With multiple awards to our name, Larian Studios has proven that we’re dedicated to delivering high-quality role-playing games. As we move on to new projects, the studio that brought you Baldur’s Gate 3 & Divinity: Original Sin 2 is looking for a Associate-Lead Environment Artist to join the team and help us in crafting the high calibre games our fans have come to expect.
Responsibilities
- Leadership and Mentorship: regular check up with team members, ability to help team members with career development.
- Artistic Direction and Quality Control: review art created by your team, both from a directional artistic and technical perspective.
- Pipeline and Technical Development: define and optimize production workflows for both asset creation and level art.
- Cross-Department Collaboration: work closely with other departments such as Level design, Lighting, Graphic programmers, Tools development, etc.
- Project and Resource Management: prioritize and delegate tasks effectively, recruitment and onboarding new team members.
- Problem-Solving and Innovation: find innovative ways to push visual fidelity, along with helping develop tools and techniques to streamline production.
- Hands-on execution: allocate time to still get hands-on with creating/refining art yourself.
Requirements
- 5+ years of hands-on experience as a 3D environment artist.
- Skilled with 3D tools, sculpting, and texturing software and it shows in your work.
- Strong communication skills in English, both written and spoken.
- Experience with game editors for asset integration and level creation. Our tools are proprietary, but familiarity with Unreal Engine or Unity can translate over.
- Experience with both level art and 3D asset creation
Nice to have
- Experience with photogrammetry from scanning to processing and cleanup.
- You’re comfortable using tools like Marvelous Designer, SpeedTree, or Houdini.
- Knowledge of building procedural workflows to streamline and enhance your work.
- A background in traditional art helps you bring ideas to life whether through painting, sketching, or quick visual exploration.
- Combination of artistic flair with technical know-how, with a solid grasp of composition, shape, scale, color, and lighting to create compelling environments.
- Leadership/mentorship experience.
What we offer
- An international team of over 500 employees spread across 7 studios around the world, each of which have their own unique qualities, and maintain a small-studio feel.
- An open, collaborative environment where ideas are welcome and encouraged.
- A managerial team consisting of highly experienced game developers at the top of their fields.
- Sharing hobbies and passions with like-minded colleagues.
- Inclusive environment with many activities organized by the studios or the employees.
- Commitment to making the best game possible for the fans, including listening to community feedback.