Senior Materials Artist - Remote (6mo contract)

sonyinteractiveentertainmentglobal; California; Remote; CAD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Senior Materials Level Artist for a fully remote 6-month contract in Canada. You will craft high-fidelity PBR materials and world-building textures for AAA titles, collaborating with Art Directors and Technical Artists to ensure visual fidelity and performance.

Must have 6+ years in game art, Maya proficiency, and a strong portfolio. Ideal candidates will demonstrate workflow excellence, texture baking expertise, UV mapping, and the ability to adapt to

Qualifications

• 6+ years' experience as a material / world building artist in the video game industry, with 2 shipped AAA titles.
• Proficient with Autodesk Maya and traditional modeling pipelines.
• Portfolio that demonstrates materials created using both procedural and traditional techniques.
• Strong understanding of PBR material workflows, standards and surface/light interactions.
• Experience optimizing games for performance and memory.
• Ability to unwrap UVs for texturing meshes and lightmaps in Autodesk Maya.
• Ability to learn new game engines and tools rapidly.
• Work core hours aligned with PST and team located in California

Responsibilities

• Create materials for in-game and cinematic levels with high fidelity.
• Work within environment and level art to build textures and materials that tell a story.
• Collaborate with Art Directors, Leads, and Technical Artists to refine visuals.
• Balance visual quality with performance constraints.
• Deliver work on schedule in a production environment.

Skills

Material/world building

PBR workflows

Texture baking

UV mapping

Art direction collaboration

Tools

Autodesk Maya

Substance Designer

Photoshop

Houdini

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment is seeking a Senior Materials Level Artist for a fully remote 6-month contract in Canada. You will craft high-fidelity PBR materials and world-building textures for AAA titles, collaborating with Art Directors and Technical Artists to ensure visual fidelity and performance.

Must have 6+ years in game art, Maya proficiency, and a strong portfolio. Ideal candidates will demonstrate workflow excellence, texture baking expertise, UV mapping, and the ability to adapt to