Senior Environment Artist (Stylized Games | Real-Time)

Location: Fully remote, Europe; the role is part of an international team.

Company

hirify.global develops game environments and co-development projects.

What you will do

• Create stylized environments, architectural elements, terrain, props, and other world-building assets.
• Translate concept art and visual references into production-ready environments with strong composition, color, shape language, and atmosphere.
• Build modular asset sets and reusable environment systems, assembling complete playable scenes that support exploration, navigation, immersion, and gameplay readability.
• Develop optimized assets from blockout through in-engine implementation, including UVs, textures, LODs, modular geometry, materials, shaders, lighting, and set dressing.
• Collaborate with Environment Leads, Art Directors, Concept Artists, Level Designers, Lighting Artists, and Technical Artists.
• Participate in environment reviews, improve workflows and asset reuse, maintain quality standards, and support less experienced artists when needed.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience as an Environment Artist in game development.
• Experience contributing to commercially released game productions.
• An exceptional portfolio demonstrating strong environment composition, visual storytelling, and artistic quality.
• Strong proficiency in 3D modeling, UV mapping, texturing, and material creation.
• Excellent understanding of shape language, color, lighting, scale, and environmental composition.
• Experience creating modular environment assets and assembling complete playable scenes.
• Proficiency in Blender, Maya, Substance 3D tools, or equivalent software.
• Experience working with Unity3D, Unreal Engine, or comparable real-time engines.
• Strong understanding of optimization, material budgets, geometry complexity, and real-time performance.
• Ability to maintain visual consistency within technical and gameplay requirements, with strong communication skills and fluency in English.

Nice to have

• Experience with stylized mobile game environments.
• Familiarity with voxel-inspired, simplified, or highly stylized aesthetics.
• Experience with procedural environment workflows, Houdini, or terrain generation.
• Strong understanding of foliage, vegetation, and biome creation.
• Experience with lighting, atmosphere, and shader development.
• Previous experience working in a co-development environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote, international working environment.
• High artistic ownership and meaningful influence over world-building quality.
• Collaboration with experienced artists, Level Designers, and technical specialists.
• Competitive compensation, flexible contract options, and long-term collaboration.
• Professional growth opportunities, annual Beffio team retreats, and a supportive studio culture.

Hiring process

• Submit a portfolio and a short introduction.
• Portfolio materials should demonstrate exceptional artistic taste, strong atmosphere, and understanding of real-time production.