80 Level Job Digest: Top Picks for Artists

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You Will:

• Build and polish large-scale game environments and playable maps in Unreal Engine 5.
• Collaborate closely with Design, Environment Art, Concept Art, Lighting, and Art Direction to create visually cohesive and gameplay-supportive spaces.
• Create compelling compositions, set dressing, and environmental storytelling that enhance player immersion and exploration.
• Assemble and integrate environment kits, terrain, foliage, props, materials, and lighting into final in-game spaces.
• Help define the mood, tone, and visual identity of different regions and locations throughout the game world.
• Work within gameplay constraints while maintaining strong artistic quality, readability, and performance targets.
• Partner with technical artists and engineers to improve workflows, optimization, streaming, and world-building pipelines.
• Iterate quickly based on playtesting, feedback, and evolving production needs.
• Contribute ideas and solutions that elevate the quality and functionality of the game world.

Requirements:

• Candidates with approximately two years of practical experience in areas such as programming, art, animation, and tool development in game development or video production, and strong technical skills.
• Candidates with experience in DCC script tool development.

Requirements:

• 7+ years of experience creating realistic 3D assets for AAA games, with mastery in at least two of the following: hard surface modeling, architectural construction, modular kit creation, or organic asset work.
• Portfolio demonstrating realistic 3D asset work for AAA games.
• Proficiency with Maya, ZBrush, Substance, and real-time engines.
• Proficiency with SideFX Houdini for procedural modeling, fracturing, or destruction workflows.
• Experience with PBR pipelines and real-world material recreation.
• Deep understanding of game production workflows, including estimating scope and timelines.
• Experience balancing hands-on creation with leadership, mentorship, and process improvement.
• Experience presenting ideas, surface risks, and influence decisions.
• A collaborative mindset and desire to share knowledge and grow others.

Requirements:

• Previous experience working in Unreal Engine 5, 
• Experience in scripting/programming in HLSL, BP, and Python.  
• Previous experience in creating tools for artists,  
• Previous experience in procedural content generation,  
• Previous experience in creating pipelines,  
• Experience in profiling and possessing the ability to detect the limitations on performance, 
• Excellent communication skills, as you will be working with a bunch of artists and other departments,   
• Strong problem-solving skills.

What You Have:

• 5+ years of experience in making production-ready art for shipped games
• Portfolio showcasing shipped art, appealing to teens
• Experience with animation and VFX workflows
• Ability to context switch from ideation, creation, to management, daily
• Experience collaborating closely with engineers, game designers, and other artists
• Passionate about game art and pushing the boundaries on mobile
• Please include a portfolio/work samples as part of your application

Qualifications:

• Typically 7+ years of experience in real-time graphics, rendering, physically-based lighting, and shading PBR pipeline or technical artistry, particularly with Unreal Engine.
• A portfolio that showcases your excellence in artistry and computer graphics development with finished projects, preferably showcasing a variety of fields like movies, commercials, and games.
• Strong understanding and proven experience in developing and using computer graphics workflows (lighting, rendering, shaders), particularly with Unreal Engine.
• Proficiency in HLSL, GLSL, or other shader/programming languages.
• Effective communication in a team setting, including documenting or visually explaining complex ideas".
• Initiative in driving shared goals, mentoring peers, and contributing both independently and collaboratively.
• Demonstrated interest in visual aesthetics and design as well as creative and strategic problem-solving abilities that foster innovation.
• Comfortable with iterative processes and learning from feedback, using feedback and data to continuously refine solutions, comfortably working in cycles of prototyping, testing, and improvement, maintaining flexibility and openness to change.