Senior Environment Artist

About the Role & Team

Disney Digital Entertainment, a division of Disney Experiences, is embarking on a mission to create the ‘digital front door’ for The Walt Disney Company, bringing all of the magic of Disney together into a new interactive universe!

We are building an expert development team that will be building a groundbreaking game experience that will herald the next generation of Disney to the world. Working with top-class industry talent, this role is perfect for the seasoned Senior Environment Artist looking to create something epic - collaborating with an incredible group of game developers focusing on individual experiences to build a wonderfully rich and cohesive product that is truly “Disney”.

We are looking for a uniquely talented Senior Environment Artist to join us on a daring and exciting new project. Are you an experienced game developer with superb art skills, and have a love of Disney/Pixar, Star Wars and Marvel properties? If so, you’ll want to check out this opportunity!

You will report to the Senior Manager, Lead Environment Artist

This is a Full-Time role.

What You Will Do

• Use Maya, ZBrush, Substance, Photoshop, Unreal Engine 5 and UEFN to create high quality assets, materials, layouts and lighting for both architectural and organic environments.

• Collaborate with artists, designers, and other disciplines to create engaging, inspiring and compelling spaces, environments, props and items based on Disney’s robust portfolio of worlds and characters including Disney/Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars.

• Iterate on game assets and environments with fellow artists via paint overs, studies, and group critiques to improve visuals and gameplay.

• Uphold and evangelize in-game environment performance and best practices for asset creation, materials, lighting, etc.

• Serve as a key member of a growing game development team at Disney, helping to build and define the world of our project.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• A portfolio of work that accurately represents your personal and team-based artistic achievements

• Strong artistic and interpersonal skills, while being a great partner and enjoying collaborative development

• Minimum of 5 years of PC and console game development experience, including holding a position of Environment Artist for at least 3 years.

• At least one shipped game or equivalent service game launch experience

• Demonstrated creative vision, an excellent eye for artistic quality and confirmed knowledge of current game development techniques used to achieve specific visual targets.

• Expertise in environmental visual design, including lighting, composition, staging, and architecture.

• Proven understanding of environment creation that supports level design and enhances gameplay.

• Ability to craft unique new assets and also creatively re-using existing libraries.

• Texture and material creation proficiency within Substance Designer/Painter, Adobe Photoshop and UE5.

• Experience developing content using Unreal Engine and/or UEFN knowledge of current UE-specific environment creation, lighting and optimization technologies and techniques.

• Familiarity with early game and/or R&D development.

Education

• A Bachelor’s degree in Art and/or Design or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Additional Information

• Application must include a portfolio showcasing designs of real-time game environments. Please share or disable any passwords for efficient review of portfolios.

Disney offers a rewards package to help you live your best life. This includes health and savings benefits, educational opportunities, and special extras that only Disney can provide. Learn more about our benefits and perks at https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits. 

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The hiring range for this remote position is $118,900 to $183,400 per year, which factors in various geographic regions. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.