80 Level Job Digest: Fresh Positions for Artists
Check out this week’s 80 Level Job Digest for top openings at KAFI Games, Xbox Game Studios, Nintendo of America, Behaviour Interactive, Playground Games, Valve, and Mega Cat Studios.
Senior 3D Artist at KAFI
We are a relentless 3-person indie team based in France, operating entirely remotely. We build games we are deeply passionate about, and right now, we are crafting a brand-new, stylized game set in space in the 1960s (which you will be working on). We previously launched The Headliners on PC in 2025, which sold over 1.4M copies.
What You Bring to the Table
- Experience: 5+ years in game dev (indie or otherwise).
- Stylized vision: A sharp eye for stylized, low-poly aesthetics.
- Autonomous and driven: we do not micromanage. We need a doer and someone we can trust.
- Technical skills: Mastery of your 3D package of choice (Blender, Maya, etc.) and expert-level Unreal Engine knowledge. Tech Art or optimization skills are a massive bonus.
- Communication: Fluent English and comfortable working 100% remotely from anywhere.
Product Designer at Xbox Game Studios
We’re looking for a Product Designer who is eager to deepen their systems thinking, cares deeply about visual and interaction craft, and is ready to contribute to high‑impact product areas. You’re curious about emerging AI workflows and comfortable prototyping beyond static mocks. You bring strong fundamentals, a growth mindset, and a desire to collaborate closely with other designers, PMs, and engineers.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience, Interaction Design, or related field OR equivalent experience (e.g., demonstrated experience working in product or service design or using design thinking to solve problems).
Environment Art Review Artist [Contract] at Nintendo of America
In this position, you will review outsourced environments and assets to ensure all deliverables align with the artistic vision, quality bar, and technical specifications of the project. You will deliver clear, timely, and actionable feedback to external artists producing high-volume environmental art content, provide accurate time estimates for the creation of individual art assets, as well as full environments, and create art assets and/or refine existing ones when needed while maintaining visual and technical consistency with the project.
Requirements:
- 4+ years of experience in video game production as an Environment Artist with a shipped game (or equivalent experience).
- Strong working knowledge of Maya, Substance 3D Painter, and other industry-standard tools.
- Deep understanding of modern game‑production pipelines, including both artistic and technical requirements.
- Strong grasp of fundamental art principles, including color, composition, value, structure, perspective, and basic lighting concepts.
- Solid understanding of world-building fundamentals for games, such as player pathing, focal points/POIs, detail distribution, composition, and set dressing.
- Strong knowledge of asset optimization techniques and the ability to maintain high‑quality visuals within technical constraints.
- Exceptional verbal, written, and visual communication skills.
- Excellent organizational abilities and strong problem‑solving skills.
- Experience creating lighting for environments, doing lighting reviews, and the ability to provide constructive and actionable lighting feedback is a plus.
- Experience working on an outsourcing team or closely collaborating with external vendors/artists is a plus.
- Experience leading and/or mentoring a small art team is a plus.
Senior 3D Environment Artist at Behaviour Interactive
We’re seeking someone who can quickly adapt and efficiently create high-quality assets, with a solid understanding of the classic environment art pipeline, including baking, texture seam management, and optimization.
What we're looking for:
- Mastery of the modeling component in Maya. Relevant experience with any other equivalent software will be considered.
- In-depth knowledge of Substance 3D Painter and Designer, ZBrush, and Photoshop.
- Relevant development experience with Unreal.
- Understanding of PBR (physically based rendering) techniques.
- Ability to work in a team and to communicate, orally and in writing, in a clear and concise manner in French and English.
Game Designer at Playground Games
As a Game Designer you will act as a champion of quality across the team, working with various disciplines to implement key systems and features, and using visual scripting and proprietary tools to build content in Fable.
What you’ll bring:
- Industry experience in game design positions
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong ability to design game systems and mechanics and align other disciplines around design intent
- Passion for problem identification and solving
- Demonstrable experience using scripting tools or similar
- Interest in collaborating within a team of diverse perspectives
- A flexible, highly motivated and friendly approach to your work
- A genuine passion for video games
- Text-based scripting ability in C++, C# or similar is desired but not essential
Effects Artist at Valve Corporation
Valve is an entertainment and technology company driven to design and deliver extraordinary experiences to customers around the globe. We hire people with broad skill sets who also exhibit deep expertise.
Effects Artists at Valve work with a world-class group of software engineers, artists, writers, animators, and designers who are continually creating and releasing entertainment experiences to players around the globe. We're hoping to add your expertise in visual effects to our team!
We at Valve collaborate in small teams of artists and programmers to quickly iterate and execute content that ships on a weekly basis on multiple platforms: game engine, UI, linear media, web, and more, while also contributing to longer-term tool development.
Our multi-disciplinary teams solve complex visual problems in a self-directed and efficient way. We manage our own time while being keenly aware of other needs and requirements across different company projects.
Join a team with a strong sense of design, timing, and creativity, with the ability to also work in a highly technical capacity. If you're seeking an opportunity to work on genre-defining games with other world-class artists, consider joining Valve. We can't wait to see where you'll take us!
UI/UX Game Artist at Mega Cat Studios
Based in Pittsburgh, PA, Mega Cat Studios is a creative first video game developer with a retro ethos and a culture of innovation. Since 2017, we’ve boasted a 90%+ retention rate for our team members. We think that this indicates a proven track record to promote from within, elevate team members with professional development opportunities, and create a work environment that is fulfilling on several levels.
Our company culture is built around core creative and people-first values. We invite the strongest cat soldiers from all corners of the world to come play, battle, and create with us. Your quest starts here.
We’re looking for full-time roles to sit at the center of our growing team. We pride ourselves on being deeply collaborative, and are considering all experience levels from hobbyist and superfan to veteran.
Do you have a love for gaming, cats, and people? Come help us manage and launch new player experiences, and shape the culture of game publishing at Mega Cat.
To create intuitive and engaging game experiences, you will design user-friendly interfaces, wireframes, and prototypes while ensuring seamless navigation and accessibility.
This role involves collaborating with developers and artists, integrating UI elements in Unity, and refining designs based on player feedback. Proficiency in Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Unity is required. A strong portfolio and understanding of user-centered design principles are essential.
Find more work on our Job Board.
