Environment Artist

Job Description

Applicants must be currently residing in Japan and possess valid authorization to work in Japan.

Environment Creation

• Create high-quality, visually compelling environments.

• Produce environment assets that aligns with the project’s artistic direction and storytelling. 

• Demonstrate creativity and the ability to adapt to various game styles and graphic styles.

• Develop assets optimized for real-time game engines. 

Collaboration & Production

• Work closely with the Art Director to maintain the overall art direction. 

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams throughout the production pipeline to ensure artistic consistency and quality.

• Participate in reviews, feedback sessions, and iterative development processes.

Technical Art & Optimisation

• Ensure assets meets performance, memory, and platform-specific requirements across a variety of platforms.

• Collaborate closely with art team and technical art teams to integrate assets and pipelines

• Apply strong understanding of real-time performance. 

• Maintain consistency in quality while adhering to technical constraints and engine limitations.

• Troubleshoot and resolve creative and technical challenges.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

•  Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, tools, and workflows.

• Contribute ideas and improvements to pipelines and production processes.

• Continuously push the visual quality and innovation of game art production.

Qualifications

Required Skills and experience

• Extensive experience as an Environment Artist within the video game industry, with a strong portfolio showcasing high-quality game assets.

• Strong understanding of composition, colour theory, visual storytelling and an eye for detail. 

• Experience creating optimized assets for modern real-time game engines such as Unreal Engine or Unity.

• Experienced with Substance Painter and 3D software

• Proficient in high-poly and low-poly modelling and knowledge of various texturing workflows.

• Ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams, communicate ideas effectively, and incorporate feedback throughout production.

• Knowledge of game development pipelines and the ability to adapt artistic styles to suit various game genres and target platforms.

• Fluent in Japanese and with a high degree of English language proficiency.

Desirable skills and experience

• Passion for gaming and a strong understanding of market trends, player expectations, and gaming cultures across PC, Console, and Nintendo platforms.

• Experience successfully guiding and communicating with other art teams to ensure artistic vision and asset quality are maintained from concept through to final in-game implementation.

Additional Information

Employment Type: 1-Year Contract

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Role Information: EN

Studio: Keywords Studios

Location: Asia Pacific, Japan, Tokyo

Area of Work: Art Services

Service: Create

Employment Type: Full Time, Contract

Working Pattern: Remote

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