Senior 3D Visualization and Animation Technical Artist

Sony Corporation of America; Culver City (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Flexible Work Arrangements

Paid time off including vacation and holidays

Job summary

Sony Corporation of America is seeking a Senior 3D Visualization Animation Technical Artist for a fixed-term role in Culver City, CA. This position involves leading 3D photography and 4D video capturing while facilitating effective communication with talent and technical teams.

The ideal candidate will possess a Bachelor's degree and a strong background in 3D animation with over 5 years of experience. The company offers comprehensive benefits and a competitive salary range.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in 3D computer graphics (3D animation).
• Familiarity with character animation workflow such as blendshapes, rigging, and simulation.
• Experience in shader development, material creation, and rendering.

Responsibilities

• Lead 3D photography and 4D video capturing of talents.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive technical documentation.
• Share best practices and technical insights with teams.

Skills

3D animation

Photo-real CG content creation

Analytic and communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in art, Film, Communications, or related field

Tools

Maya

Unreal Engine

Blender

Job description

Sony Corporation of America, located in New York, NY, is the U.S. headquarters of Sony Group Corporation, based in Tokyo, Japan. Sony's principal U.S. businesses include Sony Electronics Inc., Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC, Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Music Publishing and Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. With some 900 million Sony devices in hands and homes worldwide today, a vast array of Sony movies, television shows and music, and the PlayStation Network, Sony creates and delivers more entertainment experiences to more people than anyone else on earth. To learn more: www.sony.com/en.

This is a fixed-term role for one year.

PositionSummary

Sony Corporation of America is looking for a skilled and experiencedSenior 3D Visualization Animation Technical Artistto join our team in Culver City, CA.The willlead 3D photography and 4D video capturing of talents by ensuring efficient communication with talents as well as technical crew members in all aspects of 3D content production.

Responsibilities:

• Self-motivated toefficiently and effectively collaboratewith R&D and artist teams, toidentifydetailed requirementsof challenging 3D animation projects, andto achieve the bestvisualization prototypesofstate-of-the-art3D/4Dcontent creation.

• Develop andmaintaincomprehensive technical documentation, meticulously recording each step of the R&D process.

• Share best practices and technical insights with both art andresearchteams, promoting efficiency and innovation.

• Facilitate and lead creative discussions, addressing productionchallengesandidentifyingopportunities forqualityimprovement.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in art, Film, Communications, or a related field.

• Solid experiencewith photo-real CG content creation workflow in games,filmor other entertainment industries.

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in 3D computer graphics(3D animation).

• Familiaritywithcharacter animationworkflow such asblendshapes, rigging and simulation (hair, garment).

• Familiarity with 3DCG platforms like Maya,Unreal Engine,and/orBlender.

• Familiaritywith shader development,materialcreationand rendering.

• Excellentanalyticandcommunication skills.

• Authorization to work in the USA.

Preferred Qualifications:

• M.S. degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or related fields.

• Research and development skills, including the ability to stay updated on emerging technologies and techniques in computer graphics.

• Hands-on experience in 3Dhumanmodelingof geometry &texture.

• Familiarity with Unityand/orMarmoset

• Familiarity with scripting languages such as Python or MEL scripting.

Benefits

SCA offers benefits-eligible fixed-term employees (who are scheduled to work 30 or more hours a week) certain benefits under the Sony Corporation of America Health and Welfare Benefits Plan. The following options are available to you and your eligible dependents.

What we offer you:

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage with coverage for spouses/domestic partners and child dependents
• Long Term Care: A voluntary Long-Term Care (LTC) benefit with a life insurance component is offered during a separate new hire LTC enrollment window. This window occurs once a year for all new employees.

Other Programs:

• Flexible Work Arrangements, including remote and hybrid work schedules
• Time off to include vacation, paid holidays, sick leave, Summer Fridays (early release), and a winter break between Christmas and New Year's Day (based on business needs)
• A wide variety of employee business resource groups (EBRGs)

Theanticipatedannual base salary for this position is $140,000 to $155,000.Thisrange does not include any other compensation components or other benefits that an individual may be eligible for. The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include as applicable, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.

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