Senior Environment Artist

Epic Games; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 276,000; Full time

Job summary

Epic Games is seeking a Senior Environment Artist to help build immersive environments for our collaborations. You will work with a world-class art team to create and own points of interest, using Unreal Engine to bring designs to life.

The role requires 5+ years in games, a portfolio of AAA-quality environments, and strong English communication. You will mentor junior artists and ensure timely delivery across platforms.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience building environments in the video game industry.
• 3 shipped AAA titles with environment art exposure.
• Online portfolio of previous work demonstrating art skills.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Take game designs and concept art and bring them to life using Unreal Engine.
• Collaborate with Leads and Production to ensure high-quality delivery and clear communication.
• Contribute to ideation and prototype environmental sets during pre-production.
• Build and texture architectural and thematic assets for environments.
• Mentor other Environment Artists and raise team quality and timeliness.

Skills

Unreal Engine

Environment art

Mentorship

Cross-team collaboration

English communication

Education

5+ years in video game industry

Tools

3DS Max

Maya

Blender

ZBrush

Marmoset

Substance Painter

Substance Designer

Job description

WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

ART

What We Do

Push your artistic talent to the limit on a team of world-class environment, character and concept artists who strive to innovate and inspire.

What You'll Do

Epic Games is looking for experienced Senior Environment Artists to help build several initiatives as part of our collaboration with Disney. Our Senior Environment Artists are highly talented, creative, and versatile individuals who build the aesthetically groundbreaking and technically advanced environments used in our games. In this role, you will work directly with a world-class art team to help create exciting and compelling environments and own points of interest that will invite the player to discover and explore.

In this role, you will

• Taking basic game designs and concept art, utilizing Unreal Engine, and bringing new points of interest to life, by collaborating with a variety of stakeholders, as an environment art point of contact


• As an environment art point of contact you will work closely with Leads and Production to ensure a high-quality delivery of work through tasking and prioritizing deliverables, driving creative conversation with your level design partner, and maintaining clear and open lines of communication


• Working in pre-production by contributing to ideation, building prototypes for both environmental sets and environmental gameplay needs - helping to ensure team success throughout the upcoming production cycle


• Building and texturing assets, namely focused on architectural and thematic sets, that Level Design will use to dress the environments


• Being an expert in 3D asset creation in DCC tools, such as 3DS Max, Maya, Blender, ZBrush. Strong knowledge of baking and texturing tools, such as Marmoset, Substance Painter and Designer, in order to develop assets in a high-to-low poly baking process, utilizing tileable textures, trim sheets, and unique unwraps, and displacement map creation


• Strong understanding of performance restraints, and developing for multiple platforms


• Providing mentorship to other Environment Artists, and making the team around them stronger through individual guidance, tutorial and documentation creation, and leading by example through setting and raising our high bar of quality and timeliness

What we're looking for

• At minimum, 5 years of professional experience in the video game industry building environments and assets for shipped titles


• At minimum, 3 shipped titles which exhibit AAA game quality art


• Online portfolio of previous professional and personal work


• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills

This role is open to multiple locations across the US (including CA, NYC, & WA).

Pay Transparency Information

The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors, which include (but aren’t limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic’s generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).

New York City Base Pay Range

$176,262 — $293,770 USD

California Base Pay Range

$155,111 — $258,518 USD

Washington Base Pay Range

$165,686 — $276,144 USD

ABOUT US

Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company. For over 30 years we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empower others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.