Senior Environment Artist in Runcorn

We’re looking for a talented and experienced Senior Environment Artist to help drive the visual quality of an exciting unannounced title. This role can be based at any of our Oxford, Warwick or Runcorn studios. We can provide a relocation package, including moving assistance, temporary accommodation and full support to ensure a smooth transition.

Responsibilities

• Create environments in tight collaboration with level designers.
• Assist in planning the space, considering narrative and visual storytelling, while documenting intentions.
• Create functional assets that can be shared across the project in respect of technical and artistic constraints.
• Communicate and collaborate with key stakeholders to confirm task direction and consistency of own work.
• Ensure the technical and artistic quality of the project by collaborating with technical artists and making changes when necessary.
• Implement and incorporate feedback from producers and project leads.
• Support the Lead Environment Artist with any ad-hoc tasks and duties.
• Act as an active mentor and role model for the environment art team, maintaining morale and fostering creativity and enthusiasm.

Requirements

• Strong experience in a professional game development environment, including profiling and optimising scenes for current-generation platforms.
• Experience lighting environments in a game engine.
• Good knowledge of 3D software; Blender preferred.
• Knowledge of Substance Painter, PBR material workflow and high-to-low baking.
• Experience gathering and utilising reference efficiently when creating 3D art.
• Ability to create clean models with accurate texel density and game-ready geometry.
• A good eye for composition, scale, and lighting.
• Ability to present work professionally, adapt to direction changes, and remain open to learning new systems and workflows.

Benefits

• 22 days holidays + Christmas closure (typically 4 days) & Bank holidays (increasing with service at 5 years – one day each year until you reach 31 days).
• Private Medical Insurance, healthcare cash plan, including dental and vision.
• Life Assurance, Income Protection & Critical Illness Cover.
• Enhanced Family Leave.
• Interest-free, tax-free loans.
• Enhanced Pension Scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme (mental health and wellbeing support).
• Wide range of discounts, freebies and social events.

Right to Work Statement

This role is only open to applicants who have the permanent right to work in the UK. We are unable to provide or take over visa sponsorship, either now or in the future. Applicants must therefore be able to demonstrate their ongoing eligibility to work in the UK without the need for employer sponsorship.