Senior Environment Artist

Eleventh Hour Games is a fast growing studio, focused on a passion for top-down action RPGs. 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. With our breakout title Last Epoch, we are moving fast into the next round of adventure!

THE OPPORTUNITY:

As Senior Environment Artist, 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.

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.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Own environment creation from early concept and blockout through final in engine implementation and polish

Build large scale environments, vistas, and landmark spaces with strong composition, readability, and atmosphere

Create high quality environment assets, including modular kits, hero assets, and supporting props

Develop and implement complex materials and shader setups to support environment fidelity and variation

Translate concept art into fully realized, performant in game environments while maintaining artistic intent

Take responsibility for in engine scene assembly, layout, set dressing, and world building

Optimize environments for performance, memory, and scalability across target platforms

Define and maintain best practices for environment implementation, including asset setup, material usage, and scene organization

Collaborate closely with technical art and engineering to solve pipeline and performance challenges

Identify risks related to environment scope, performance, and production timelines, and propose solutions early

Contribute to visual consistency across the project by upholding and reinforcing the established art direction

Mentor other artists through feedback, knowledge sharing, and raising the overall quality bar

Be a feature owner for the Environment art team.

(Optional but valuable) Contribute to lighting and mood creation to enhance environment storytelling

QUALIFICATIONS:

5+ years of experience in environment art for games, with at least one shipped title

Proven ability to own environments end to end, from concept translation to final in engine implementation

Deep understanding of real time environment pipelines, including asset creation, materials, shaders, and scene assembly

Strong technical proficiency working within modern game engines, including debugging, profiling, and optimization

Experience building large scale environments and vistas with strong composition and visual storytelling

Demonstrated experience creating modular environments and scalable asset systems

Solid understanding of performance constraints and how to optimize environments without sacrificing visual quality

Experience creating and implementing complex material systems

Ability to balance artistic quality with technical limitations and production realities

Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across disciplines

Self driven and comfortable taking ownership of large features or environment areas

PREFERRENCES:

Experience with lighting in real time environments and mood development

Background or experience in level design

Experience working on open or large scale worlds

Scripting or procedural workflow experience

Strong understanding of composition, color, and visual storytelling

ARPG game development experience

Reasonable Accommodation

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