Unlock Your Potential at Prismatic Studios
Join a passionate team of developers who care deeply about making great games.
Why Work At Prismatic
At Prismatic Studios, we care about building great games and building great teams. We work across games and interactive experiences, tackling technical challenges and delivering projects for clients around the world.
Our team values creativity, collaboration, and growth. Whether you’re deepening your expertise or expanding into new areas, we aim to create an environment where people can grow and do meaningful work. While we’re based in Auckland, some roles may be open to remote candidates within New Zealand.
If you enjoy solving problems, working closely with talented teammates, and building with Unreal Engine, we’d love to hear from you.
Work Across Different Kinds of Projects
Not every week looks the same! At Prismatic Studios, we partner with teams around the world to support development across a wide range of projects. As a co-development studio, we work on a diverse range of games and systems, giving our team the opportunity to tackle different challenges, grow their skills, and stay at the cutting edge of Unreal Engine.
Learn From People Around You
We value collaboration, mentorship, and supporting each other to do our best work. We encourage a culture of knowledge sharing and support, and believe that when one person grows, the whole team benefits. You will work alongside experienced developers, artists, and designers who care about helping each other succeed.
Build Your Career at Prismatic
We want everyone at Prismatic Studios to feel supported, challenged, and inspired. Whether you’re starting your game development journey, honing your craft, exploring new areas of development, or stepping into leadership, we’re here to help you grow. We invest in our people because your success is what makes our studio thrive.
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Full-Time Contract
On-Site in Auckland, New Zealand
Full-Time Contract
On-Site in Auckland, New Zealand
Full-Time Contract
On-Site in Auckland, New Zealand
Full-Time Contract
On-Site in Auckland, New Zealand
3D Animator (Unannounced Internal IP)
We are developing our first original internal IP and are looking for a 3D Animator to join the team and help bring the game’s characters and creatures to life.
You will be responsible for creating animations for the characters and creatures of our game. You will work closely with our Art Lead and wider development team to create animations that support the game’s visual style, gameplay, and overall feel.
The role will involve working across the animation pipeline, from creating and refining animations through to implementing and iterating on them in-engine. We are looking for someone with a strong understanding of animation principles, experience working in real-time games, and familiarity with modern 3D art and animation software.
Experience with Unreal Engine and its animation tools and pipelines is highly valuable, particularly for candidates who can demonstrate an understanding of how animation translates from DCC software into a playable game.
This is a full-time contract position, with a strong preference for candidates who can work on-site from our Auckland office. For the right candidate, we may be able to support remote work within New Zealand. Please note, you must have the right to work in New Zealand to be eligible for this position.
We highly value diversity. Regardless of disability, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or any other aspect of your culture or identity, you have an important role to play in our team.
Contract Rate: NZD $32 – $41.50 / hr
- Create high-quality character and creature animations for a melee action game.
- Animate a range of gameplay actions, movement, combat, and other character behaviours.
- Work closely with the Art Lead and development team to ensure animations fit the game’s visual style and gameplay requirements.
- Develop and iterate on animations based on feedback and gameplay testing.
- Prepare and implement animation assets for use in a real-time game environment.
- Help identify and resolve animation issues during development.
- Contribute to the development and refinement of the game’s animation pipeline and processes.
- Prior experience as a 3D Animator within game development.
- Strong understanding of core animation principles.
- Experience creating character and creature animations for real-time games.
- Familiarity with modern 3D art and animation software (such as Blender, Maya, Houdini, or Unreal Engine).
- Strong portfolio demonstrating character and creature animation.
- Good understanding of how animation needs to be created and prepared for use in a real-time game.
- Ability to work collaboratively with artists, designers, and engineers.
- Strong communication skills and an ability to take feedback and iterate quickly.
Additional Valuable Skills:
The following skills are not required for success in this role, but experience in these areas may provide additional opportunities to contribute and help shape the project and studio.
- Experience with Unreal Engine animation tools and pipelines.
- Experience with rigging and character setup.
- Experience creating melee combat animations.
- Experience working with motion capture and cleaning or editing mocap data.
- General 3D workflow understanding.
3D Character Artist (Unannounced Internal IP)
We are developing our first original internal IP and are looking for a 3D Character Artist to join the team and help define and develop its characters.
You will be responsible for creating 3D characters for the game, working across the character art pipeline from initial modelling through to game-ready assets. You will work closely with our Art Lead and wider development team to ensure characters fit the visual style of the game and meet the technical requirements of a real-time production environment.
The role will involve working across high and low-poly modelling, UVs, texturing, and preparing assets for use in-engine. We are looking for someone with strong art fundamentals, an excellent eye for human proportions, and a strong understanding of how proportions and shape can be adapted to different visual styles. An ideal candidate will be comfortable working with modern 3D software and texturing tools, with experience creating character assets for games.
This is a contract position, with a strong preference for candidates who can work on-site from our Auckland office. For the right candidate, we may be able to support remote work within New Zealand. Please note, you must have the right to work in New Zealand to be eligible for this position.
We highly value diversity. Regardless of disability, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or any other aspect of your culture or identity, you have an important role to play in our team.
Contract Rate: NZD $32 – $41.50 / hr
- Create high-quality 3D character assets for the game.
- Work across the character art pipeline, including high-poly and low-poly modelling, UVs, and texturing.
- Create characters that fit the game’s visual style and proportions.
- Work closely with the Art Lead to develop and refine character designs and visual direction.
- Create and refine textures using tools such as Substance Painter or Marmoset.
- Work closely with other artists to ensure characters integrate well with the wider art style and asset pipeline.
- Iterate on assets based on feedback from the Art Lead and wider development team.
- Help identify and resolve artistic and technical issues throughout the character creation process.
- Experience as a 3D Character Artist, ideally within game development.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating high-quality 3D character art.
- Excellent understanding of human proportions and anatomy.
- Strong understanding of style, shape, and stylised proportions.
- Strong art fundamentals.
- Experience creating both high-poly and low-poly character assets.
- Experience with UV creation and optimisation.
- Experience with texturing tools such as Substance Painter or Marmoset.
- Experience with modern 3D software such as Blender, Maya, 3ds Max, or ZBrush.
- Understanding of the requirements of creating game-ready character assets.
- Ability to work collaboratively with artists, designers, and other members of the development team.
- Strong communication skills and an ability to take feedback and iterate quickly.
Additional Valuable Skills:
The following skills are not required for success in this role, but experience in these areas may provide additional opportunities to contribute and help shape the project and studio.
- Experience with hand-painted style character art.
- Experience creating 3D assets outside of character art.
- Broader game-ready asset creation experience.
- Understanding of character rigging and setup.
- Experience with weight painting and skinning.
VFX / Technical Artist (Unannounced Internal IP)
We are developing our first original internal IP and are looking for a VFX / Technical Artist to join the team and help build the visual effects and technical art systems of our game.
You will work across areas including Niagara, materials and shaders, PCG, and lighting, helping create visual effects and systems that fit the game’s visual style. The role will involve working closely with our Art Lead and wider development team to develop effects, materials, procedural workflows, and other technical art solutions. You will also help identify and solve technical challenges and ensure the visual content we create performs well in-game.
We are looking for someone with strong Unreal Engine experience who is comfortable working across both the artistic and technical sides of game development. An understanding of procedural workflows and optimisation is particularly valuable.
This is a full-time contract position, with a strong preference for candidates who can work on-site from our Auckland office. For the right candidate, we may be able to support remote work within New Zealand. Please note, you must have the right to work in New Zealand to be eligible for this position.
We highly value diversity. Regardless of disability, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or any other aspect of your culture or identity, you have an important role to play in our team.
Contract Rate: NZD $40 – $50.50 / hr
- Create and implement real-time visual effects in Unreal Engine using Niagara.
- Develop materials and shaders to support the game’s visual style and gameplay.
- Explore and develop procedural workflows to improve the creation of game content (such as PCG).
- Contribute to lighting and other visual systems within Unreal Engine.
- Identify and solve artistic and technical challenges throughout development.
- Profile and optimise visual effects, materials, and other art systems to ensure they perform effectively in-game.
- Help develop and refine technical art workflows and processes as the project evolves.
- Support other members of the art team with technical problem-solving where required.
- Strong experience working with Unreal Engine.
- Experience creating real-time VFX using Niagara.
- Strong understanding of materials and shaders.
- Experience with Unreal Engine PCG or similar procedural systems.
- Experience with lighting within a real-time game environment.
- Understanding of procedural workflows, such as Houdini, PCG, procedural Blender workflows, or similar tools.
- Good understanding of optimisation and the performance requirements of real-time content.
- Ability to work across both the artistic and technical aspects of game development.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to take direction, solve problems independently, and iterate on solutions.
Additional Valuable Skills:
The following skills are not required for success in this role, but experience in these areas may provide additional opportunities to contribute and help shape the project and studio.
- 3D modelling experience or broader 3D art experience.
- Strong general art fundamentals.
Game Designer
As a Game Designer at Prismatic Studios, you will design and deliver gameplay systems, mechanics, and content across our clients’ projects. You will work closely with design leads, engineers, artists, and production to take features from concept through to implementation.
You will be responsible for owning design work end-to-end, producing clear documentation, conducting competitor analysis and iterating on designs based on playtesting and team feedback. This role will contribute to client R&D projects, where you will help prototype early designs, explore new mechanics, and validate concepts early in development. This includes working in fast, iterative cycles to test ideas and provide clear design direction based on playtesting.
The position is a full-time on-site contract role based in Auckland, New Zealand. Please note, you must have the right to work in New Zealand to be eligible for this position.
We highly value diversity. Regardless of disability, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or any other aspect of your culture or identity, you have an important role to play in our team.
- Design, own, and implement gameplay systems, mechanics, and level content across client projects, collaborating closely with Art, Engineering, and Production teams.
- Translate high-level creative direction into clear, actionable designs.
- Produce and maintain high-quality design documentation (GDDs, feature specs, and supporting materials).
- Lead playtesting and balance reviews for your features, translating feedback into clear insights and actionable iteration plans.
- Conduct in-depth competitor analysis and gameplay research. Keep up with gaming industry trends by playing and deeply analysing competitors’ games.
- Collaborate with production to support planning, scoping, and task tracking, proactively identifying development risks and dependencies.
- Contribute to R&D initiatives, exploring and validating new tools, workflows, and design approaches to improve studio capability.
- Collaborate closely with other disciplines and with external stakeholders.
- Provide guidance and mentorship to junior designers where appropriate, supporting their growth and development.
- 3+ years of experience as a Game Designer (or equivalent), with shipped titles or meaningful contributions to commercial game projects.
- Strong understanding of gameplay systems, player experience, and game feel, with the ability to design engaging and well-balanced core loops.
- Ability to take ownership of features and deliver them end-to-end.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to break down complex systems and communicate solutions clearly.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience creating clear, structured design documentation.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and experience with design/ideation tools (Figma, Miro, XMind, Visio).
- Experience working with project management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, and version control systems (e.g. Git).
- Solid understanding of game development pipelines and cross-discipline workflows.
- Hands-on experience with industry-standard game engines such as Unity or Unreal Engine.
- Self-driven, reliable, and comfortable working in fast-paced, collaborative environments.
Additional Valuable Skills:
- Chinese language proficiency. As we work closely with international teams, Chinese language proficiency is very valuable.
- A portfolio showcasing shipped work, prototypes, or high-quality personal projects.
