Environment Artist
ApplyApplicants 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.
Benefits
Employment Type: 1-Year Contract
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Experience & Requirements
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.
