Senior 3D Environment Artist

We made Monument Valley, Alba and Desta; games known for minimalist, graphic-design-led visuals that don't chase trends. The new project carries that DNA into full 3D: painterly, colourful, sitting between realistic and stylised, where lighting, colour and materials do the heavy lifting rather than dense geometry. 

We're looking for a portfolio with bold colour, strong shape language and a willingness to experiment, so Artists who take influences from editorial design, illustration and graphic design excite us more than traditional environment art. Wacky beats safe.

About you

• Senior-level ownership: you'll be the primary environment artist on the vertical slice phase of the project, so self-motivation and initiative are essential

• Full-pipeline 3D environment craft, with strong composition, colour and shape language sensibilities

• Blender proficiency is preferred, as you'll collaborate directly in files with our Lead Artist

• Unity Engine proficiency - our games are made in Unity. 

• A technical lean towards lighting especially, or shaders and materials, to complement your environment work (you'll share this ground with our Technical Artist)

Desirable:

• A shipped PC or console title

• Amplify or Shader Graph experience

• A keen interest in graphic design

What you'll be doing

• Defining visual aspirations for areas of the game alongside our Lead Artist, who stays hands-on and collaborative

• Owning the full environment pipeline: modelling in Blender, texturing, dressing and composing scenes in Unity

• Lighting your own work; this matters to us as much as the modelling

• Applying art treatments to whitebox scenes using Unity and our internal tools

• Experimenting and iterating from playtesting and feedback, in tight loops with a small team

• This role is a 12 month fixed-term contract, salaried as a preference, but we are also open to day-rate contractors. 

• For Fixed term hires, most benefits are offered and matched to our permanent team: BUPA private medical, pension, profit share, flexible working, enhanced parental leave, 25 days holiday plus paid sick leave.

• We can hire Hybrid or Remote, with hours that overlap the team's.

• Time together at our London (Oval) studio is encouraged where possible, especially early on, but we're not limiting this search by geography. Our preference is to have some weekly in-studio time, but we will consider strong applicants who are based anywhere in the UK or Europe, with preparedness for travel to the studio regularly.