Lead Environment Artist

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About the Role

Monks is seeking a talented and experienced Lead Environment Artist (Supervisor) to join our team. As a Lead Environment Artist you will be responsible on project level for creating stunning virtual environments in Unreal Engine that will be used in our Virtual Production pipeline. You work together with our technical artists to and immersive environments for a variety of different purposes in the fields of visualisation, interactive applications, as well as virtual and augmented reality with a main focus on Unreal Engine. You will design environments from scratch and guide your assets through the entire production process, including sculpting, high poly to low poly, texture and geometry optimisation, building modular sets and material creation.

Responsibilities:

• You continuously learn new techniques and industry trends to improve skills and knowledge in environment creation
• You are responsible for the creation of 3D environments.
• You bring in your proactive creative ideas and come up with the best solution.
• You always have an eye on optimising the performance of your 3D scene.
• You are used to dealing with time and budget constraints while creating the best possible output.
• You proactively support to develop our CG pipeline and workflows even further.
• You will work in a team of dedicated CG Artists.
• You continuously learn new techniques and industry trends to improve skills and knowledge in environment creation

About You

Essentials:

• 8+ years of experience working as an environment artist.
• 4+ years of experience working in Unreal Engine professionally.
• Excellent knowledge of moddeling, texturing, shading and lighting as well as very good
• experience in Unreal Engine.
• Detailed oriented.
• Experience with Lighting and Shading.
• Interest in high-quality visualisations.
• Experience in at least one of the following packages (Houdini, Substance).
• Good communication skills and ability to work in a team.
• Excellent understanding of composition, color theory, lighting, and visual storytelling
• Good communication and collaboration skills to work effectively within a team

At Monks, we believe in fostering an environment where a diversity of perspectives can thrive. We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage qualified applicants, from all backgrounds, who are excited to contribute to our mission.

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About Monks

Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry’s best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world’s trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.

Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek’s Fastest Growing lists (2019-23), ranks among Cannes Lions’ Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-23) and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). In addition to being named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-24), won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.

We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us. 

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