Roblox Lead Artist

About the Role
RIVRS is a game studio focused on Roblox and Minecraft, with teams in France, Vietnam, and Indonesia. We launch new Roblox games regularly, deliver weekly updates, and use player data to guide our decisions. This role focuses exclusively on Roblox.
We're looking for a strong, hands-on 3D game artist who can lead and develop the Art team across all RIVRS Roblox projects. You'll create high-quality stylized game assets, set clear art direction, and help the team deliver consistent work across our games.
The expected balance is approximately 60% hands-on production and 40% team leadership, depending on project needs. You'll work closely with game design leads and producers, taking ownership of art direction and delivery across our Roblox portfolio, including in-game assets, thumbnails, icons, and interface visuals.
Roblox experience is a plus. Candidates from Unity and other real-time game development backgrounds are welcome.
Key Responsibilities
3D Art Production: Create stylized 3D models and textures for real-time games, with strong visual consistency, mobile readability, and efficient asset design.
Thumbnails & Icons: Create and oversee thumbnails, icons, and promotional visuals. Use Roblox Thumbnail Personalization and relevant performance data, including qPTR and CTR where applicable, to guide improvements.
Visual Direction: Set a style guide per game that fits Roblox: stylized or blocky, readable on a phone screen, in line with what performs on the platform today. A direction in days, not weeks.
Team Leadership: Lead and develop artists in France, Vietnam, and Indonesia. Coach the team, review assets, maintain quality standards, and coordinate workloads with producers.
Interface & Monetization Visuals: Create and review shop visuals, game-pass icons, limited items, and event screens. Work with Game Design and Development to support clear interfaces and conversion goals.
Live Updates: Seasonal content, limited items, events. Keep a calendar of visual updates that gives players a reason to come back.
Pipeline & Performance: Asset budgets (polygons, textures, materials), frame rate on low-end Android devices, Blender to Roblox Studio pipeline, AI-assisted production tools.
Platform Rules: Age-appropriate content, Roblox community and IP guidelines, avatar compatibility.
How Success Is Measured
Direct areas of responsibility:
Art Quality: Assets that meet the style guide and quality bar of each game.
Visual Performance: Improvements in thumbnail and icon performance, using qPTR and CTR where applicable.
Turnaround: Typical targets include a thumbnail within 48 hours and an initial style guide within one week, based on an agreed brief and scope.
Delivery: Art assets delivered on schedule across all live projects.
Team Development: Clear feedback, effective coaching, and consistent team output.
Shared with Game Design and Development:
Day-1 Retention: Contribute to an engaging initial player experience that encourages players to return.
Technical Performance: Frame rate and load time on low-end devices.
Practical details
Remote, Asia time zones. Occasional travel to Paris or Bandung.
Full-Time Employment, or Freelance (full-time, 6-month contract), depending on your location and agreement
Preferred experience
Requirements
Game Industry Experience: At least 3 years of relevant game art experience, with a portfolio showcasing shipped games and clearly outlining your contributions.
Strong 3D Art: Excellent stylized 3D modeling and texturing skills for real-time games, with attention to visual consistency and readability on mobile screens.
Composition & Rendering: Strong composition, lighting, and rendering skills, with the ability to combine 3D assets and 2D editing to create engaging thumbnails and promotional visuals.
Leadership: Experience leading, coaching, or training artists, with the ability to give clear feedback and help a team develop.
Technical Understanding: Knowledge of real-time asset workflows and performance constraints, including polygon, texture, material, and lighting budgets.
Production Mindset: Ability to balance quality and speed, manage priorities across projects, and improve work through feedback and data.
Tools: Proficiency in Blender or equivalent 3D software, and Photoshop or equivalent tools. Willingness to learn and work in Roblox Studio, with curiosity about AI-assisted production.
Communication: Fluent English and the ability to collaborate across teams and time zones.
Nice to Have
VFX: Real-time visual effects, in Roblox, Unity or another engine.
UI/UX: Experience designing interfaces for mobile games, including shop and monetization screens.
Roblox Experience: Roblox experiences shipped as lead artist or artist, ideally with thumbnails, icons and the numbers behind them (visits, concurrent users, qPTR or click-through rate).
UGC & Avatar Items: Experience creating UGC and avatar items.
Location: based in Indonesia
What We Offer
Compensation based on experience, location, and contract type.
Remote work within Europe or Asia time zones.
Occasional travel to meet the team in Paris and Bandung.
Potential to grow into an Art Director role.
An international, creative, and friendly environment where your ideas are valued.
How to Apply
📩 Send your CV and portfolio including:
Your strongest 3D game art examples, with a brief explanation of your contribution.
An example of your experience leading, coaching, or training artists.
VFX, UI/UX, thumbnails, or Roblox work, if available.