Game Development / Environment Artist - Napier-Hastings, New Zealand (Freelance - Remote)

Role overview Contribute 3D scenes and visual effects assets to a project that supports the development of video-generation AI. This freelance, remote work combines licensing suitable existing work from your archive with preparing assets for technical use; some assignments may involve making scene variations and rendering them again.

Responsibilities - Select existing personal or studio assets suitable for licensing and provide them for the project. - Render and prepare files according to technical specifications. - Organize scene elements into layers that can be composited separately. - When needed, modify scenes, create variations, and re-render the results.

Requirements - Professional experience as a 3D, technical, or VFX artist, or as a compositor in games, film, or digital production. - Experience with relevant 3D tools or engines, such as Unreal Engine, Unity, Houdini, Maya, Blender, or Cinema 4D. - Strong rendering, lighting, and texturing skills. - Comfort working with technical workflows and file requirements. - Existing assets available for licensing, with scenes organized into coherent, compositable layers.

Benefits and work setup - Remote, flexible work offered on an ad hoc basis. - Existing work may receive a flat licensing fee; technical processing is listed at $15–$30 per hour. - The project aims to help improve control and physical-world understanding in AI-generated video.