BLACKMILL GAMES - Environment Artist (F/H/NB)

BlackMill Games is seeking an experienced Environment Artist to design and develop immersive, large-scale environments for their WW1-themed multiplayer first-person shooters. The role involves prototyping designs, planning content, ensuring quality and technical standards, and collaborating with the Art Director, level designers, and 3D/Prop Artists. The artist will also contribute to innovation and knowledge sharing to optimize workflows and improve visual quality.

Must Have

• Design and Develop expansive maps in large-scale environments
• Set dressing of POI’s in the maps
• Work hand in hand with level design, prototyping designs
• Work out designs into optimised modular sets
• Plan level content, guard overscoping, and estimate time
• Ensure environments meet quality and technical standards, keep checks on optimisation
• Uphold naming conventions and storing source assets
• Work together with the Art Director, level designers and 3D/Prop Artist
• Interpreting reference images or concept art and faithfully & accurately recreating it into the 3D World
• Sense of scale and Composition
• Keen eye for Color and materials
• Creating accurate blockout models
• Converting blockouts into workable modular sets
• High to lowpoly workflow
• Uving, Baking and Texturing
• Working with Trimsheets
• Full understanding of modelling to create high-quality architecture and organic models
• Understanding of importing and setting up assets in the engine
• Understanding of tools to set dress in the engine
• Understanding of landscape tools
• Fully Remote work experience
• Self motivated
• Collaborative mindset

Good to Have

• Affinity for World War One
• Passionate gamer
• Experience with SVN
• Unity 6: HDRP pipeline
• Unity 6: Lighting
• Unity 6: Shaders
• Unity 6: Artistic Tools
• Sculpting
• Creating materials

BlackMill Games is looking for an experienced (mid - senior) Environment Artist with a passion for history to work on our series of WW1-themed multiplayer first-person shooters. We are looking for a passionate artist who can bridge the gap between Level art, Design and our 3D/Prop artists.

Responsibilities

• Create immersive environments: Design and Develop expansive maps in large-scale environments, Set dressing of POI’s in the maps.
• Prototyping and content planning: Work hand in hand with level design, prototyping designs, Work out designs into optimised modular sets, Plan level content, guard overscoping, and estimate time.
• Maintain quality standards: Ensure environments meet quality and technical standards, keep checks on optimisation. Uphold naming conventions and storing source assets.
• Cross-team collaboration: Work together with the Art Director, level designers and 3D/Prop Artist. Ensuring seamless collaboration and bridging between departments.
• Innovation and Knowledge sharing: Involvement and development of using and sharing tools to improve visual quality and optimise workflows. Documenting workflows for internal sharing between artists and other departments.

Expected skills

• Artistic skills:
• Interpreting reference images or concept art and faithfully & accurately recreating it into the 3D World
• Sense of scale and Composition
• Keen eye for Color and materials
• 3D Skills
• Creating accurate blockout models
• Converting blockouts into workable modular sets
• High to lowpoly workflow
• Uving, Baking and Texturing
• Working with Trimsheets
• Full understanding of modelling to create high-quality architecture and organic models

Other requirements

• Game engine experience
• Understanding of importing and setting up assets in the engine
• Understanding of tools to set dress in the engine
• Understanding of landscape tools
• Fully Remote work experience
• Self motivated
• Collaborative mindset

Bonus Skills/Experience

• Affinity for World War One
• Passionate gamer
• Experience with SVN
• Unity 6:
• HDRP pipeline
• Lighting
• Shaders
• Artistic Tools
• Sculpting
• Creating materials