Environment Artist (Unreal Engine 5)

TL;DR

Environment Artist (Unreal Engine 5): Crafting large-scale playable spaces and immersive game worlds for an unannounced project with an accent on environmental storytelling and visual cohesion. Focus on building complex compositions, integrating environment kits, and optimizing world-building pipelines in UE5.

Company

Developer of the award-winning Guild Wars game series, focused on creating passionate online worlds for millions of players.

What you will do

• Build and polish large-scale game environments and playable maps in Unreal Engine 5.
• Collaborate with Design, Concept Art, and Lighting to create visually cohesive and gameplay-supportive spaces.
• Create compelling compositions, set dressing, and environmental storytelling to enhance player immersion.
• Assemble and integrate environment kits, terrain, foliage, props, and materials into final in-game spaces.
• Define the mood, tone, and visual identity of different regions throughout the game world.
• Partner with technical artists and engineers to improve workflows, optimization, and world-building pipelines.

Requirements

• 2+ years of professional game development experience building environments for shipped titles.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating large-scale environment creation, composition, and storytelling.
• Experience building and dressing playable spaces in Unreal Engine (ideally UE5).
• Strong understanding of level composition, player navigation, and gameplay flow.
• Excellent eye for scale, mood, lighting, and color.
• Experience with modular environment kits, terrain tools, and foliage systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive work environment that celebrates diversity in culture, ethnicity, and background.
• Opportunity to work on a high-profile unannounced project using UE5.
• Collaborative atmosphere where cross-discipline teamwork is prioritized.