Senior Hard Surface Artist

About the role

Mob Entertainment, the studio behind the hit indie horror game "Poppy Playtime," is expanding its team. We are looking for a Senior Hard Surface Artist to create realistic, interactive props, weapons, and environmental assets for first‑person gameplay.

Key responsibilities

• Design and build detailed, game‑ready hard‑surface props and weapons from blockout to final textured models.
• Ensure models are animation‑ready, mechanically believable, and meet player interaction requirements.
• Collaborate with designers, concept artists, animators, level designers, lighting, materials, and tech art to align visual quality with gameplay functionality.
• Develop modular, reusable asset kits and contribute to larger environment builds in Unreal Engine.
• Apply composition, lighting, color, and form principles to enhance psychological tension and horror atmosphere.
• Conduct polish passes for visual consistency, silhouette clarity, and overall quality.

Required profile

• Strong portfolio showcasing mastery of hard‑surface props, realistic modeling, and high‑quality texturing.
• Solid foundation in art fundamentals such as composition, lighting, form, color, and value.
• Experience with modular modeling, trimming workflows, and building efficient reusable kits.
• Ability to work from reference and narrative briefs to create immersive, horror‑driven visuals.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a willingness to iterate based on feedback.

Required skills

• Maya
• Blender
• ZBrush
• Substance Designer
• Substance Painter
• Photoshop
• Unreal Engine 5