Senior Environment Artist

PlayStation; Guildford; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday and 8 bank holidays

Flexitime working (where approved)

Free car parking facilities

Subsidised Café

Access to cycle garage and showers

Job summary

Media Molecule in Guildford is seeking a Senior 3D Environment Artist to elevate our stylised game environments. You’ll work with a world-class team and guide levels under the Art Director, mainly using Blender and our in-house plugins.

You should be fluent in PBR workflows, capable of adapting to existing content, and have shipped 3D games. The role allows hybrid or remote UK work, with a preference for one day per week on site.

Qualifications

• Affinity for stylised natural environments and architecture.
• Proficient in 3D modelling with Blender and PBR workflows.
• Able to learn in-house plug-ins and tools quickly.
• Experience shipping 3D games.
• Shipped AAA title desirable.

Responsibilities

• Work with a world-class art team to bring game levels to high quality under the Art Director.
• Implement and polish existing levels in Blender and our in-house tools.
• Collaborate across disciplines to maintain consistency of style.

Skills

Stylised environments

3D modelling

PBR workflows

Communication skills

Shipping 3D games

Adaptability

Tools

Blender

In-house plug-ins

Job description

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.

We are Media Molecule, a Guildford based game developer proudly part of the PlayStation Studios group. We have a history of creating Award winning games such as LittleBigPlanet, Tearaway and Dreams.

It’s a fantastic time to join us as we embark on our next adventure, defining and executing the vision for our next ambitious project based out of ourstudio in central Guildford. We are now searching for 2exceptional Senior 3D Environment Artists to join us!

This will be a short-term contingent engagement through our staffing partner, Yoh Services which we anticipate will run until the end of July 2027. We are therefore open to hybrid and remote working in the UK with a preference for 1 day a week onsite in Guildford.

Role Overview

As a Senior 3D Environment Artist, you'll be working with a world class team of Artists to bring our game levels to the highest quality, under guidance by our Art Director.

If you have a passion forbeautifullystylised environments, lighting and composition, we want to hear from you!

You'll be working on already-existing levels within Blender often using our inhouse plug-ins, so being able to pick upnew tools and tech is a must. A strong knowledge of Blender is essential to this role.

What we are looking for

• You have affinity for stylised natural environmentsand architecture
• You're at home modelling inside Blender, using PBR workflows
• You're quick to learn and understand in-house plug-ins and tools
• You're confident working on existing content and can continue the consistency of quality and style you're given
• You're articulate and have strong written and verbal communication skills – Media Molecule is built on empowering close collaboration between people and teams
• You have experience shipping 3D games

Desirable Skills

• You have a shipped AAA title under your belt
• You have experience with multiple game engines
• You have experience with developing for the PlayStation 5

Benefits

• 25 days holiday and 8 bank holidays per year
• Flexitime working (where approved)
• Free car parking facilities
• Subsidised Café
• Access to cycle garage and showers

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