Senior 3D Material Artist - Remote (Canada)

HellaGoodAudio; United States; Remote; USD 46,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Senior 3D Material Artist for PlayStation Studios Visual Arts, remotely from Canada. You will craft high-quality game materials for in-game and cinematic content, collaborating with environment artists and art directors to maintain visual fidelity.

Ideal candidates have 6+ years in AAA game production with at least one shipped title, strong understanding of PBR and world-building pipelines, and proficiency in Substance Designer/ Painter.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in AAA video game production with at least one shipped title.
• Strong grasp of composition, color theory, and the physical properties of real-world surfaces.
• Experience showing a strong understanding of game development with a focus on materials usage within a world building pipeline.
• Proficiency in applying surface details and controlling shader features that represent a wide variety of material types.
• Proficiency in Substance Designer and Substance Painter.
• Solid understanding of PBR workflows and material creation pipelines.
• Technical proficiency in game art workflows including UV layout, texel density, and texture optimization.
• Experience optimizing games for performance and memory.
• Strong proactive collaboration and communication skills.
• Work core hours aligned with PST and team located in California.
• English proficiency

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Environment Artists directly in levels, iterate on materials in context, and bring environments to final visual polish
• Partner with Art Directors, Leads, Technical Artists, implementing feedback quickly and effectively
• Create and refine realistic PBR materials and surface treatments that support and elevate the project's visual direction, for both in game and cinematic levels
• Manage and author materials within propriety tools
• Contribute to the development and documentation of material workflows, standards, and libraries
• Track and address material-related bugs during production and post-production
• Help define and improve the game's visual direction with each deliverable
• 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

Skills

Strong portfolio

Material creation

PBR workflows

World building

Shader features

Texture optimization

UV layout

Tools

Substance Designer

Substance Painter

Houdini

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Senior 3D Material Artist for PlayStation Studios Visual Arts, remotely from Canada. You will craft high-quality game materials for in-game and cinematic content, collaborating with environment artists and art directors to maintain visual fidelity.

Ideal candidates have 6+ years in AAA game production with at least one shipped title, strong understanding of PBR and world-building pipelines, and proficiency in Substance Designer/ Painter.