Senior Materials Artist - Remote Real-time Environments

sonyinteractiveentertainmentglobal; United States; Remote; USD 43,000 - 70,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Portfolio / art test

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment Global is seeking an experienced Environment Artist to create and refine materials and environment art for a large-scale game project. You will work on real-time levels and cinematic scenes, emphasizing consistent visuals while meeting production and performance needs.

The role covers material authoring, modeling, world building and asset integration, with collaboration across art and tech partners and a focus on delivering high-quality, optimized game-ready work.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years in materials or world building for games.
• Proficient with PBR materials, lighting interactions, shaders and varied material types.
• Proficient in Maya; UV unwrapping and lightmap prep.
• Excellent Photoshop and texture baking skills; portfolio with procedural and traditional material work.
• Experience optimizing games for real-time performance and memory.
• Ability to learn unfamiliar engines quickly and align with Pacific time cores.

Responsibilities

• Build and refine realistic PBR materials using procedural and traditional techniques.
• Model terrain and environment elements; compose levels and place assets for immersion.
• Blend materials and integrate assets with ground using wear, erosion and detail storytelling.
• Contribute across environment art from blockouts to final game-ready work.
• Collaborate with art and tech partners; respond to feedback and shape visual direction.
• Manage scope, deadlines, and optimize assets for performance and memory.

Skills

PBR materials

World building

Maya

Texture baking

Asset optimization

Tools

Maya

Photoshop

Substance Designer

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment Global is seeking an experienced Environment Artist to create and refine materials and environment art for a large-scale game project. You will work on real-time levels and cinematic scenes, emphasizing consistent visuals while meeting production and performance needs.

The role covers material authoring, modeling, world building and asset integration, with collaboration across art and tech partners and a focus on delivering high-quality, optimized game-ready work.