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About the Role

Keywords Studios is seeking a 3D Artist to create high-quality 3D assets for real-time games, including characters, environments, and props. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams, optimizing assets for performance, and contributing to the improvement of production pipelines and workflows.

Responsibilities

• Create 3D assets such as characters, backgrounds, props, and materials.
• Achieve high-quality visual representation aligned with art direction and project requirements.
• Produce and optimize models, textures, shaders, and materials for real-time games.
• Collaborate with concept artists, designers, animators, and technical artists.
• Manage quality control and ensure consistency in art direction throughout the production pipeline.
• Continuously improve quality through reviews and feedback.
• Create assets suitable for real-time environments like Unreal Engine and Unity.
• Optimize assets considering performance and memory usage.
• Utilize topology, UV mapping, and PBR workflows for efficient production.
• Investigate and utilize new technologies and tools.
• Propose improvements to production pipelines and workflows.
• Contribute to enhancing the overall production efficiency of the team.
• Provide technical support and reviews for junior to mid-level artists.
• Maintain quality by collaborating with internal and external production teams.
• Foster skill development and a creative culture within the team.

Requirements

• Proficient English communication skills sufficient for business.
• Extensive practical experience as a 3D artist in the game industry.
• A portfolio demonstrating high-quality asset creation for real-time games.
• Experience with industry-standard 3D tools such as Autodesk Maya, Blender, 3ds Max, ZBrush, and Substance Painter.
• Deep knowledge of modeling, sculpting, UV mapping, texturing, lighting, composition, anatomy, form, color theory, and material creation.
• Experience creating and optimizing assets for real-time game engines like Unreal Engine or Unity.
• Thorough understanding of PBR workflows, topology, performance optimization, and technical constraints across multiple game platforms.
• Ability to collaborate effectively in a multidisciplinary team environment, communicate ideas clearly, and incorporate feedback into production.
• Knowledge of game development pipelines and the flexibility to adapt art styles to various game genres and target platforms.

Skills

• 3D asset creation
• Character modeling
• Background modeling
• Prop modeling
• Material creation
• Real-time game asset production
• Asset optimization
• Unreal Engine
• Unity
• Autodesk Maya
• Blender
• 3ds Max
• ZBrush
• Substance Painter
• Sculpting
• UV mapping
• Texturing
• Lighting
• Composition
• Anatomy
• Form
• Color theory
• PBR workflow
• Topology
• Performance optimization
• Game development pipeline
• Art direction
• Technical art

Location

• Tokyo, Japan

Work Type

• Full Time
• Contract
• Remote

Experience Level

• Junior to Mid-level
• Extensive practical experience

About the Company

• Keywords Studios is a global leader providing creative and technical services to the video game industry.
• With over 13,000 professionals across more than 70 studios in 25+ countries, we support the entire game lifecycle through three core service lines: Create, Globalize, and Engage.
• In Japan, Keywords Studios offers all three service lines, supporting major publishers, developers, agencies, and IP owners through domestic and international teams.
• Our Tokyo-based development studio, Wizcorp, along with established localization, QA, player support, and marketing functions, serves the largest and most influential companies in the Japanese game and entertainment industry.
• Keywords is committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and supportive workplace.

Equal Opportunity

• Keywords Studios is strongly committed to protecting your personal information. By sending your CV/Resume, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions and consent to your data being managed and retained in accordance with our data privacy and retention policy https://www.keywordsstudios.com/en/applicant-privacy-notice/.