Environment Artist

Keywords Studios Plc; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Keywords Studios Singapore is seeking an experienced Environment Artist to join our expanding team on unannounced AAA projects. You will build and optimize environments, implement modular assets, and collaborate with art direction, level design, and tech art.

The role requires a 5+ year track record on shipped AAA or high-quality titles, proficiency with Unreal or Unity, and a strong portfolio. This is a permanent, full-time remote opportunity across APAC regions, with working rights in

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as an Environment Artist 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 and understanding of lighting workflows (baking, performance impacts).
• Experience with PBR workflows and optimization 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 optimize 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

5+ years experience

AAA project

Unreal Engine

Unity

PBR workflows

Tools

Unreal Engine

Unity

Job description

Keywords Studios Singapore is currently looking to expand its team. We’re currently calling for expressions of interest from AAA, experienced Environment Artists. These opportunities can be located in either Malaysia, or Indonesia (Remote). This is a permanent, full time position.

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 anticipating further project announcements early in 2026. You’ll get to work alongside Matt Bell our Studio Art Director who’s previously worked with Krome Studios, Ubisoft, and Bandai Namco.

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.

What you will do:

• Create high-quality environment art
• Build, iterate, and optimises 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

Requirements

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 optimization 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 be have the appropriate working rights to live and work in Malaysia, Indonesia. Sponsorship is not being offered.

Benefits

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

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 underrepresented 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

Working Pattern: Full Time, Remote