring you pay nothing out of pocket for in-network medical care
• Employer-paid premiums for dental, vision, short & long-term disability, life insurance, and AD&D insurance
• Generous benefits include 20 days PTO, 12 paid holidays and a studio-wide holiday break annually
• Ample sick leave days annually to prioritize your well-being
• Health & wellness, video game, and continuing education reimbursements
• Industry-leading family planning and fertility care benefits, including gender-affirming care, through Carrot Fertility
• Enjoy meal reimbursements, and snacks and beverages for in office staff
• 401K with a company match for your financial well-being

In Washington, the expected salary range for this position is $103,000- $155,000. The listed expected salary range represents a good faith estimate and the actual pay may depend on a variety of job-related factors that can include experience, education, skills, and location.

PUBG Studios provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.