Location: Hong Kong
Type: Internship

The Role

As a Game Art Intern (Technical) at Nex. inc, you will sit at the exciting intersection of art and engineering. You are the bridge builder who empowers our artists to achieve their creative vision while ensuring our games run smoothly on every device. In this role, you won’t just be making assets; you will be solving complex visual problems, optimizing pipelines, and diving under the hood of our game engine. If you love computer graphics, enjoy cracking difficult technical puzzles, and want to understand the "how" behind the "wow" in video games, this is the perfect place to start your career.

What You'll Do

• Act as a bridge between the art and engineering teams, helping to solve complex visual implementation challenges.
• Assist in creating, maintaining, and debugging materials and shaders for characters, environments, and special effects.
• Support the art pipeline by writing scripts to automate repetitive tasks or validate asset integrity before implementation.
• Troubleshoot technical issues related to 3D models, UV maps, and lighting within the game engine.
• Collaborate on documentation to help artists understand technical constraints and best practices.

What You'll Learn

• Deepen your understanding of the real-time rendering pipeline and how assets are processed by the GPU.
• Learn to write and optimize shaders to achieve specific visual effects while adhering to performance budgets.
• Gain experience building custom tools and scripts that automate workflows and improve efficiency for the wider art team.
• Learn techniques for profiling game performance and optimizing assets (meshes, textures, lighting) for target platforms.
• Understand how to effectively translate artistic vision into technical reality by bridging the gap between creative artists and software engineers.

Requirements

• You love the "how" behind the "wow." You’re naturally curious about how games create beautiful lighting, water, or characters.
• You have a foundational understanding of math (like vectors and angles) and are excited to see those concepts come to life in 3D.
• You’ve spent some time writing code and enjoy the logic of programming. You don't need to be an expert, but you aren't afraid of a script editor.
• You’ve opened a tool like Blender, Maya, or Unity and understand the basics of how 3D objects are built (vertices, UVs, etc.).
• You are currently studying (or just finished) a degree in a technical or creative field and are looking for a place to combine those two worlds.

Nice to Have

• Practical experience with coding languages such as C# or Python.
• Exposure to shader programming languages like HLSL, GLSL, or node-based shader graphs.
• Familiarity with commercial game engines like Unity or Unreal Engine.
• Basic knowledge of 3D software like Maya, Blender, or 3ds Max.
• Experience using version control systems like Git or Perforce in a team environment.

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

We’re looking for a full-time, onsite or remote Senior Game Environment Artist to join our team and help create compelling environments for our interactive experiences. In this role, you’ll 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, you’ll 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. You’ll 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 You'll 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 We’re 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