Lead Environment Artist (Unreal Engine)

Location: Primarily on-site at the Tokyo office, Japan

Salary: Based on qualifications and experience

Company

hirify.global develops Japanese games with a small, collaborative team of experienced game industry professionals.

What you will do

• Conceptualize, create, and refine game environments that support gameplay and storytelling.
• Populate levels with props, foliage, lighting, atmospheric effects, and other assets.
• Design modular assets for scalable reuse while maintaining visual cohesion.
• Use Unreal Engine to design levels, integrate assets, and profile performance.
• Develop complex materials and shaders for surface details and visual effects.
• Collaborate with designers, programmers, and producers while mentoring junior artists and setting quality benchmarks.

Requirements

• Proven experience creating visually compelling game environments with strong composition, perspective, and spatial awareness.
• Extensive experience with Unreal Engine, including level design, asset integration, and performance optimization.
• Expertise with industry-standard tools such as Maya, Blender, Substance Suite, and ZBrush.
• Strong portfolio featuring environments, gameplay spaces, optimized levels, and high-quality props.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, or 10 years of games industry experience; this qualification is required for the Japanese visa.
• Ability to work primarily on-site at the Tokyo office; visa sponsorship is available.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of modular design, LOD creation, texture atlasing, modern game development pipelines, and version control.
• Knowledge of current real-time rendering and environment art trends.
• Pre-existing Japanese language skills or willingness to learn.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employee and contract worker arrangements are available, both with a six-month probationary period.
• Working hours are 10:00–19:00, with core hours from 11:00–16:00.
• Paid vacation, national holidays, seasonal holidays, family-related leave, and other statutory leave.
• Transportation reimbursement, medical checkups, retirement allowance, insurance coverage, and performance bonuses for full-time employees.
• Support for Japanese lessons, museums, lectures, seminars, certifications, and examination fees.
• No dress code or restrictions on hairstyle and hair color; English is spoken by many team members.

Hiring process

• Submit a resume or CV, portfolio, and documentation of relevant qualifications and referrals.
• Art-related applicants must provide a viewable portfolio website or data-sharing link.