Lead Environment Artist

Keywords Studios is seeking an accomplished Lead Environment Artist to join their team in Southeast Asia, working on an exciting, new, and unannounced project.

As a Lead Environment Artist at Keywords Studios, you will create high-quality environment art, help set the visual and quality bar for the team, and work closely with Art Direction, Level Design, and Technical Art to develop visually strong and performant environments.

Key responsibilities include:

• Creating high-quality environment art
• Building, iterating, and optimising environments that support gameplay, narrative, and artistic direction
• Providing hands-on guidance, feedback, and mentoring to Environment Artists
• Reviewing and improving environment assets, materials, and scenes to maintain quality and consistency
• Troubleshooting performance, technical, and production issues within the environment art pipeline

Requirements:

• Proven experience as a Senior or Lead Environment Artist on a shipped AAA or high-quality game project
• Strong portfolio demonstrating environment art fundamentals and production experience
• Strong understanding of modular environment workflows, textures, materials, and PBR pipelines
• Proficiency with modern game engines such as Unreal, Unity, or proprietary engines
• Good understanding of lighting workflows and real-time performance considerations
• Experience mentoring or providing artistic guidance to other artists

Benefits: No specific benefits mentioned.