Concept Artist, Environments (Contract)

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  • Santa Monica  
    California, United States
    freelance, temp to perm  
  • Company
    Sony Interactive Entertainment  
    Start date
    ASAP  
    Duration
    n/a  
    Wage
    Undisclosed
  • Closing date
    26 February 2020  
    Posted on
    28 January 2020  

Join our award-winning God of War team.

Santa Monica Studio is looking for a concept artist with a focus on environments to help us visualize imaginative and unique worlds that set the bar for creativity and complexity on the PlayStation console. This individual will contribute to the artistic vision, working with art teams to establish the tone of the game, and bring it to life.

As a member of the team focused on environments, you must effectively collaborate with the Art Director, Game Director, and Art Leads to design worlds that are visually stunning and cohesive while also working with a wide range of development team members to ensure technical feasibility. Help us craft unique visuals that define our industry!

 

Responsibilities:

  • Design environments, props, production callouts, system interacts, high vision concept art, color scripts, marketing material and other visual guides and tasks as needed to assist the development team.

  • Combine the goals of game design, art direction, and technological considerations to create industry defining environments.

  • Research and initiate information gathering of pertinent subject matter to your task.

  • Develop and maintain strong creative and collaborative partnerships across disciplines to help further develop the in game environments.

  • Design visual language and rule sets for fantasy-based worlds.

  • Solve complex artistic development issues for both artists as well as other team members.

  • Actively improve your skills and maintain an awareness of industry techniques, tools, evaluate competitive products, learning new software packages and traditional art methods.

  • May serve as an artistic resource for overall product or as a studio resource. This includes, but is not limited to conducting general research, developing ground breaking techniques or testing new systems and tools.
     

Requirements:

  • Strong command of foundation art skills (drawing, painting and rendering, material indication, perspective, composition, color theory, design, anatomy and 2d and 3d design techniques).

  • Strong design skills with the ability to design and render realistic believable fantasy based props, architecture, and natural landscapes using contemporary industry standard tools and techniques.

  • Strong ideation, brainstorming and documentation skills.

  • Proficiency in Photoshop with an emphasis on drawing, painting and image making. 3D modeling and sculpting skills are not required but are a plus.

  • Strong time management and prioritization skills. This entails collaborating with the Production group to coordinate task lists to ensure assignments are progressing well according to schedules, objectives, and overall project goals.

  • Familiarity with video game product development.

  • Good communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
     

Preferred Experience:

  • Bachelor’s Degree or relevant curriculum or equivalent skillset.

  • Minimum 3 years industry experience or related experience.

  • Understanding of the fundamentals of 3D packages is a plus.

  • Having firsthand experience on published titles on previous or next-gen video game platform is desirable.

 

We value talent, self-motivation, and team spirit. In turn, we provide an environment with a large degree of autonomy and opportunities for growth.

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, legally protected physical or mental disability, covered veteran status, status in the U.S. uniformed services, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information or membership in any other legally protected category. We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond. We genuinely appreciate the time and effort you spent in contacting us and we thank you for your interest in Santa Monica Studio.

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