Environment Artist - Lighting

Keywords Studios; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent gaming company is seeking an experienced Environment Artist with a strong emphasis on lighting for a new AAA project. This permanent, full-time position offers flexibility with options for hybrid work in Singapore, Malaysia, or Indonesia. Candidates should have proven experience in environment and lighting art within shipped AAA games, showcasing proficiency in game engines and solid lighting theory. This role requires collaboration across art and design disciplines to enhance gameplay and narrative through effective lighting.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Environment or Lighting Artist on a shipped AAA game.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating lighting, composition, and environment art fundamentals.
• Ability to work collaboratively across disciplines and iterate quickly based on feedback.

Responsibilities

• Creates high-quality environment art with a strong emphasis on lighting, mood, and atmosphere.
• Builds and optimises lighting setups that support gameplay and artistic direction.
• Authors and maintains lighting passes and environment shaders/materials as needed.

Skills

Lighting fundamentals

Environment art principles

Game engine proficiency (Unreal, Unity)

Collaboration skills

Job description

Keywords Studios Singapore is currently looking for an experienced Environment Artist with a focus on lighting to join our team working on a new, unannounced AAA project. This permanent, full‑time position can be located in Singapore (preferred, hybrid), Malaysia, or Indonesia (remote).

Responsibilities

• Creates high‑quality environment art with a strong emphasis on lighting, mood, and atmosphere
• Builds, iterates, and optimises lighting setups that support gameplay, narrative, and artistic direction
• Collaborates closely with art direction, level design, and tech art to ensure lighting enhances spatial readability and performance
• Authors and maintains lighting passes, post‑processing profiles, and environment shaders/materials as needed
• Troubleshoots lighting issues related to performance, consistency, or technical constraints across platforms
• Contributes to visual benchmarks and helps establish best practices for lighting workflows

Requirements

• Proven experience as an Environment or Lighting Artist on a shipped AAA or high‑quality game project
• Strong portfolio demonstrating lighting, composition, and environment art fundamentals
• Proficiency with modern game engines (Unreal, Unity or proprietary engines)
• Solid understanding of lighting theory, color, exposure, and real‑time rendering
• Experience with PBR workflows and optimization for real‑time environments
• Ability to work collaboratively across disciplines and iterate quickly based on feedback
• Experience with lighting tools, profiling/debugging, or scripting for workflow automation

Benefits

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

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