# Senior Environment Artist

> Lighthouse Games · Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom (Hybrid) · Full-time · Posted 2026-04-21

**Workplace:** hybrid

**Department:** Art

## Description

Lighthouse Games is a new AAA studio in Leamington Spa. We are defined by our pedigree of talent and serious ambition to build a new best-in-class game. When you join us at Lighthouse, you’ll create the best work of your career within a collaborative, hybrid working environment. You’ll learn from the best and work alongside the future greats of the gaming industry.

As aSenior Environment Artist, working with the Lead Environment Artist and the wider art team, you will be responsible for ensuring the worlds we create delight players with the highest quality visuals, providing the backdrop for memorable experiences. You have a strong eye for detail and composition, enabling you to craft believable environments, and you take pride in both your own work and that of your team. You will help uphold quality by supporting and mentoring the environment art team, fostering a healthy culture where everyone can excel.

**Key Duties Include**

-   **Create and Implement High-Quality Environments**  
    Develop high-quality environment content with a particular focus on terrain, geology, and natural landscapes, using a combination of procedural and handcrafted techniques aligned with the game’s artistic vision and technical constraints

-   **Own Terrain & Landscape Workflows**  
    Create and refine terrain using heightfield-based workflows across tools such as Houdini and Gaea, generating masks and data that drive believable, scalable world building

-   **Collaborate Across Disciplines**  
    Work closely with the Art Leads, Game Designers, and Technical Artists to ensure environments are visually compelling, gameplay-optimised, and meet performance targets

-   **Leverage Advanced Tools and Techniques**  
    Utilise Houdini and Gaea for terrain generation, mask creation and geology scatters, Substance Designer to process masks and develop supporting textures, and Unreal Engine for landscape sculpting and material/shader setup

-   **Mentor and Guide the Environment Art Team**  
    Provide leadership and mentorship to junior and mid-level artists, maintaining high-quality standards and fostering a culture of creativity and excellence

-   **Contribute to Reviews and Feedback**  
    Participate in critiques and reviews of environment art, offering constructive feedback to ensure work meets both artistic and gameplay requirements

## Requirements

-   **Shipped Games**  
    Proven experience shipping at least one major game title as a Senior Environment Artist
-   **Terrain & Procedural Workflow Expertise**  
    Strong experience building terrain using heightfield workflows, including generating and utilising masks within Houdini and/or Gaea to drive large-scale environment creation
-   **Tool Proficiency**  
    Experience with Houdini and Gaea for terrain generation, Substance Designer for processing masks and creating supporting textures, and Unreal Engine for landscape sculpting and basic material/shader setup
-   **Game Engine Expertise**  
    Strong experience with Unreal Engine, with a focus on environment integration, terrain workflows, and optimisation
-   **Artistic and Design Fundamentals**  
    Strong understanding of shape, form, composition, and visual storytelling principles to build compelling and believable worlds
-   **Collaboration and Leadership**  
    Excellent communication skills, with experience mentoring others and working effectively across disciplines

**Desirable**

-   **Unreal Engine Expertise**  
    Experience with Unreal Engine 4 or 5, including PCG and more advanced material workflows
-   **Large-Scale World Experience**  
    Experience building expansive, open-world environments using procedural terrain pipelines
-   **Photogrammetry**  
    Experience in capturing, processing, and integrating terrain and geological assets using photogrammetry alongside procedural workflows

## Benefits

-   25 Days Holiday, plus 1 day for your birthday
-   Studio Shutdown between Christmas and New Year
-   Discretionary Bonus Scheme
-   Private Pension Scheme
-   Private Healthcare
-   Health and Well-Being Benefits
-   Dental Care
-   Optical treatments
-   Mental Health Support

## Apply

[Apply at Lighthouse Games](https://apply.workable.com/lighthousegames/j/F9D53AD623/apply)

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