Associate-Lead Environment Artist
Job Summary
Job Description
Larian Studios is seeking an Associate-Lead Environment Artist to join their team and contribute to crafting high-caliber role-playing games. The role involves leadership and mentorship of team members, artistic direction and quality control of art assets, and defining/optimizing production workflows. Responsibilities also include cross-departmental collaboration with teams like Level Design and Lighting, project and resource management, problem-solving, and hands-on art creation. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience as a 3D environment artist, proficiency in 3D tools, strong communication skills, and experience with game editors like Unreal Engine or Unity.
Must have:
- 5+ years of hands-on experience as a 3D environment artist
- Skilled with 3D tools, sculpting, and texturing software
- Strong communication skills in English
- Experience with game editors for asset integration and level creation
- Experience with both level art and 3D asset creation
Good to have:
- Experience with photogrammetry
- Comfortable using Marvelous Designer, SpeedTree, or Houdini
- Knowledge of building procedural workflows
- Background in traditional art
- Combination of artistic flair with technical know-how
- Leadership/mentorship experience
Perks:
- International team of over 500 employees across 7 studios
- Open, collaborative environment
- Managerial team of highly experienced game developers
- Sharing hobbies and passions with colleagues
- Inclusive environment with organized activities
- Commitment to making the best game possible and listening to community feedback
10 skills required
Job Details
With multiple awards to our name, Larian Studios has proven that we’re dedicated to delivering high-quality role-playing games. As we move on to new projects, the studio that brought you Baldur’s Gate 3 & Divinity: Original Sin 2 is looking for a Associate-Lead Environment Artist to join the team and help us in crafting the high calibre games our fans have come to expect.
Responsibilities
- Leadership and Mentorship: regular check up with team members, ability to help team members with career development.
- Artistic Direction and Quality Control: review art created by your team, both from a directional artistic and technical perspective.
- Pipeline and Technical Development: define and optimize production workflows for both asset creation and level art.
- Cross-Department Collaboration: work closely with other departments such as Level design, Lighting, Graphic programmers, Tools development, etc.
- Project and Resource Management: prioritize and delegate tasks effectively, recruitment and onboarding new team members.
- Problem-Solving and Innovation: find innovative ways to push visual fidelity, along with helping develop tools and techniques to streamline production.
- Hands-on execution: allocate time to still get hands-on with creating/refining art yourself.
Requirements
- 5+ years of hands-on experience as a 3D environment artist.
- Skilled with 3D tools, sculpting, and texturing software and it shows in your work.
- Strong communication skills in English, both written and spoken.
- Experience with game editors for asset integration and level creation. Our tools are proprietary, but familiarity with Unreal Engine or Unity can translate over.
- Experience with both level art and 3D asset creation
Nice to have
- Experience with photogrammetry from scanning to processing and cleanup.
- You’re comfortable using tools like Marvelous Designer, SpeedTree, or Houdini.
- Knowledge of building procedural workflows to streamline and enhance your work.
- A background in traditional art helps you bring ideas to life whether through painting, sketching, or quick visual exploration.
- Combination of artistic flair with technical know-how, with a solid grasp of composition, shape, scale, color, and lighting to create compelling environments.
- Leadership/mentorship experience.
What we offer
- An international team of over 500 employees spread across 7 studios around the world, each of which have their own unique qualities, and maintain a small-studio feel.
- An open, collaborative environment where ideas are welcome and encouraged.
- A managerial team consisting of highly experienced game developers at the top of their fields.
- Sharing hobbies and passions with like-minded colleagues.
- Inclusive environment with many activities organized by the studios or the employees.
- Commitment to making the best game possible for the fans, including listening to community feedback.
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