About the role
Company Overview
Citizen is the leading public safety app in the United States, built to help people protect themselves, their loved ones, and their communities. By delivering timely, location-based alerts and live information about nearby incidents, the app gives users greater situational awareness so they can avoid potential danger and make informed decisions as events develop. Citizen also enables people to contribute relevant information from the scene, strengthening community awareness around public safety incidents. Its mission is to Protect the World by building a global safety network of people protecting one another.
Role Details
Citizen is building an in-house broadcast studio and is looking for an Unreal Engine 5 environment artist to design a virtual news set.
Responsibilities
- Design a cinematic news studio environment featuring a 3-seat arc anchor desk.
- Create a moody, high-end interior aesthetic (Blade Runner ambience).
- Develop swappable environment variants: standard, cinematic dark, and breaking-news red.
- Ensure environments are framed for both 16:9 and vertical 9:16 outputs.
- Ensure the environment runs real-time at 60fps+ for live broadcast.
Qualifications
- Portfolio of beautiful real-time UE5 environments.
- Strong lighting skills.
- No broadcast or virtual production experience is needed; the team handles integration.
Employment Terms
- Paid freelance position.
- Scoped project with potential for ongoing set work.
Application Instructions
- Contact: margie@citizen.com
- Submission requirements: Portfolio (ArtStation link is preferred).