[Hiring] Environment Artist @Keywords Studios

Role 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 align 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 meet 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

• 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.

Requirements

• 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.

Benefits

• Employment Type: 1-Year Contract