Environment Artist

## Company Description Keywords Studios is a global provider of creative and technical services to the video games industry, with over 13,000 professionals across 70+ studios in 25+ countries. We support clients across the entire game lifecycle through four core Service Lines: - Create — Game development, art production, and audio - Globalize — Localization, localization QA, functional testing - Engage — Marketing, LiveOps, community, and player support - Media & Entertainment In Japan, Keywords Studios delivers its full range of services across Create, Globalize, and Engage, supporting leading publishers, developers, agencies, and IP owners through both local and global teams. ## 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 If you'd like to know more about Keywords Studios, we recommend visiting our corporate site [HERE](https://www.keywordsstudios.com/en/) 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 Keywords is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and supportive working environment. ***PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY*** Keywords Studios is strongly committed t…