Environment Artist
Kinetic Games
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Southampton • United Kingdom
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Salary
💰 £30,000 - £40,000 per year
About the role
- Create high-quality, performance-efficient assets for levels, collaborating closely with other artists and designers.
- Help maintain visual consistency and quality across environments by working within established art direction and pipelines.
- Create and refine Substance assets, textures, materials, and 3D props, contributing to both hero assets and modular environment sets.
- Take ownership of specific environment areas or asset sets from blockout through to final implementation.
- Participate in creative discussions, provide regular progress updates, and respond constructively to feedback.
- Support junior artists where appropriate and contribute to knowledge sharing within the art team.
- Contribute to ongoing refinement and improvement of workflows, tools, and visual quality across the art department.
Requirements
- Highly knowledgeable using a 3D package of your choice to create high quality assets.
- Strong experience using Substance Designer and Substance Painter.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- A collaborative mindset with the ability to work effectively within a team.
- A solid understanding of current industry trends, tools, and workflows.
- Strong knowledge of composition, including spatial relationships, colour, form, and style.
- Good understanding of modular and hero asset creation pipelines.
- Experience using JIRA or similar project management tools.
- Experience with version control systems such as Git, Perforce, or Plastic.
- Approximately 3–4 years of professional experience within the games industry or a related field, with at least one shipped title or equivalent production experience.
Benefits
- Remote working – with occasional travel to our Southampton office and other locations as required.
- Competitive salary
- 5% Employer Match Pension Scheme
- Annual performance bonus + Company performance bonus
- Weekly free team lunches – good food, great company!
- Regular social events – we love bringing our teams together!
- Hybrid & flexible working options
- Flextime – because life doesn’t always fit 9–5
- Opportunities to travel to amazing industry events like GDC, Gamescom, TwitchCon (EU & US), EGX & Develop:Brighton
- Relocation package to help you settle in
- Employee of the Month vouchers
- Personal wellbeing allowance
- Referral scheme
- Training & Development Budget – invest in your growth with courses, conferences & learning resources
- Training & career development support
- Vitality Health Insurance – includes Vision, Dental & Travel cover
- Aviva Life Insurance
- 30 days holiday, including your birthday and a dedicated wellbeing day
- Christmas studio shutdown – enjoy the holidays, on us!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
3D asset creationSubstance DesignerSubstance Paintermodular asset creationhero asset creationcompositiontexturingmaterials3D propsvisual quality
Soft skills
communicationinterpersonal skillscollaborationteamworkfeedback responsivenessknowledge sharingcreativityownershipprogress updatesproblem-solving