Senior Materials Level Artist

Fooh; Canada; Remote; CAD 64.000 - 97.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Sony Interactive Entertainment in Canada is seeking a Senior Materials Level Artist for a fully remote 6‑month contract. You will create high‑fidelity materials and build immersive environments for upcoming AAA projects, delivering cinematic and in‑game quality across scenes.

The role requires 6+ years in materials/world building, strong Maya skills, a solid portfolio with procedural and traditional workflows, and the ability to maintain performance while delivering top visuals.

Qualifikationen

• 6+ years' experience as a material/world building artist in video games.
• Proficient with Autodesk Maya and traditional modeling pipelines.
• Portfolio showing materials created with procedural and traditional methods.
• Strong understanding of PBR material workflows and surface interactions.
• Ability to unwrap UVs for texturing meshes and lightmaps.
• Experience optimizing games for performance and memory.
• Willingness to learn new game engines and tools quickly.
• Work hours aligned with PST and a team in California.

Aufgaben

• Create and refine realistic PBR materials for in-game and cinematic levels.
• Build environment and level content, including terrain and assets.
• Handle blockout, asset creation and final ship‑quality art.
• Collaborate with Art Directors, Leads and Technical Artists.
• Balance visual quality with performance within a production schedule.

Kenntnisse

PBR workflows

Maya

World building

UV unwrapping

Texture baking

Memory optimization

Shader basics

Art collaboration

Tools

Autodesk Maya

Photoshop

Houdini

Substance Designer

Jobbeschreibung

Why Sony Interactive Entertainment?

Sony Interactive Entertainment isn’t just the Best Place to Play — it’s also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we’re part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting‑edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.

This is a 6 Month contract role.

PlayStation Studios Visual Arts | Remot e

This position is fully remote from anywhere in Canada. PlayStation Studios Visual Arts(PSSVA) provides world‑class content, development and services to PlayStation Studios such as Insomniac Games, Naughty Dog, Santa Monica Studio, Bend Studio Guerilla Games, and more! Our team is always at the cutting edge of technology and partners with the industry’s best minds and companies.

You're a creative and passionate artist who lives for world building and crafting textures and materials that tell a story within game environments. You're inspired to achieve only the highest quality in your work and have a passion for contributing to the artistic vision and development of the industry's most anticipated AAA games.

We are seeking a highly talented and motivated Senior Materials Level Artist to contribute to an upcoming AAA project. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of delivering high quality content during the later stages of development, working efficiently while maintaining an established visual quality bar. This role involves creating both in game and cinematic quality materials along with in level modeling and world building for assigned environments, ensuring exceptional visual fidelity and consistency throughout the project.

Core Skill Areas

Materials & Texturin

• Create and refine realistic, physically based (PBR) materials for both in game and cinematic levels.
• Maintain visual consistency and quality standards across the project.
• Ability to contribute to workflows in Substance Designer is a plus.

Environment & Level Ar

• Work directly within game levels, including:
  • Terrain and level specific modeling for visually appealing compositions.
  • Organic and hard surface environment world construction.
  • Asset placement that drives an immersive player experience.
• Create integrated environmental looks through:
  • Material blending.
  • Ground to asset transitions (skirting).
  • Environmental storytelling (age, wear, erosion, and historical narrative)

Modeling

• Handle traditional environment art tasks from:
  • Blockout / prototyping for initial level layouts.
  • Custom asset creation.
  • Final shippable quality art.

Collaboration

• Partner with Art Directors, Leads, Technical Artists.
• Implement feedback quickly and effectively.
• Help define and improve the game's visual direction with each deliverable.

Technical & Production Requirements

• Balance visual quality with performance constraints.
• Solve production challenges creatively.
• Estimate scope and manage workload effectively.
• Deliver work on schedule / on time in a production environment

Requirements

• 6+ years' experience as a material / world building artist in the video game industry, with 2 shipped AAA titles
• Proficient with Autodesk Maya and traditional modeling pipelines
• Portfolio that demonstrates materials created using both procedural and traditional techniques
• Strong understanding of PBR material workflows, standards and surface/light Interactions
• History shows a strong understanding of game development with a focus on materials usage within a world building pipeline
• Proficient at applying surface details and controlling shader features that represent a wide variety of material types
• Expert knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and traditional texture baking techniques
• Ability to unwrap UVs for texturing meshes and lightmaps in Autodesk Maya
• Experience optimizing games for performance and memory
• An advanced understanding of game and cinematic art asset creation
• Ability to learn new game engines and tools rapidly
• Work core hours aligned with PST and team located in California

Pluses

• Knowledge of Substance Designer workflows
• Shader authoring
• Houdini experience
• Experience working with external outsource vendors
• 2D graphics experience
• Conceptual level layout experience

As a part of the PlayStation application process, candidates will be expected to provide a portfolio or demo reel of their work and may be asked to complete an art test, in addition to a phone screen.

At SIE, working with our partners, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location.

Please note that the individual base pay range may vary based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

In addition, this role is eligible for benefit offerings that include medical, dental, and vision.

The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below, this is an hourly rate.

$46.77—$70.14 CAD

Please note, Sony Interactive Entertainment conducts background checks at the offer stage for all new employees (which may include criminal background checks for some roles) and will need to process personal information to support these checks.