Weekly issue

Issue 23 · 2026-W23 · 5 min read
This week's read

What we noticed in 1498 postings.

Environments work comprises 58% of postings this week, nearly doubling the share of animation roles at 29%. OpenUSD appears in 22% of listings as the pipeline standard gains foothold across studios. The USA accounts for 39% of opportunities, while Scopely leads individual studios with 190 open positions.

Art Trends 54 art postings

Animation demand leads at 30 postings this week, with lighting and modeling each requested 20 and 19 times. Animator roles tie with compositor, matte painter, and combat designer positions at 4 postings each.

Top art skills share of art postings see all skills
Animation 56%
Lighting 37%
Modeling 35%
Top art roles share of art postings see all roles
Top studios this week open art postings this week see all studios
1498postings
37studios
26countries
24sources

Scopely and Roblox led with 190 postings each. Environments topped the skill stack at 58%, ahead of Animation (29%) and USD (22%). USA carried 592 of 1498 postings, with Canada (202) and UK (165) trailing. 23 more countries shared the long tail across 24 sources.

More from this issue

Art skills

Most in-demand creative tools this week.

Top art skills · 2026-W23
Environments
58%
Animation
29%
Unreal Engine
20%
Maya
16%
Houdini
11%
Modeling
11%
Lighting
10%
Matchmove/Track
8%
Rendering
8%
Nuke
8%

Tech skills

Most in-demand programming & pipeline this week.

Top tech skills · 2026-W23
USD
22%
Python
21%
C++
19%
C#
7%
Blueprints (UE)
4%
Git
3%
JavaScript
3%
TypeScript
3%
Cycles
3%
MEL
2%

Studios hiring

Studios with the most active postings this week.

Top studios · 2026-W23
Scopely
190
Roblox
184
Riot Games
180
Rockstar Games
171
DNEG
128

Where the jobs are

Top countries by posting count this week.

Top countries · 2026-W23
592
202
165
95
94
82

About this issue's data

Where the numbers in this issue come from.

Week 2026-W23 1498 open postings, collected this week from 24 public hiring sources - studios' own careers pages and the public job boards they post to. Only currently-listed, public roles - nothing behind a login.

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