Lead AAA Environment Artist — Remote/Hybrid

Keywords Studios Plc; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Keywords Studios is seeking an accomplished Lead Environment Artist for its Southeast Asia team. You will lead environment art on a new project, mentor artists, and help shape modular workflows.

The role supports on-site Singapore work or remote/hybrid options across APAC, with permanent or contract terms based on project needs. Ideal candidates have shipped AAA titles, a strong portfolio, and deep knowledge of Unreal/Unity pipelines, lighting, and performance.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Ability to work collaboratively across disciplines and iterate quickly based on feedback.
• Experience with profiling, debugging, or workflow automation is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Creates high-quality environment art while helping set the visual and quality bar for the team.
• Builds, iterates, and optimises environments that support gameplay, narrative, and artistic direction.
• Works closely with Art Direction, Level Design, and Technical Art to develop visually strong and performant environments.
• Provides hands-on guidance, feedback, and mentoring to Environment Artists.
• Helps define modular and kit-based approaches to environment production.
• Reviews and improves environment assets, materials, and scenes to maintain quality and consistency.
• Troubleshoots performance, technical, and production issues within the environment art pipeline.
• Contributes to visual benchmarks and helps establish effective environment art workflows.
• Supports planning and estimation while remaining actively involved in asset and environment production.

Skills

Lead environment artist

AAA game experience

Portfolio

Modular environment workflows

PBR textures

Unreal/Unity

Lighting workflows

Mentoring

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Profiling/debugging

Tools

Unreal Engine

Unity

Proprietary engines

Job description

Keywords Studios is seeking an accomplished Lead Environment Artist for its Southeast Asia team. You will lead environment art on a new project, mentor artists, and help shape modular workflows.

The role supports on-site Singapore work or remote/hybrid options across APAC, with permanent or contract terms based on project needs. Ideal candidates have shipped AAA titles, a strong portfolio, and deep knowledge of Unreal/Unity pipelines, lighting, and performance.