Senior Environment Artist Texture

Naughty Dog; Santa Monica (CA); Híbrido; USD 95.000 - 119.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da vaga

Naughty Dog is seeking an experienced Environment Artist for a hybrid/onsite role in Santa Monica. You will create and refine high-quality environments, craft materials, and collaborate with art and design teams across multiple projects.

Qualified candidates will have 5+ years of environment modelling experience, a strong AA to AAA production background, and proficiency in Maya, Substance, or ZBrush. A portfolio or test may be required as part of the process.

Qualificações

• 5+ years experience modeling high quality environments.
• Likely at least one shipped AAA title.
• Strong ability to define complex looks for challenging levels.

Responsabilidades

• Create and apply materials across a variety of subject matter.
• Troubleshoot and maintain levels to stay in frame rate, memory, and design spec.
• Act as point of contact to achieve design and art direction goals.

Conhecimentos

Environment modeling

AAA looks & style

Shader knowledge

UV mapping & baking

Texture memory optimization

Team collaboration

Time management

Proficiency in Maya

SubstancePainter/Designer

ZBrush

Ferramentas

Maya

Substance

ZBrush

Descrição da vaga

This position is for temporary engagement through our staffing partner, Yoh Enterprise Solutions.Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States for this position.

This is a hybrid / onsite position.

For nearly 40 years, Naughty Dog has been crafting best-selling, critically acclaimed games thatconstantly push the boundaries of narrative, gameplay, and technology. Naughty Dog recentlyreleased The Last of Us Part II Remastered as well as a current generation remake of The Lastof Us Part I for the PS5. We're also proud to say that The Last of Us Parts I & II are nowavailable for the first time on PC. Currently, we’re busy at the kennel working on Intergalactic:The Heretic Prophet, and we'd love to find talented individuals to join us.Naughty Dog games have long been lauded for their evocative, character-driven stories andattention to detail. We are committed to innovation within our games and as such have curatedsome of the top creative and technically innovative minds in the industry. We welcome diversecandidates and believe that a broad range of cultural and life experiences contribute to theoverall well-being and success of the studio and the titles we craft together.

What you will do:

• Create and apply materials across a variety of subject matter
• Troubleshoot and maintain levels to stay in frame rate, memory, and design spec
• Act as point of contact to achieve design and art direction goals as it pertains to buildinggame art

What skills you will use:

• 5+ years experience modeling high quality environments. Likely at least one shippedAAA title
• Strong ability to define complex looks for the most challenging levels with minimalconcept art and direction
• Expert understanding of how to build environments in AAA game development
• Collaborative mindset while working closely with other departments to find and proposesolutions for the betterment of the game
• Strong art sensibilities related to color, composition and scale
• Self-motivated—can execute the vision for the level until completion in a timely and efficient manner.
• Proficient at sculpting/painting surface details and controlling shader features thatrepresent a wide variety of material types
• Full understanding of shader construction using a material editor for rendering physicallybased game environments
• Able to create efficient UV layouts and bake textures from high res meshes
• Strong ability to create tiling and trim texture setsManage texture memory and Shader performance
• Great team-player—willing to seek help and feedback from others and give it in return.Being extremely proactive in sharing info and assets. Open to direction and iteration.
• Able to meet schedules, be flexible and proactive, communicating evolving project needs
• Proficiency using Maya, Substance, ZBrush, or equivalent software

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As a part of the Naughty Dog application process, candidates will be expected to provideaportfolio or demo reel of their work and may be asked to complete an art test, in addition to aphone screen.

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employmentwithout regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression, and genderreassignment), race (including color, nationality, ethnic, national origin), religion or belief, maritalor civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, trade unionmembership or membership in any other legally protected category.

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

$69.09 - $86.35 USD

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