Remote Game Artist (2D/3D + VFX)

PlayStation; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 164,000; Full time

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a versatile Game Artist (Generalist) to craft 2D/3D assets, textures, and shaders for real-time engines. You’ll work across environments, characters, and props, balancing artistic vision with performance constraints.

Ideal candidates demonstrate strong fundamentals, can iterate rapidly, and collaborate with design/engineering teams to maintain a cohesive visual style across game systems.

Qualifications

• Broad generalist skillset across modeling, texturing, lighting, materials, and basic rigging or animation.
• Strong proficiency with industry-standard art tools such as Photoshop and DCC software including Maya, Blender, ZBrush, Substance Painter, or equivalent tools.
• Experience working with real-time game engines such as Unity or Unreal Engine.
• Strong understanding of color theory, composition, lighting, form, silhouette, and visual readability.
• Ability to create assets across a range of styles, from stylized to realistic, depending on project needs.
• Portfolio demonstrating strong artistic fundamentals and a variety of completed 2D and/or 3D game art work.
• Ability to work independently, solve visual and technical problems, and make progress with minimal oversight.
• Strong communication skills and comfort working closely with design and engineering disciplines.
• Understanding of optimization, asset budgets, and performance considerations for real-time games.

Responsibilities

• Translate rough concepts, references, and design ideas into finalized 2D and 3D game assets, including environments, characters, props, and supporting visual elements.
• Model, texture, and optimize high- and low-poly assets for use in real-time game engines.
• Create textures, materials, and shaders that support the game’s visual style and technical requirements.
• Import, organize, and set up assets, scenes, cameras, lighting, and materials in engines such as Unity or Unreal Engine.
• Create visual polish elements, including particle effects, simple animations, material effects, and other VFX that improve gameplay clarity and presentation.
• Collaborate with designers, engineers, animators, and other team members to ensure art assets support gameplay mechanics, readability, and performance budgets.
• Iterate on assets based on feedback from stakeholders, playtests, and technical constraints.
• Maintain clean, organized source files and follow established naming, versioning, and implementation standards.
• Help define and maintain a consistent visual style across multiple asset types and game systems.

Skills

Modeling

Texturing

Lighting

Materials

Rigging

Tools

Photoshop

Maya

Blender

ZBrush

Substance Painter

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a versatile Game Artist (Generalist) to craft 2D/3D assets, textures, and shaders for real-time engines. You’ll work across environments, characters, and props, balancing artistic vision with performance constraints.

Ideal candidates demonstrate strong fundamentals, can iterate rapidly, and collaborate with design/engineering teams to maintain a cohesive visual style across game systems.