Unreal Environment Art Lead (Remote)

Believer; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 152,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great compensation package

Equity

Remote-friendly team

Take What You Need PTO

Holidays and breaks

Job summary

Believer, a Los Angeles-based game company, seeks an Environment Art Lead. This hands-on role combines module-based environment creation in Unreal Engine 5 with leadership of a small team to translate the vision of the Game Art Director into cohesive, high-quality assets.

The ideal candidate blends stylized direction with a strong sense of gameplay impact. With 6+ years in environment art for games and a shipped title, you will mentor teammates, guide pipelines, and stay current on trends like

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in environment art creation for games, with at least one shipped title where you owned significant end-to-end environment work.
• Deep Unreal Engine experience: level building, the material editor, Lumen/Nanite-era lighting and performance considerations.
• Strong proficiency in Photoshop, ZBrush, Substance Painter and Designer, and Maya, Blender, or 3DS Max; modular kit-building and trim-sheet workflows.
• Excellent communication, mentorship, and collaboration skills, and comfort working remotely and asynchronously across time zones with daily overlap to US Pacific.
• Small-team experience, where you wore multiple hats and made scope calls without a playbook.

Responsibilities

• Create final-quality environment assets and scenes in Unreal Engine 5 - modular architecture kits, props, terrain, foliage, materials, and lighting - from blockout through polish.
• Collaborate with the Game Art Director, Concept Artists, and other leads to ensure alignment with visual direction and creative vision.
• Provide regular style guidance and feedback to environment artists to maintain cohesion and quality standards.
• Represent environment art in planning, scope work with production, flag risk early, and balance ambition with delivery.
• Manage the Environment Art team and coordinate with outsourcing or freelance partners as the team grows.
• Stay current with industry trends, especially around generative AI, and recommend techniques or tools to improve production quality and efficiency.

Skills

Leadership & mentorship

Remote collaboration

Small-team experience

Unreal Engine

Communication

Tools

Unreal Engine 5

Photoshop

ZBrush

Substance Painter/Designer

Maya/Blender/3DS Max

Job description

Believer, a Los Angeles-based game company, seeks an Environment Art Lead. This hands-on role combines module-based environment creation in Unreal Engine 5 with leadership of a small team to translate the vision of the Game Art Director into cohesive, high-quality assets.

The ideal candidate blends stylized direction with a strong sense of gameplay impact. With 6+ years in environment art for games and a shipped title, you will mentor teammates, guide pipelines, and stay current on trends like