Film & TV Contract Hybrid

Environment Artist

Environment Artist at Electronic Arts

Job Overview

Motive Studio is seeking an Environment Artist for a 6-month temporary full-time opportunity based in Montreal, Quebec. The role involves creating immersive open-world environments that support gameplay, storytelling, and artistic direction for the upcoming Iron Man project.

Reporting to the Lead Environment Artist, the selected candidate will collaborate with cross-functional teams to build visually compelling and optimized game worlds using industry-standard tools and workflows. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}

Responsibilities

Create immersive open-world environments aligned with gameplay and artistic goals.
Build presets and assemblies to support efficient world-building workflows.
Use world-building tools to populate and refine large-scale game environments.
Develop layouts with strong composition and visual readability.
Optimize environments to meet engine performance and memory budgets.
Collaborate with artists, designers, and technical teams throughout production.
Contribute to visually engaging environmental storytelling.

Qualifications

2–4 years of experience creating 3D environments for shipped games.
Strong understanding of the game development pipeline.
Experience with major 3D DCC tools such as Maya, Blender, 3ds Max, or Modo.
Experience using world-building or level-editing tools.
Knowledge of composition, lighting, color theory, and environmental storytelling.
Experience optimizing assets for real-time rendering and engine constraints.
Ability to contribute to benchmark scenes, prototypes, or vertical slices.

Preferred Experience

Experience building large-scale or open-world environments.
Experience working on AAA game productions.
Background in modeling and texturing natural and architectural assets.
Experience using Substance Painter, Substance Designer, or similar texturing tools.