Unreal Environment Artist

3 Months ago • 3 Years + • Environment Art

Job Summary

Job Description

The Unreal Environment Artist will collaborate with the Environment Lead to define the look and construct 3D environments. Responsibilities include creating high-quality 3D assets, materials, and textures, collaborating with other artists, and supporting the development process. The ideal candidate should have 3+ years of experience, a strong portfolio, and proficiency in relevant software. This is an Expression of Interest role.
Must have:
  • 3+ years of professional experience in computer-generated art
  • Experience building environments from initial blackout to final polish/ship
  • Portfolio with examples of environment asset creation and/or world building
  • Ability to efficiently model, sculpt and texture assets to a high degree
  • Experience creating assets for a range of art direction styles
  • Proficient knowledge of Maya, Photoshop, Zbrush, and Substance Painter
  • Strong understanding of world building workflows using Unreal Engine
  • A strong understanding of scene composition, scale/proportion and lighting
  • Excellent communication skills and enjoy collaborating with other team members
  • A strong work ethic, are self-motivated, organized and work well with deadlines
Good to have:
  • Experience procedural world building methods and techniques
  • Experience with creating real time vegetation/foliage assets using SpeedTree
  • Technical Art background, knowledge of advanced Unreal Engine material creation
  • Experience lighting environments in Unreal Engine
  • Environment concepting skills
  • Experience with live shoots on a motion capture stage or LED Wall projects

Job Details

About the Company:

AGBO is an artist-led Academy Award-Winning independent studio focused on developing and producing innovative story universes spanning film, TV, and digital platforms. Founded in 2017 by award-winning and record-breaking directors Anthony and Joe Russo, AGBO’s mission is to inspire and advance the next generation of storytelling to entertain and influence worldwide audiences. AGBOs recent productions include “Everything Everywhere All At Once”, Amazon series “Citadel”, Netflix’s “The Gray Man”, “Extraction”, “Extraction 2”, and “The Electric State”.

About the Position:
AGBO is seeking a talented Unreal Environment Artist to join our Visual Effects (VFX) team. The Unreal Environment Artist will help define overall quality and construct 3D environments to deliver consistent, high-quality environmental assets, and locations. The ideal candidate is a well organized artist with a strong, hands-on background.

This is an Expression of Interest role.


Key Responsibilities:

  • Work closely with the Environment Lead to help define the look of our project as well as establish and document workflows and best practices.
  • Create 3D assets, materials, and textures of the highest quality and maintain content throughout the entire development process.
  • Collaborate with other Environment Artists to craft compelling spaces and support them through all phases of development.
  • Breakdown environment tasks, create asset briefs and help support both studio and external artists.

Qualifications & Skills:

  • 3+ years of professional experience in computer-generated art for entertainment or games.
  • Experience building environments from initial blackout to final polish/ship.
  • A portfolio with examples of environment asset creation and/or world building.
  • Ability to efficiently model, sculpt and texture both organic and hard surface assets to a high degree of quality.
  • Have the experience to create assets for a range of art direction styles, from photo-realistic to stylized.
  • Proficient knowledge of Maya (or similar 3D modeling software), Photoshop, Zbrush, and Substance Painter.
  • Strong understanding of world building workflows, technical constraints and asset creation using Unreal Engine.
  • A strong understanding of scene composition, scale/proportion and lighting.
  • Excellent communication skills and enjoy collaborating with other team members and departments.
  • A strong work ethic, are self-motivated, organized and work well with deadlines.
  • Basic understanding of the Sequencer and Movie Render Queue.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience procedural world building methods & techniques (PCG, Houdini or other).
  • Experience with creating real time vegetation/foliage assets using SpeedTree (or similar software).
  • Technical Art background, knowledge of advanced Unreal Engine material creation, blueprints, Python/MEL scripting and creating efficient environment/world building workflows & tools.
  • Experience lighting environments in Unreal Engine.
  • Environment concepting skills.
  • Experience with live shoots on a motion capture stage or experience with LED Wall projects.

Additional Information:

  • This is a temporary position with the possibility of extension based on project needs.
  • This is an Expression of Interest role. You will be contacted once an opportunity becomes available.
  • Remote candidates may be considered; however, preference will be given to those who can work in Los Angeles.
  • Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for sponsorship.
  • Please submit a portfolio or demo reel for consideration.



AGBO Labs, LLC is committed to operating fair and unbiased recruitment procedures allowing all applicants an equal opportunity for employment, free from discrimination on the basis of religion, race, sex, age, sexual orientation, disability, color, ethnic or national origin or any other classification as may be protected by applicable law. We aim to recruit the right people for the jobs we have to offer, and to assess applications on the basis of relevant skills, education and experience.

The job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent to this position.

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About The Company

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