Senior Game Environment Artist

Nex is on a mission to help families rediscover the joy of movement. Created by parents for parents Nex combines technology and play to deliver fun social and interactive experiences powered by natural body motion encouraging kids and adults to move more play more and have fun together. Nex Playground the companys award-winning active play system is purpose-built to get families moving year-round with safety and privacy as core considerations in its intentional design. It is certified kidSAFE COPPA compliant and built to support healthy active play for all ages and abilities.

Nex Playground features a growing library of 50 experiences including motion and dance games fitness and educational experiences and Nex Originals. Content includes collaborations with partners like Hasbro Sesame Workshop and NBCUniversal. Nex has been recognized by Fast Companys Most Innovative Companies TIMEs Best Inventions and Parents Best Entertainment System for Families and has earned Red Dot IDEA and Core77 international design awards. We encourage you to explore Have FunandIs Motion Gaming Back as they offer a deeper look into our culture values and explain how our approach to motion gaming differs from previous generations.

Team: Metaverse Cell

Location: Hong Kong or Remote (Preferred: UTC 6 to UTC 10 works well with Hong Kong hours)

Reports to: Art Director

The Role

Were looking for a full-time onsite or remote Senior Game Environment Artist to join our team and help create compelling environments for our interactive this role youll collaborate closely with the art director concept artist tech artist programmers and fellow artists to take environments from early concept through final in-engine implementation with a strong focus on visual quality performance and gameplay readability.

As a senior artist youll balance hands-on production with creative problem-solving help establish visual standards improve workflows and support the team in delivering high-quality environments that reinforce gameplay storytelling and technical constraints. Youll play a key role in shaping how our worlds look feel and evolve throughout development.

This role is ideal for someone who can work independently when needed communicates clearly across disciplines and enjoys taking ownership of environment quality and art pipelines.

What Youll Do

• Create high-quality 3D environments from concept through final in-engine implementation including architecture props and set dressing
• Build optimize and maintain assets for real-time performance while preserving strong visual quality
• Assemble light and implement environments in Unity
• Collaborate with the art director concept artist and tech artist to define and maintain the visual direction
• Work closely with programmers to ensure environments meet technical and performance requirements
• Contribute to world-building through strong composition lighting materials and mood
• Maintain clean well-organized assets and follow established pipelines and performance guidelines
• Provide constructive feedback and act as a knowledge base and mentor for other artists
• Help maintain production pipelines while meeting schedules and deadlines
• Contribute to defining and improving environment art pipelines and best practices
• Set and uphold visual benchmarks and quality bars

What Were Looking For

• 3 years of professional experience as an Environment Artist in games with at least one shipped title
• A strong portfolio demonstrating environment art skills including modeling texturing composition and in-engine implementation
• Proficiency with major 3D content creation tools such as 3ds Max Maya or Blender along with experience using ZBrush and the Adobe texturing suite
• Strong understanding of environment art fundamentals including scale proportion composition lighting color theory and environmental storytelling
• Solid knowledge of environment art workflows including modular asset creation optimization and real-time constraints
• Working knowledge of physically based rendering (PBR) workflows
• Proven ability to create high-quality 3D assets including hero props with strong attention to detail
• Ability to balance visual quality with technical constraints and performance requirements
• Experience working with modern game engines particularly Unity (Unreal experience considered transferable)
• Strong communication skills with professional proficiency in spoken and written English
• Experience collaborating effectively across disciplines in a team environment
• Comfort working remotely independently and across multiple time zones
• A genuine passion for games and interactive experiences

Pluses

• Experience contributing to AA or AAA game titles
• Ability to communicate in Cantonese and/or Mandarin Chinese
• Experience working across a range of art styles including stylized realistic and anime-inspired
• Experience and knowledge in hand-paint textures.
• Interest in or familiarity with sports-themed games or interactive experiences
• Experience optimizing visual quality and performance for low-power or constrained hardware

We Offer

• Competitive compensation package.
• Flexible working hours and vacation policy.
• Product-driven culture that treasures talents and individual growth.
• Front-row seat and hands-on experience with cutting edge technologies in the evolving gaming field

Nex is located inSan Jose California USAandHongKong. Learn more about us at encourage applications even if you dont meet more than 50% of the requirements we believe that experience comes in many forms!