Senior Environment Artist in London

Who We Are… When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD’s vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the bringing our characters to life, the bringing them to your living rooms and the creating what’s next… From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive. Rocksteady Studios is a member of the Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment family, and the developer of the award-winning Batman: Arkham series of games. Our philosophy for game development is all about treating people well to create quality entertainment that stands the test of time.

As a studio we built our success by combining genre-defining gameplay and character-driven cinematic narrative with AAA production values. Born in the heart of London, our multicultural team takes inspiration from the culture and history of our home in one of the most diverse cities in the world. You will join a team of passionate and highly collaborative environment artists helping us bring life, creativity and depth to an iconic DC world. You will have the opportunity to take artistic ownership of environments and use your passion and ideas to push the game to new heights throughout every part of the production process. We love detail and visual storytelling and have a drive to make our worlds as rich and as diverse as possible. As part of the environment art team you will have the opportunity to grow into areas of specialism and take on ownership of key areas of production.

Responsibilities:

• Create industry leading environments and assets that creatively and technically raise the project’s visual bar.
• Be comfortable and proactive communicating across teams and departments in a friendly and open manner.
• Fully understand the projects tool pipeline/game engine and confidently report issues & improvements.
• Continue to develop the skills of yourself and those around you to maintain a world class quality.

Requirements:

• Strong Portfolio with examples of: Creatively compelling scenes, levels and environments created in Unreal Engine 4/5 or equivalent Great quality assets that show technical proficiency as well as attention to detail and storytelling.
• Be a positive, active, and contributing team member.
• To be proactive and helpful with ad-hoc problem-solving.
• Must be a team player and know the importance of listening to others.
• Must be detail oriented with an extremely high bar for the quality of delivery.
• Able to work independently, prioritise and handle pressure.

Bonus Points:

• A passion for playing and developing exceptional games.
• Traditional 2D skills for concept art and paint overs.
• Experience with a full project cycle, working within technical budgets and experience of optimisation and bug fixing.

If you do not meet all the requirements, but after reading through the description you feel excited about the position, and believe you’d still be a great fit for the role we’d still love to hear from you!

Hybrid Working - This role is advertised as a Hybrid work model, that combines remote and in-office work, following our current company policy and to be agreed with your Line Manager. Subject to any applicable laws, WBD / your Line Manager reserves the right to change this working agreement where this is essential to business needs and upon reasonable notice to you.

How We Get Things Done… This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

Championing Inclusion at WBD Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.