Senior Biome Artist (UE5)

Location: Derby, East Midlands, GB

Salary: £38,000–£45,000 per year

Company

hirify.global develops games and immersive environments.

What you will do

• Own and build large-scale biomes and environments in collaboration with Art, Concept, and Level Design.
• Define biome rules and ecosystems governing vegetation, terrain, and prop placement.
• Build and maintain landscape master materials, procedural foliage placement, and shader libraries in UE5.
• Set studio-wide vegetation standards in SpeedTree and balance foliage visual fidelity against performance budgets with Technical Art and Engineering.
• Lead visual research, prototyping, and previsualisation for major environment themes.
• Act as the main contact for landscape and foliage art, track milestones, communicate with stakeholders, lead small teams, and mentor artists.

Requirements

• Portfolio demonstrating large-scale natural environments and organic asset work.
• Expert understanding of current game art processes, limitations, and dependencies.
• Experience creating large-scale environments in UE5 with Nanite.
• Expertise in organic 3D asset creation using industry software, including SpeedTree and ZBrush or equivalent.
• Experience with landscape materials, foliage scattering, and procedural content creation.
• Expertise in world building and a strong understanding of level design requirements and limitations.

Nice to have

• Experience with the PCG framework.
• Experience with photogrammetry.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to influence visual direction and refine environment art pipelines.
• Cross-disciplinary collaboration with Art, Concept, Level Design, Production, Technical Art, and Engineering.
• Mentoring, feedback, coaching, and knowledge-sharing responsibilities.