Senior Environment Artist

Creative Assembly is seeking an experienced Senior Environment Artist for a new project, a sequel to Alien: Isolation. Based at the Horsham headquarters, this role involves creating high-quality, performant visuals aligned with art direction. The artist will collaborate with level designers to develop environments from conception to final quality, maintaining a library of hard surface modular architectural assets, and actively mitigating issues.

Must Have

• Highly experienced environment artist with specialization in hard surface modular environment creation
• Excellent modelling and asset creation skills
• Excellent visual awareness and artistic ability
• Experience of working in a professional creative environment
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Knowledge of UE5, Modelling packages such as Blender or equivalent, Substance Designer
• Knowledge of Modular environment construction and hard surface modelling techniques
• Experience working and collaborating with other departments to create compelling play spaces
• Strong awareness of industry technology trends

Good to Have

• Knowledge of custom normal workflows (AKA Weighted normals)
• Passion for sci-fi environment art
• Strong technical skills within Unreal Engine

Perks & Benefits

• Work from Anywhere for a temporary period each year (restrictions apply such as VISAs)
• Enhanced holiday allowance, maternity and paternity breaks, flexibility with our core hours, and no-notice holidays
• Bespoke relocation package for you and your dependents
• Private medical and dental insurance, life insurance, permanent health insurance, critical illness cover and free health care screening
• Generous holiday allowance plus full studio closure over the Christmas and New Year period, and all Bank holidays
• Join our Diversity and Inclusion Network – an employee-led group
• Season ticket travel loans and cycle to work scheme with free bike servicing and discounted car valet service on site
• Wellbeing support and virtual confidential counselling
• Community activities including parties, football and more

Creative Assembly is looking for an experienced Senior Environment Artist to join our talented team to work on our new project, a sequel to Alien: Isolation.

This role will be based at our headquarters in Horsham, in the heart of West Sussex.

As a Senior Environment Artist on the team, you will be creating high quality, performant visuals in line with art direction while collaborating with level designers to bring environments to life.

On a day-to-day basis, you will:

• Collaborate with other departments such as level design to build environments all the way from conception to a final quality.
• Create and maintain a library of hard surface modular architectural assets.
• Produce high quality, performant visuals, as an integral part of the team.
• Communicate well, with all disciplines, and be well organised.
• Anticipate issues and work actively to mitigate problems.

Knowledge, Skill and Experience

Essential:

• Highly experienced environment artist with specialization in hard surface modular environment creation.
• Excellent modelling and asset creation skills.
• Excellent visual awareness and artistic ability.
• Experience of working in a professional creative environment.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Knowledge of:

• UE5, Modelling packages such as Blender or equivalent, Substance Designer.
• Modular environment construction and hard surface modelling techniques.
• Experience working and collaborating with other departments to create compelling play spaces.
• Strong awareness of industry technology trends

Desirable:

• Knowledge of custom normal workflows. (AKA Weighted normals.)
• Passion for sci-fi environment art.
• Strong technical skills within Unreal Engine.

Note: Applications for this role must include a portfolio/showreel (or link to a portfolio/showreel). Applications that do not have this information will not be considered.