Environment Artist - World Builder Job at Lakshya Digital, Remote

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  • Lakshya Digital
  • Remote

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Environment Artist - World Builder

Location : US - supporting PST hours
Rate: $48 to $55 USD / hour based on experience

Employment Type : Contract

About Lakshya Digital

Established in 2004, Lakshya Digital, a Keywords Studio, is the largest interactive entertainment and game development services studio in South Asia. We have production studios in Gurgaon and Pune, and business offices in Tokyo, Japan, and San Diego, California.

Our continued success is fueling the need to expand, and we are looking for top-quality talent to join our team. If you are passionate about creating high-quality content for AAA projects and collaborating with a distributed development team around the world, we want to hear from you!

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Environment Artist - World Builder to join our team on a contract basis. This role involves working alongside the client’s Environment Art and Level teams as an embedded team member, contributing directly to day-to-day production needs. The successful candidate will work closely with a multidisciplinary team to deliver work that meets both creative and technical standards for AAA projects.

Responsibilities and Duties

  • Refine, update, and optimize existing environment kits to support worldbuilding goals and internal milestones.
  • Create new modular kits and production-ready assets as required, following established art direction and style guidelines.
  • Support the team through Alpha and Beta, taking assets from art sheets through to final in-engine integration.
  • Execute worldbuilding tasks including layout, set dressing, scene polish, and environmental storytelling.
  • Collaborate with Leads, Level Designers, and other artists to ensure cohesive visual direction and efficient workflows.
  • Follow established pipelines, documentation, and best practices outlined in the studio’s internal Wiki and onboarding materials.
  • Participate in weekly team calls, Slack discussions, reviews, and cross-disciplinary syncs.
  • Work within a proprietary game engine, applying strong understanding of scene management, performance considerations, and optimization techniques.

Minimum Qualifications

  • 7+ years of professional experience in environment art for AAA or AA games, with at least one shipped title in a similar capacity.
  • Strong portfolio demonstrating worldbuilding, modular kit design, asset creation, and ability to deliver polished in-engine environments.
  • Expertise with industry-standard tools:
    Maya, Substance (Painter/Designer), Houdini, ZBrush, Photoshop, SpeedTree.
  • Experience working in proprietary or commercial engines (UE5, Unity, or similar), with an understanding of scene assembly, lighting fundamentals, and optimization workflows.
  • Ability to interpret and execute established art direction and style guides.
  • Highly collaborative and communicative—comfortable working in Slack, Teams, and other remote team environments.
  • Proactive, self-directed, and able to operate effectively as part of an embedded team with minimal oversight.
  • Strong understanding of next-gen content creation pipelines, performance constraints, dependencies, and environment production best practices.

Why Join Us?

At Lakshya Digital, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to world-class projects and collaborate with some of the most talented professionals in the global games industry. Your skills and creativity will help bring immersive worlds and unforgettable experiences to life for players around the world.

Job Tags

Remote job, Full time, Contract work,

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