At a Glance
- Tasks: Create stunning environments in Unreal Engine and collaborate with top artists.
- Company: Join Epic Games, a leader in interactive entertainment and innovation.
- Benefits: Comprehensive health benefits, mental well-being support, and a cycle to work scheme.
- Other info: Inclusive culture with opportunities for mentorship and career growth.
- Why this job: Shape the future of 3D world creation while working with cutting-edge technology.
- Qualifications: Strong portfolio in environment creation and proficiency in UE5 required.
The predicted salary is between 55000 - 65000 £ per year.
At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.
Epic Games is searching for a Senior Environment Artist to work closely with a team of world‑building experts and support multiple Epic initiatives across games, technology demos, and long‑term R&D. The team develops high‑impact demo content, workflows, and prototypes that drive Epic's real‑time world‑building technology forward and help shape the future of scalable 3D world creation.
In this role, you will:
- Create visually stunning natural and manmade environments in Unreal Engine and UEFN, maintaining a high artistic bar across composition, storytelling, and world‑building quality.
- Develop performant and scalable environment content designed for real‑time experiences, large worlds, games, and technology demos.
- Collaborate with teams across Epic to support shared initiatives, strengthen content libraries, and build reusable world‑building solutions.
- Help shape future pipelines and workflows for environment assembly, optimization, reuse, and large‑scale content production.
- Mentor and support junior artists on the team.
What We're Looking For:
- Strong portfolio demonstrating specialization in natural environment creation and set dressing.
- Strong working knowledge of UE5 and its core environment features, including the material system.
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to give and receive constructive feedback.
- Experience delivering environment projects at scale in a team environment.
- Strong balance of artistic judgment and technical awareness.
We pay 100% for benefits except for PMI (for dependents):
- Pension
- Private medical insurance
- Health care cash plan
- Dental insurance
- Disability and life insurance
- Critical illness
- Cycle to work scheme
- Flu shots
- Health checks
- Meals
- Robust mental well‑being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.
Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company. For over 30 years we've been making award‑winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award‑winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high‑fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world‑class talent.
Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer.
Senior Environment Artist (biomes) employer: Epic Games
Epic Games is an exceptional employer, offering a vibrant and inclusive work culture that fosters creativity and collaboration among talented individuals. With a comprehensive benefits package covering 100% of health-related costs and a strong focus on employee well-being, including mental health support, Epic provides ample opportunities for professional growth in the cutting-edge field of machine learning and game development. Located in a dynamic environment, employees are empowered to innovate and contribute to groundbreaking projects that shape the future of interactive entertainment.
