Senior Environment Artist

1 Month ago • 4-8 Years • Concept Art

Job Summary

Job Description

Epic Games seeks a Senior Environment Artist to join the Quixel team. Responsibilities include building real-time, nature-based worlds and biomes in Unreal Engine, driving world development from inception to completion, and collaborating with various teams. The role requires a strong understanding of real-time world-building, technical skills in Unreal Engine (PCG experience a plus), and experience shipping at least one game in Unreal Engine. The successful candidate will have a great artistic eye for nature, a high level of ownership, and excellent communication skills. This is a remote position.
Must have:
  • Experienced environment artist specializing in natural environments
  • Strong artistic eye for nature
  • Solid understanding of real-time world-building techniques
  • Deep Unreal Engine technical skills
  • Shipped at least one game in Unreal Engine
Good to have:
  • PCG experience
  • Experience with procedural generation
Perks:
  • 100% employer-paid benefits (excluding PMI for dependents)
  • Pension
  • Private medical insurance
  • Health care cash plan
  • Dental insurance
  • Disability and life insurance
  • Critical illness coverage
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Flu shots
  • Health checks
  • Meals
  • Robust mental well-being program

Job Details

WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

ART

What We Do

Push your artistic talent to the limit on a team of world-class environment, character and concept artists who strive to innovate and inspire.

What You'll Do

Epic is looking for a Senior Environment Artist to join the Quixel team. In this role, you’ll be responsible for collaborating with a wide range of artists, engineers, and other developers to develop large scale, procedural, real-time worlds to a high visual quality. This role requires a solid understanding of general real-time world-building, from an artistic and technical perspective, where the primary objective will be focused on constructing incredible worlds.

In this role, you will

  • Build real-time, primarily nature-based worlds and biomes in Unreal Engine
  • Drive the development, content, and construction of worlds from start to finish
  • Have a high level of ownership and autonomy in the developments of worlds
  • Collaborate with various supporting teams, providing guidance and feedback
  • Define and set a high level of visual quality

What we're looking for

  • Highly experienced environment artist with specialization in natural environment creation
  • Great artistic eye for nature
  • Solid understanding of real-time world building techniques and best practices
  • Deep technical skills within Unreal Engine related to real-time games (PCG or similar experience is a plus)
  • Has experience shipping at least one game in Unreal Engine
  • Ability to work remotely, autonomously, and proactively
  • High level of communication skills with the ability to converse with various disciplines
  • A thoughtful and collaborative attitude, with a willingness to share regular updates and seek feedback from the team

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits except for PMI (for dependents). Our current benefits package includes pension, private medical insurance, health care cash plan, dental insurance, disability and life insurance, critical illness, cycle to work scheme, flu shots, health checks, and meals. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy .

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found .

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