Principal Environment Artist

The role

The Principal Environment Artist will design and build realistic and semi-stylised atmospheric environments for horror games. This role involves driving benchmark environments, establishing visual and technical standards, and mentoring other Environment Artists.

What you will do

• Design and build realistic and semi-stylised atmospheric environments for horror games.
• Own and drive key benchmark environments from blockout through final polish.
• Apply understanding of composition, form, lighting, color, shape, and value to guide player eye.
• Develop and champion modular, trim-based, and reusable environment workflows in Unreal Engine.
• Partner with Narrative and Design leads to translate creative direction into environments.
• Collaborate with Level Design, Lighting, Materials, and Technical Art to solve environment challenges.
• Provide project-wide Environment Art reviews to improve visual consistency and quality.
• Mentor Environment Artists through hands-on collaboration and feedback.
• Act as subject-matter expert for Environment Art to define standards and workflows.
• Identify and develop scalable workflows and solutions for artistic and production challenges.

Required qualifications

• Portfolio demonstrating mastery of environment set dressing, modeling, and texturing for realistic and semi-stylised spaces.
• Shipped AAA-quality work or equivalent visual bar.
• Expert command of art fundamentals including composition, lighting, form, color, shape, value, and visual hierarchy.
• Expert-level understanding of modular environment construction, trim workflows, and reusable asset systems.
• Expert proficiency in Maya, 3ds Max, Blender, ZBrush, Marvelous Designer, Substance Designer/Painter, and Photoshop.
• Extensive experience with Unreal Engine 5 including level building, materials, scene assembly, and optimization.
• Ability to translate reference, narrative direction, and gameplay requirements into immersive worldbuilding.
• Deep understanding of horror visual language and mood construction.
• Demonstrated experience mentoring senior and developing artists.
• Excellent communication and cross-discipline collaboration skills.
• Experience shipping at least one AAA or equivalent high-quality title.

Nice to have

• 12+ years of gaming experience with progressive responsibilities and impressive trajectory
• Shipped several games (preferrably some that are horror)
• Experience developing procedural workflows, material systems, environment tools, or pipeline improvements in partnership with Tech Art

Benefits

• profit sharing
• medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) matching
• FSA/HSA
• paid time off
• sick time
• holidays
• parental leave

About the company

Mob Entertainment is a startup multimedia studio best known for the indie horror game Poppy Playtime.