Senior Materials Level Artist

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

Why Sony Interactive Entertainment?

Sony Interactive Entertainment isn't just the Best Place to Play - it's also the Best Place to Work. Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is the company behind the PlayStation brand. As a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation, we're part of a proud legacy of innovation and excellence. SIE is a dynamic technology company, delivering cutting-edge hardware and network services to more than 100 million people and an entertainment leader, home to some of the most beloved and recognizable intellectual properties (IP) in the world. Our role at SIE is to create and nurture the experiences under the PlayStation brand, a name synonymous with entertainment excellence and creativity.

This is a 6 Month contract role.

PlayStation Studios Visual Arts | Remot e

This position is fully remote from anywhere in Canada. PlayStation Studios Visual Arts (PSSVA) provides world-class content, development and services to PlayStation Studios such as Insomniac Games, Naughty Dog, Santa Monica Studio, Bend Studio Guerilla Games, and more! Our team is always at the cutting edge of technology and partners with the industry's best minds and companies.

You're a creative and passionate artist who lives for world building and crafting textures and materials that tell a story within game environments. You're inspired to achieve only the highest quality in your work and have a passion for contributing to the artistic vision and development of the industry's most anticipated AAA games.

We are seeking a highly talented and motivated Senior Materials Level Artist to contribute to an upcoming AAA project. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of delivering high quality content during the later stages of development, working efficiently while maintaining an established visual quality bar. This role involves creating both in game and cinematic quality materials along with in level modeling and world building for assigned environments, ensuring exceptional visual fidelity and consistency throughout the project.

Core Skill Areas

• Materials & Texturin g
• Create and refine realistic, physically based (PBR) materials for both in game and cinematic levels.
• Maintain visual consistency and quality standards across the project.
• Ability to contribute to workflows in Substance Designer is a plus.
• Environment & Level Ar t
• Work directly within game levels, including:
• Terrain and level specific modeling for visually appealing compositions.
• Organic and hard surface environment world construction.
• Asset placement that drives an immersive player experience.
• Create integrated environmental looks through:
• Material blending.
• Ground to asset transitions (skirting).
• Environmental storytelling (age, wear, erosion, and historical narrative)
• Modeling
• Handle traditional environment art tasks from:
• Blockout / prototyping for initial level layouts.
• Custom asset creation.
• Final shippable quality art.
• Collaboration
• Partner with Art Directors, Leads, Technical Artists.
• Implement feedback quickly and effectively.
• Help define and improve the game's visual direction with each deliverable.
• Technical & Production Requirements
• 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

Requirements :

• 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
• History shows a strong understanding of game development with a focus on materials usage within a world building pipeline
• Proficient at applying surface details and controlling shader features that represent a wide variety of material types
• Expert knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and traditional texture baking techniques
• Ability to unwrap UVs for texturing meshes and lightmaps in Autodesk Maya
• Experience optimizing games for performance and memory
• An advanced understanding of game and cinematic art asset creation
• Ability to learn new game engines and tools rapidly
• Work core hours aligned with PST and team located in California

Pluses :

• Knowledge of Substance Designer workflows
• Shader authoring
• Houdini experience
• Experience working with external outsource vendors
• 2D graphics experience
• Conceptual level layout experience