Senior Materials Level Artist (AAA Games)

Location: Fully remote from anywhere in Canada; core hours aligned with PST and the team located in California.

Salary: CAD 46.77–70.14 per hour.

Company

Interactive entertainment and technology organization developing PlayStation hardware, network services, and AAA game content for PlayStation Studios.

What you will do

• Create and refine realistic PBR materials for in-game and cinematic levels while maintaining visual consistency.
• Build environments and levels through terrain modeling, organic and hard-surface world construction, asset placement, material blending, and ground-to-asset transitions.
• Develop environmental storytelling through age, wear, erosion, and historical narrative.
• Handle environment art from blockout and prototyping through custom asset creation and final shippable-quality art.
• Collaborate with Art Directors, Leads, and Technical Artists, implement feedback, and help shape the game's visual direction.
• Balance visual quality with performance constraints, estimate scope, manage workload, solve production challenges, and deliver on schedule.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience as a material or world-building artist in the video game industry, including 2 shipped AAA titles.
• Proficiency with Autodesk Maya and traditional modeling pipelines, including UV unwrapping for texturing meshes and lightmaps.
• A portfolio demonstrating materials created with procedural and traditional techniques.
• Strong understanding of PBR material workflows, standards, and surface/light interactions.
• Strong understanding of materials usage within a game world-building pipeline.
• Proficiency in applying surface details and controlling shader features for a wide range of material types.
• Expert knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and traditional texture-baking techniques.
• Experience optimizing games for performance and memory.
• Advanced understanding of game and cinematic art asset creation.
• Ability to learn new game engines and tools rapidly.
• Ability to work core hours aligned with PST and the team located in California.

Nice to have

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

Culture & Benefits

• Six-month contract role with fully remote work from anywhere in Canada.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits are available.
• Work with PlayStation Studios and contribute to upcoming AAA game projects.
• Inclusive and equal-opportunity workplace committed to diversity.

Hiring process

• Submit a portfolio or demo reel.
• Complete an art test if requested.
• Participate in a phone screen.
• Background checks are conducted at the offer stage.