Environment Artist

Keywords Studios Plc; Malaysia; Hybrid; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Keywords Studios Asia is seeking an experienced Environment Artist to join our team on an exciting, new AAA project. The role may be permanent or contract-based depending on project needs and candidate experience.

Applicant must have working rights for Malaysia and Indonesia; sponsorship or relocation is not offered. Join a team of seasoned developers delivering high-quality environments across leading titles.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Environment Artist (5+ years) on a shipped AAA or high-quality game project.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating environment art fundamentals and processes.
• Proficiency with modern game engines (Unreal, Unity or proprietary engines).
• Lighting experience with understanding of lighting workflows (baking, performance impacts).
• Experience with PBR workflows and optimisation for real-time environments.
• Ability to work collaboratively across disciplines and iterate quickly based on feedback.
• Experience profiling/debugging, or scripting for workflow automation.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality environment art.
• Build, iterate, and optimise environments that support gameplay, narrative, and artistic direction.
• Collaborate closely with art direction, level design, and tech art to build performant and visually impressive worlds.
• Good understanding of modular and kit-based approaches to environment art.
• Troubleshoots issues related to performance, consistency, or technical constraints across platforms.
• Contributes to visual benchmarks and helps establish best practices for environment art workflows.
• Has a good understanding of textures and materials and how to optimally create and apply them across an environment.

Skills

Environment artistry

Portfolio

Game engines

Lighting

PBR workflows

Profiling/scripting

Tools

Unreal Engine

Unity

Proprietary engines

Job description

Keywords Studios Asia is currently looking to expand its team. We're currently looking for AAA-experienced Environment Artists.

Keywords Studios is a global leader providing art services to AAA Publishers. Our work can be seen across many of the top-selling titles on console and PC. We've secured an exciting AAA IP project and are anticipating further project announcements early in 2026. You'll get to work alongside seasoned developers bringing expertise from world-class AAA studios.

At Keywords Studios, we are looking for an accomplished, enthusiastic, and self‑motivated Environment Artist to join our team working on an exciting, new, and unannounced project.

This position may be offered as either a permanent or fixed-term contract role, depending on the project’s requirements, business needs, and the candidate’s experience and level.

Only those with relevant working rights for Malaysia and Indonesia will be considered. Sponsorship and relocation are not being offered as part of this package.

What you will do:

• Create high-quality environment art
• Build, iterate, and optimise environments that support gameplay, narrative, and artistic direction.
• Collaborate closely with art direction, level design, and tech art to build performant and visually impressive worlds
• Good understanding of modular and kit‑based approaches to environment art
• Troubleshoots issues related to performance, consistency, or technical constraints across platforms.
• Contributes to visual benchmarks and helps establish best practices for environment art workflows.
• Has a good understanding of textures and materials and how to optimally create and apply them across an environment

What you will need to be considered:

• Proven experience as an Environment Artist (5+ years) on a shipped AAA or high‑quality game project.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating environment art fundamentals and processes
• Proficiency with modern game engines (Unreal, Unity or proprietary engines).
• Lighting experience, has general understanding of lighting workflows (baking, performance impacts)
• Experience with PBR workflows and optimisation for real‑time environments.
• Ability to work collaboratively across disciplines and iterate quickly based on feedback.
• Experience profiling/debugging, or scripting for workflow automation.
• You must have the appropriate working rights to live and work in Malaysia or Indonesia. Sponsorship is not being offered.

Our Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) Commitment: Keywords Studios is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. If you require any adjustments during the process please let us know in your application. We are committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion, respect and integrity, customer focus, and innovation. We especially welcome applications from candidates of under‑represented groups in the industry.

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Role Information: EN

Studio: Keywords Studios

Location: APAC, Malaysia, Indonesia

Area of Work: Art

Service: Create

Employment Type: Permanent / Contract

Working Pattern: Full Time, Remote/Hybrid