Kinetic Games

Environment Artist

Kinetic Games

full-time

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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 & Tools
3D asset creationSubstance DesignerSubstance Paintermodular asset creationhero asset creationcompositiontexturingmaterials3D propsvisual quality
Soft Skills
communicationinterpersonal skillscollaborationteamworkfeedback responsivenessknowledge sharingcreativityownershipprogress updatesproblem-solving