Lead Environment Artist

Teyon is a game development studio with over 150 employees, located in Krakow, Łódź, Warsaw, and Tokyo. The company has developed multiple titles including RoboCop: Rogue City, Terminator: Resistance, and RENNSPORT. The role involves working on a new action-survival game for PC and consoles set in the universe of an iconic sci-fi film franchise.

• Minimum 5 years professional experience in Environment Art for commercial PC or console games with portfolio.
• Experience as Lead or Senior Artist including coordination, feedback, and mentoring.
• Contribution to at least one shipped AA or AAA title.
• Excellent knowledge and practical experience with Unreal Engine 5.
• Strong understanding of realistic environment creation: composition, scale, architecture, materials, lighting, storytelling.
• Knowledge of modular environment production, asset libraries, asset variation for open-world.
• Practical knowledge of UE5 tools/systems: streaming, Data Layers, Landscape, Foliage, Lumen.
• Proficient communication, independence, problem-solving, confident decision-making.
• Proficiency in 3D art software including Substance 3D Painter, ZBrush, and Blender as primary modeling tool.
• Fluency in Polish and English.
• Strong understanding of modern games and environmental support for gameplay, atmosphere, narrative.

Nice to have:

• Experience with open-world, survival, action, FPP or TPP games.
• Knowledge of procedural tools such as PCG or Houdini.

• Lead visual development of game worlds in Unreal Engine 5, including biomes, locations, architecture, materials, composition, and interactive elements.
• Manage the Environment Art team: assign tasks, set priorities, conduct reviews, provide feedback, and mentor.
• Collaborate with Lead Level Designer to finalize locations consistent with gameplay and navigation.
• Plan production with Producer: estimate tasks, prioritize, monitor schedule.
• Work with Technical Art to select and implement technical solutions and develop Environment Art pipelines.
• Ensure assets and locations meet performance, memory, and streaming budgets.
• Collaborate on systems like dynamic weather, day-night cycle, destruction, and environmental interactions.
• Identify and report technical, quality, and production risks.