Lead, Environment Art

Job Description

Sony Bend Studio, world-class creator of Days Gone, Uncharted: Golden Abyss, and Syphon Filter, is seeking outstanding talent to join our hardworking and creative family in crafting our next high-profile AAA console title.

Living in Bend, Oregon means saying goodbye to gridlock, concrete, and pollution. Use your Extra Life to shred at Mt. Bachelor, drag a line in the Deschutes River, hike in the wild, or perfect your game. Plug into adventure and community at Bend Studio!

Lead, Environment Art

We are seeking an experienced and passionate Environment Art Lead to contribute to the artistic vision and development of our next AAA product. This is a leadership and management role, focused on team cohesion and career development of environment artists, as well as identifying areas of improvement and serving as a liaison between environment artists and other teams. The ideal candidate will possess the ability to collaborate at a high level with a wide range of development team members outside of your direct discipline.

In this role, you will help build and lead a high performing team of environment artists, creating immersive and emotionally driven environments that meet the highest artistic quality and technical performance standards.

Responsibilities and Functions:
• Lead, mentor and teach other environment artists.
• Oversee and provide recommended solutions to issues related to asset creation, performance, and technical requirements, ensuring game design needs and artistic direction are met.
• Proactively stay up on new software, processes and industry trends and share the knowledge with the team.
• Work closely with tech artists and engineers to create efficient pipelines and workflows to boost the environment team's productivity and efficiency.
• Conduct regular 1 on 1 meetings and provide feedback and performance reviews to environment artists.
• Maintain awareness of industry trends and techniques, evaluate competitive products, and determine areas we can improve or innovate.
• Communicate effectively and collaborate with the leadership team to develop plans for implementation of new tools or processes.

Requirements & Skills:
• A strong portfolio and work history illustrating experience and proficiency as a leader in the environment art space.
• Expert level understanding of environment art pipelines, and rendering and technical constraints related to environment art.
• Advanced experience with real-time 3D packages and/or proprietary AAA engines and tools.
• Strong communication/listening, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Highly motivated and proactive in pursuit of consistent productivity.

Qualities:
• A desire to innovate and to go above and beyond in pursuit of excellence.
• Prior experience hiring and building a team of quality artists is a plus.
• Experience developing proprietary engines, tools and workflows is a plus.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rnw7q5-18-223-32-230-42 in your application.