Senior Environment Generalist
We are looking for a talented Senior Environment Generalist to join our team. The ideal candidate is experienced in creating high-quality, photorealistic environments from concept through final delivery. They should have a strong foundation in modeling, layout, look development, texturing, and lighting, with a keen eye for composition, scale, and realism. Experience with Digital Matte Painting (DMP) and environment lighting is considered a strong asset.
This position is open to candidates in Vancouver, Canada.
About Barnstorm
Barnstorm is an Emmy and VES-nominated visual effects studio based in Burbank, CA and Vancouver, BC, providing photo-realistic visual effects for a variety of television and online streaming projects. We pride ourselves on our artists' talent and dedication to producing world-class visual effects.
Who You Are
You are an experienced Environment Generalist with a passion for building immersive, believable worlds that enhance storytelling. You thrive in a collaborative environment, communicate effectively across departments, and enjoy solving both artistic and technical challenges. You have a strong artistic eye and are driven to deliver high-quality work while contributing to a supportive and growing team.
What You'll Do
- Create high-quality photorealistic environments for feature film and episodic VFX projects.
- Model, texture, assemble, and optimize a wide variety of environment assets, including architecture, landscapes, vegetation, terrain, and props.
- Develop environment layouts that support storytelling while maintaining continuity and scale.
- Build and refine look development and shading for environment assets.
- Create and refine environment lighting that integrates seamlessly with the sequence and supports the creative vision.
- Integrate assets and textures produced in Houdini while respecting technical and artistic requirements.
- Collaborate closely with Environment Leads, CG Supervisors, Lighting, FX, and Compositing teams to ensure seamless integration into the production pipeline.
- Plan, prioritize, and accurately estimate assigned work while meeting production deadlines.
- Participate in reviews and incorporate feedback efficiently to achieve the highest quality results.
What You Bring
- Strong proficiency in Houdini for environment creation, layout, look development, lighting, and rendering.
- Excellent modeling, texturing, and asset assembly skills using industry-standard 3D software.
- A minimum of 4 years of professional experience as an Environment Artist or Environment Generalist in the VFX industry.
- Strong understanding of composition, scale, color theory, lighting, and environmental design.
- Experience creating high-quality, production-ready assets, UVs, and textures.
- Experience with Digital Matte Painting (DMP) workflows is a significant asset.
- Experience with environment lighting and look development is highly desirable.
- Ability to work collaboratively with artists across multiple disciplines.
- Strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- A portfolio demonstrating high-quality photorealistic environments for film, television, or related productions.
- Knowledge of virtual production workflows for film and television is considered an asset.
About This Role
This is a hybrid position. Both project-based and staff positions are available, offering extended health benefits and the opportunity to participate in RRSP programs.
Please note: At this time, we are only accepting applications from artists who are legally eligible to work in Canada.
