Lead Environment Concept Artist
Naughty Dog - Santa Monica, California, United States, 90403![Naughty Dog](/api/image?src=https%3A%2F%2Fgeneral-board-default.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdesk-360x180.webp&w=640&q=75&f=webp)
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For nearly 40 years, Naughty Dog has been crafting best-selling, critically acclaimed games that constantly push the boundaries of narrative, gameplay, and technology. Naughty Dog recently released The Last of Us Part II Remastered as well as a current generation remake of The Last of Us Part I for the PS5 . We're also proud to say that The Last of Us Part I is now available for the first time on PC. Currently, we're busy at the kennel working on a brand-new single player game that we're excited about and we'd love to find talented individuals to join us.
Naughty Dog games have long been lauded for their evocative, character-driven stories and attention to detail. We are committed to innovation within our games and as such have curated some of the top creative and technically innovative minds in the industry. We welcome diverse candidates and believe that a broad range of cultural and life experiences contribute to the overall well-being and success of the studio and the titles we craft together.
Naughty Dog is looking for an experienced Environment Concept Artist to join our team in creating the next generation of award-winning story telling! You'll be responsible for creating the captivating environments and props working alongside the Background and Layout Design teams to bring these environments to life.
Who we're looking for:Communicates with Directors to bring directions to the environment concept teamManages and supports the environment concept team to make sure they get properly tasked and balances their workload, ensuring environment concept team's wellbeingManages individual concept artists, to keep their work on scheduleBuilds and modifies schedule, based on the team and studio needsMaintains a clear and consistent workflow under an established scheduleWorks closely with Leads, Principals and Directors to keep quality and style consistent across all environmentsGives feedback to principals, seniors, and concept artists, to ensure environments are high quality and consistentProvides direction to concept artists for aesthetic and technical considerations and help set the quality bar for environmentsUnderstands other department workflows and dependencies related to the environment concept teamMonitors the needs for Layout Design, Lighting, Background Art and Foreground Art to ensure clear environments in gameWorks closely with Background Art and Lighting to create environments that meet artistic requirementsWorks with principals to improve or solve workflow or pipeline issues and overall create strategies to achieve department goalsHad extensive knowledge of the latest game development tools, techniques, and workflows (including internal proprietary tools) and ability to share this with the teamAs an individual contributor, be able to make environment concepts in the highest quality across the industryWhat skills you will use:
Great capacity of managing the environment concept team in terms of art and building achievable, realistic schedules, according to the needs of the studioDevelop and maintain strong creative and collaborative partnerships across disciplines to help further develop the game environment and visual languageActively improve your skills and maintain an awareness of industry techniques, tools, evaluate competitive products, learning new software packages and traditional art methodsAt least 8 years of experience as a concept artist, working on at least one AAA titleGreat capacity to give the team feedback and help set the quality barVery strong portfolio showing high quality conceptsExpertise in concepting environments, high vision concept art, hard-surface props, key-frames and production callouts for gamesKeen eye and strong foundational art skills to include form, lighting, colors, and compositionKnowledge of working with various 3D packages, used in concept work and in collaboration with other departments
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The estimated USA base pay range (all regions) for this role is listed below.
$134,200-$241,700 USD