Senior Game Environment Artist — Craft Immersive Worlds

Placements24; Stellenbosch; Hybrid; ZAR 420,000 - 640,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health benefits

Professional development

Work-life balance

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Game Environment Artist to join our Stellenbosch studio. You will create immersive, high-fidelity environments, craft levels, and optimize assets for real-time rendering in Unreal Engine or Unity.

The role emphasizes collaboration with designers and art directors to achieve a cohesive visual language across projects. The ideal candidate shows a strong portfolio of shipped titles, expert 3D modelling, texturing, and lighting skills, and a passion for environmental

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Game Environment Artist with shipped titles.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating diverse environment art.
• Proficiency in 3D modeling, texturing, and lighting.
• Experience with PBR workflows and game engines.
• Excellent collaboration and communication.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality 3D environment assets.
• Construct and texture game levels with lighting and mood.
• Implement and optimize assets in Unreal Engine or Unity.
• Collaborate with level designers to support gameplay and narrative.
• Develop environment art style guides and asset libraries.
• Optimize environments for performance.
• Mentor junior environment artists.
• Stay current with industry trends.

Skills

3D modeling

Texturing

Lighting

Unreal Engine

Unity

Art direction interpretation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Game Art or related field

Tools

Maya

3ds Max

ZBrush

Substance Painter

Substance Designer

Photoshop

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Game Environment Artist to join our Stellenbosch studio. You will create immersive, high-fidelity environments, craft levels, and optimize assets for real-time rendering in Unreal Engine or Unity.

The role emphasizes collaboration with designers and art directors to achieve a cohesive visual language across projects. The ideal candidate shows a strong portfolio of shipped titles, expert 3D modelling, texturing, and lighting skills, and a passion for environmental