Environment Art Lead

2 months ago
Full-time
Lead
Design and User Experience
PlayStation

PlayStation

PlayStation leads interactive entertainment with innovative consoles, games, and media, delighting fans globally since 1994.

Household Durables
100K+
Founded 1995
$8M raised

Description

  • Lead environment art and coordinate work with a multidisciplinary team responsible for worldbuilding, including narrative and design.
  • Mentor, coach, and inspire artists through all phases of production.
  • Foster a safe culture for growth, feedback, and strong creative debate.
  • Create scalable art processes and workflows that improve team efficiency and maintain a high quality bar.
  • Motivate the team through craft guidance and process advisement.
  • Collaborate effectively across disciplines with a strong team-first mindset.
  • Develop internal and external style guides and workflows for game asset creation.
  • Manage teams through the creation of game assets.
  • Ensure environment art aligns with the art director’s visual goals and direction.

Requirements

  • Deep understanding of environment art decisions that matter to competitive players in action or fighting games.
  • Proven experience in early AAA game development leadership roles.
  • Experience leading art teams across environment art, palette art, skybox art, and lighting.
  • Demonstrated expertise in stylized art and style adaptability.
  • Expert knowledge of Maya, Blender, or Max, plus Substance.
  • Expert knowledge of Unreal Engine.
  • Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.
  • Strategic and critical thinking skills with a proactive, investigative mindset.
  • Platformer genre development experience preferred.
  • Experience working on a game with a high-angle isometric camera perspective preferred.
  • Experience leading multiple teams on a live game or game-as-a-service title preferred.
  • Background checks are conducted at the offer stage for all new employees.

Benefits

  • Base pay range of $183,000 to $274,000 USD for Seattle-based candidates, with pay varying by geographic location and hybrid/remote policy.
  • Top-tier benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Matching 401(k) retirement plan.
  • Paid time off.
  • Wellness program.
  • Employee discounts for Sony products.
  • Potential bonus package eligibility.
  • Flexible role that can be remote.

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