Remote 3D Artist Lead

Game Studio is seeking a contract Lead Artist (World & Pipeline) for a project-specific role. As an experienced 3D artist with a passion for stylized, cinematic environments, you’ll lead how our game’s world is broken down, built, and maintained. You’ll work closely with our Art Director to guide and mentor other artists, hold the quality bar, and turn visual goals into production-ready assets. 

What You'll Do

• Break down how we’ll approach building our spooky, cinematic stylized world in collaboration with design, engineering & the Art Director.. 
• Own environment look development and lighting composition, with support from our Tech Artist and Art Director.
• Build and compose key level areas.
• Serve as the daily go-to for the art team: tasking, reviewing work in progress, giving constructive feedback, and providing hands-on polish when needed. 
• Define and document the art pipeline: naming, import/export, per-platform budgets and source control practices, with support from the Art Director.

• Integrate art directly into Unity, ensuring proper optimization, LOD setup, lighting compatibility, and performance.
• Maintain the pipeline and world as production evolves.
• Collaborate across disciplines to ensure visuals and gameplay support one another.

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years of professional experience as a Lead Artist, Senior Environment Artist, or Technical Director, with Unity experience and at least one shipped title or production-ready project in that role.
• Demonstrated experience defining or documenting an art pipeline including breakdowns, budgets, standards.
• Shipped non-photorealistic environment work, ideally assembled from a kit of reusable assets you helped define and build.
• Experience shipping across multiple platforms and managing platform-specific constraints.
• Strong lighting and color skills: using light to create mood, guide player movement, and encourage cinematic game capture.
• Strong leadership and communication skills, including guiding other artists and giving actionable feedback.
• Proven ability to collaborate with engineering and design.
• Passion for stylized, non-photorealistic visuals, with experience developing unique visual styles for real-time rendering.