Senior Environment Artist

<p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Eleventh Hour Games is a fast growing studio, focused on a passion for top-down action RPGs.</strong> We value open communication, close-knit teamwork, and opportunity for ownership and growth! Our mission is to gather and empower the next generation of creators to forge extraordinary games. Extraordinary games build passionate communities, which create passionate people. Passionate people turn into next year's creators. <strong>With our breakout title<a href="https://lastepoch.com/">&nbsp;Last Epoch,</a> we are moving fast into the next round of adventure!</strong></span></p> <hr> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>THE OPPORTUNITY:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">As <strong>Senior Environment Artist</strong>, you will own environment creation from early concept and blockout through final in-engine implementation and polish. This is a hands-on role focused on building large-scale environments, landmarks, and supporting asset sets with strong composition, atmosphere, readability, and performance.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">You will work closely with art, design, technical art, and engineering to create performant, visually rich spaces that support gameplay and worldbuilding. This role is ideal for someone who can take full ownership of environment areas, solve technical and production challenges, and help raise the overall quality bar for environment art across the project.</span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>RESPONSIBILITIES:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Own environment creation from early concept and blockout through final in engine implementation and polish</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Build large scale environments, vistas, and landmark spaces with strong composition, readability, and atmosphere</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Create high quality environment assets, including modular kits, hero assets, and supporting props</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Develop and implement complex materials and shader setups to support environment fidelity and variation</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Translate concept art into fully realized, performant in game environments while maintaining artistic intent</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Take responsibility for in engine scene assembly, layout, set dressing, and world building</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Optimize environments for performance, memory, and scalability across target platforms</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Define and maintain best practices for environment implementation, including asset setup, material usage, and scene organization</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Collaborate closely with technical art and engineering to solve pipeline and performance challenges</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Identify risks related to environment scope, performance, and production timelines, and propose solutions early</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Contribute to visual consistency across the project by upholding and reinforcing the established art direction</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Mentor other artists through feedback, knowledge sharing, and raising the overall quality bar</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Be a feature owner for the Environment art team.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">(Optional but valuable) Contribute to lighting and mood creation to enhance environment storytelling</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>QUALIFICATIONS:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">5+ years of experience in environment art for games, with at least one shipped title</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Proven ability to own environments end to end, from concept translation to final in engine implementation</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Deep understanding of real time environment pipelines, including asset creation, materials, shaders, and scene assembly</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Strong technical proficiency working within modern game engines, including debugging, profiling, and optimization</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Experience building large scale environments and vistas with strong composition and visual storytelling</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Demonstrated experience creating modular environments and scalable asset systems</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Solid understanding of performance constraints and how to optimize environments without sacrificing visual quality</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Experience creating and implementing complex material systems</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Ability to balance artistic quality with technical limitations and production realities</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across disciplines</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Self driven and comfortable taking ownership of large features or environment areas</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>PREFERRENCES:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Experience with lighting in real time environments and mood development</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Background or experience in level design</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Experience working on open or large scale worlds</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Scripting or procedural workflow experience</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Strong understanding of composition, color, and visual storytelling</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">ARPG game development experience</span></li> </ul> <hr> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><em><strong>Reasonable Accommodation</strong></em></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><em>KRAFTON Americas is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. 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