3D Artist (External Development - Contract)

PlayStation Global

Contract Position

Summary

This job is for a 3D Artist on the External Development Team at Santa Monica Studio. The ideal candidate will have experience in creating high-quality art assets from scratch and will work with various art departments, providing feedback to external teams and assisting in asset creation.

What you'll do

  • First pass quality check on delivered assets, requesting additional revisions or adjustments before work is seen by Leads and Directors
  • Ability to implement delivered assets into the game engine after approved
  • Minor Zbrush mesh cleanup or adjustments on delivered assets as requested by the External Development Director, Art Directors or Art Leads
  • Texturing and material creation of delivered assets for use in game
  • Resolve technical inefficiencies with delivered art assets by giving feedback to the external partner or fixing it internally (ie. Poor UV layouts, Poor mesh topology, LOD issues)
  • Write up style guides or tutorials for our internal processes to assist external teams in working with our tools or matching our style / process
  • Communicate clearly between the internal team’s needs to the external partners in terms of writing up feedback or making detailed briefs
  • Flexible and willing to work on several types of assets including character props or weapons, environment props, foliage, architectural pieces, breakables, etc
  • Occasionally creating assets from scratch with provided concept art when time permits, including Zbrush high res modeling, low res re-topology, texturing and material creation
  • Able to handle higher workload and feedback volume than more junior members on the team
  • Strong experience and competence working in Maya to create models and materials
  • Can show an online portfolio demonstrating high quality full asset creation from scratch, including modeling, texturing and material creation
  • Advanced proficiency in Zbrush to make sculpting adjustments or sculpt assets from scratch if needed
  • Proficiency in Substance painter to make adjustments on delivered assets if needed
  • Experience working with optimal UV layouts and able to communicate or give feedback on how to improve UV layouts depending on the delivered asset - ability to problem solve complex UV layouts or assets
  • Experience in baking maps or resolving map baking issues when going from high res to game res - knowledge of common baking outcomes that can result in degraded final assets quality
  • Great aesthetic and artistic eye to constantly improve quality of delivered work by giving feedback or making final adjustments internally
  • Desire to work on many different tasks and work with many people internally or externally
  • A passion for game development and pushing art quality forward in the industry
  • Highly organized, self-motivated and able to demonstrate the ability to follow through on tasks
  • Solid understanding of technical and run time aspects of game development, such as texture, shader and polygon optimizations, and how these effect framerates
  • Be able to communicate to external teams in a professional way that represents our studio in a positive manner and to strengthen relationships with our development partners
  • Able to assist and mentor more junior members on the team in the outsourcing and asset review process
  • Substance designer experience, creating materials with procedural nodes
  • Animation or rigging experience
  • Worldbuilding experience on full scale environments, including an understanding of environment composition
  • 2D Art background or concept art skills to help with paintovers or feedback
  • Shipped AAA games or games with high quality art in the past
  • Understanding of the outsourcing process or experience working with outsourcing in past roles

Requirements

  • Strong experience and competence working in Maya to create models and materials
  • Can show an online portfolio demonstrating high quality full asset creation from scratch, including modeling, texturing and material creation
  • Advanced proficiency in Zbrush to make sculpting adjustments or sculpt assets from scratch if needed
  • Proficiency in Substance painter to make adjustments on delivered assets if needed
  • Experience working with optimal UV layouts and able to communicate or give feedback on how to improve UV layouts depending on the delivered asset - ability to problem solve complex UV layouts or assets
  • Experience in baking maps or resolving map baking issues when going from high res to game res - knowledge of common baking outcomes that can result in degraded final assets quality
  • Great aesthetic and artistic eye to constantly improve quality of delivered work by giving feedback or making final adjustments internally
  • Desire to work on many different tasks and work with many people internally or externally
  • A passion for game development and pushing art quality forward in the industry
  • Highly organized, self-motivated and able to demonstrate the ability to follow through on tasks
  • Solid understanding of technical and run time aspects of game development, such as texture, shader and polygon optimizations, and how these effect framerates
  • Be able to communicate to external teams in a professional way that represents our studio in a positive manner and to strengthen relationships with our development partners
  • Able to assist and mentor more junior members on the team in the outsourcing and asset review process
  • Substance designer experience, creating materials with procedural nodes
  • Animation or rigging experience
  • Worldbuilding experience on full scale environments, including an understanding of environment composition
  • 2D Art background or concept art skills to help with paintovers or feedback
  • Shipped AAA games or games with high quality art in the past
  • Understanding of the outsourcing process or experience working with outsourcing in past roles

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Location

United States, Los Angeles, CA

Contract Length

Contract duration: Unannounced

Compensation

$38 - $57 (per hour)

Keywords

maya zbrush substance painter substance designer

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