Pixel Artist (2D / 3D Stylized Games | Unity3D)

TL;DR

Pixel Artist (2D / 3D Stylized Games | Unity3D): Create high-quality in-game pixel art assets including characters, props, environments, and animations for a modern Unity-based 3D / 2.5D pipeline with an accent on combining traditional 2D pixel art with 3D scenes. Focus on production-ready assets, in-engine implementation, hybrid 2D/3D workflows, and maintaining visual standards like palettes and pixel density.

Fully remote within Europe (Poznań, Poland)

Company

Game studio developing stylized games with a strong artistic identity using Unity.

What you will do

• Create production-ready pixel art assets for characters, props, environments, gameplay objects, tiles, textures, trims, and animations
• Prepare and implement assets in Unity including scale, filtering, pivots, sorting, sprite atlases, tilemaps, materials, and in-engine polish
• Work on hybrid 2D/3D scenes defining how pixel art integrates into real-time worlds
• Create pixel textures and surface treatments for props, environments, and modular assets
• Explore pixel art techniques like limited palettes, dithering, and low-resolution textures
• Define and maintain pixel art standards for palette rules, pixel density, and asset organization

Requirements

• Strong pixel art portfolio focused on game assets, characters, environments, animation, textures, or stylized world-building
• Senior-level experience with Aseprite, Photoshop, Pyxel Edit, or similar tools
• Hands-on Unity experience with 2D workflows: sprites, atlases, tilemaps, animation, pivots, sorting layers, materials, scene setup
• Understanding of pixel art fundamentals: silhouette, color, contrast, rhythm, shape language, readability, animation timing
• Experience creating assets for at least one real-time game project
• Ability to create clean, organized, production-ready files
• Clear written English and comfort in fully remote, async environment

Nice to have

• Experience with 2.5D or 3D pixel art workflows
• Applying pixel art textures to 3D assets
• Substance Designer for stylized materials
• Tile sets, trim sheets, modular environments, world-building kits
• UVs, texture mapping, filtering, compression, pixel density
• Unity Shader Graph basics for pixelation, stylized materials
• Light C# scripting
• MagicaVoxel, Blockbench, Blender, or voxel tools
• Mobile or performance-constrained platforms

Culture & Benefits

• Stable full-time role with B2B or employment options
• Fully remote work with collaborative, production-focused async team
• Direct influence on pixel art quality, standards, and workflows
• Opportunity to explore modern 2D/3D pixel art in Unity
• Annual team retreat for alignment, learning, and bonding