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Keywords Studios is hiring: Environment Artist - GameSim - Talent Pipeline in Ne

Keywords Studios · New York, NY, USA ·

Job type:
Full Time

Environment Artist / Generalist

GameSim is a game development studio that partners with clients to build games across PC/console and a range of art styles. We care about craftsmanship, collaboration, and shipping work we're proud to put our names on. Our headquarters is based in Orlando, FL!
We are proactively building a pipeline of qualified candidates in anticipation of potential hiring needs over the coming months. Applications will be reviewed and retained for future consideration as opportunities arise.
We are looking for an Environment Artist / Generalist with strong hands-on art skills, solid technical judgment, and the potential to grow into broader lead responsibilities over time. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys both creating high-quality 3D art and helping teams work more clearly, consistently, and efficiently. Depending on the project, this person may contribute directly to asset creation, world building, scene assembly, feedback, task breakdowns, workflow documentation, quality reviews, and cross-studio collaboration.
Because our projects can vary widely in style, scope, platform, and client needs, we are looking for an adaptable artist with a strong art eye, a practical production mindset, and the ability to help translate creative direction into actionable work for other artists. This is a hands-on production role with opportunities to support team alignment, mentor other artists, improve workflows, and grow toward lead-level responsibilities.
This role offers flexible work options, including remote, hybrid or in-office arrangements.
Responsibilities

Create high-quality 3D environment art, props, modular assets, materials, set dressing, and world-building content across a variety of visual styles.
Work from concept art, reference, style guides, blockouts, client direction, or incomplete/vague creative briefs to produce clear and polished results.
Build, assemble, and integrate assets and environments in Unreal Engine, with attention to composition, readability, performance, and technical requirements.
Support the full environment art pipeline, including modeling, UVs, baking, texturing, material creation, optimization, engine integration, and final polish.
Review artwork from internal teammates, partner studios, or external vendors and provide clear, constructive, actionable feedback.
Help translate broad client or project feedback into specific tasks, priorities, notes, and acceptance criteria that artists can execute against.
Assist with maintaining visual consistency across assets, scenes, and artists by helping define quality bars, style expectations, and review standards.
Collaborate with art directors, leads, producers, technical artists, designers, engineers, and artists across multiple studios and time zones.
Help identify production risks early, including unclear direction, workflow gaps, quality issues, technical constraints, or schedule concerns.
Contribute to workflow and pipeline improvements that help the team work more efficiently and consistently.
Document processes, best practices, feedback, and workflow guidance when needed using tools such as Confluence, Miro, or Jira.
Balance visual quality, production efficiency, and performance requirements while supporting the needs of each project.