Type of Position
Full-time Contract
Job Description
At Brown Bag Films, our motto is simple: “We Love Animation™.” And we mean it — we put our artists at the heart of everything we do. As one of the most creatively driven animation studios, we are passionate about creating high-quality, engaging content for kids and families everywhere.
We're seeking a Senior Unreal Environment Generalist to design and build immersive real-time environments in Unreal Engine that bring the creative vision of our productions to life. The ideal candidate combines strong artistic sensibilities with technical expertise to create scalable, high-quality worlds optimized for real-time workflows,
Role Title: Senior Unreal Environment Generalist
Reporting to: Head of Lighting and Look Development
Purpose: Why you’re here at Brown Bag Films
To design, assemble, and develop real-time digital environments in Unreal Engine that support the creative vision of the show’s Director and Art Director. This role combines strong artistic judgment with technical execution, focusing on scalable, performant environments that communicate story, scale, depth, and mood.
The Senior Unreal Environment Generalist is responsible for building environments primarily through modular, reusable building blocks—including terrain, foliage systems, rock and mountain assemblies, skydomes, and atmospheric effects—constructed and refined directly in Unreal Engine.
This role replaces traditional painted matte backgrounds with fully constructed 3D and real-time environments, leveraging Unreal’s lighting, fog, haze, and atmospheric systems to shape distant environments and ensure visual continuity across shots and sequences.
Delivery: What you produce
High-quality Unreal Engine–based environment assemblies and set extensions aligned with the project’s visual language
Distant and mid-ground environments (terrain, foliage clusters, skydomes, atmospheric layers) built as real-time 3D solutions rather than static matte paintings
Modular environment layouts using pre-built 2D and 3D assets optimized for Unreal Engine
Contribution to, and maintenance of, a reusable Unreal environment asset library
Optimized environment scenes that meet real-time performance, lighting, and rendering requirements
Clear technical breakdowns of environment setups for lighting, layout, and downstream departments
Pipeline, tools, and IT tickets related to Unreal Engine workflows and environment systems
Documentation of Unreal-specific environment workflows and best practices
Measurements: How we measure it
Completion of assigned tasks within production schedules
Ability to respond to feedback efficiently and creatively
Reusability, performance, and technical compatibility of delivered environment assets (e.g., rendering performance, Unreal Engine compliance, animation requirements)
Team development and technical leadership
Key Responsibilities
Assemble and refine high-quality environments and set extensions using existing 2D and 3D library assets
Build environment components such as terrain, rock formations, layout passes, and skydome setups
Build and manage foliage setups in Unreal Engine using foliage painting, scattering systems, instancing, and clustering tools.
Understand and incorporate real-time lighting, haze, fog, and atmospheric effects to enhance distant environments
Collaborate with Production, CG, and Lighting departments to ensure visual and technical continuity
Curate, organize, and help expand environment and asset libraries for reusability and stylistic consistency
Log time and submit relevant pipeline or IT tickets for support or improvements
Proactively solve artistic and technical challenges related to environment creation
Research, develop, and document improved Unreal Engine environment workflows, tools, and best practices.
Mentor junior artists and help develop team skills in 3D environment creation and Unreal Engine
Key Requirements
Use tools such as Unreal Engine, Photoshop, Maya, and Nuke to produce, integrate, and optimize environment elements
Prototype quick environment layouts and set extensions in Unreal Engine for previs or rapid iteration
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We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
The salary range for this role is $75,000 – $90,000 per year.
We consider several factors in determining salary offers including experience, skills, qualifications, and education. Our employees receive competitive perks including comprehensive benefits, paid vacation, and health & wellness days.
Applicants need to be legally eligible to work in Canada and have Ontario residency.
9 Story Media takes diversity and inclusion seriously and we are committed to ensuring equity in the recruitment process. Candidates from diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to, Indigenous peoples, Racialized and LGBT2SQ+ communities, candidates from a range of ages and religious beliefs and people with disabilities, are encouraged to apply.
As a company, we deliver high-quality kids' content, and we seek to have diverse characters so that all our audience feels represented. We also want the same for our own workforce, and 9 Story Media is committed to looking for all kinds of talent to build a diverse workforce in which all identities are represented and respected.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application and interview process to be successful in performing essential job functions. We’d love to know how we can support your requirements for accommodation.
Salary
75,000.00 - 90,000.00
