Concept Art Lead Job at Sony Playstation, Oregon State

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  • Sony Playstation
  • Oregon State

Job Description

As Concept Lead on an  Unannounced Project , you’ll lead an amazing concept art team from prototype through production on teamLFG’s new IP!

Your ability to lead and inspire a team will have broad impact. You’ll bring dynamic characters to life, propose visual solutions to world-building and style questions, and mentor your team with your proven experience and exceptional taste. Your investment will delight players and contribute to the best-in-class action experience that defines a new space for Sony games.

As a member of our incubation art team, you’ll balance craft expertise with a player-first mindset and willingness to contribute beyond your role to improve player experience wherever necessary. Most importantly, you will work with a fun, dedicated, cross-discipline team united around our mission to create a positive impact in people's lives as we bring a new world to life.

We look for candidates who value joining a cohesive, supportive team with a diverse set of backgrounds, experiences, interests, and viewpoints.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead and coordinate work for a multidisciplinary concept team accountable for character, environment, worldbuilding, and marketing art
  • Mentor and inspire a talented team of concept artists through all phases of production 
  • Create a safe culture for growth and feedback, guidance, and coaching to enhance efforts
  • Collaborate with Art Director and Leads to help shape and communicate the vision of our game through close collaboration and alignment with our Design and Narrative partners
  • Create strong processes and scalable art workflows that force multiply the team and define a high art quality bar
  • Inspire and motivate the team with personal craft - creating high-quality concepts, paint overs and art for the game
  • Embrace “we” culture in addition to being an outstanding collaborator and communicator
  • Develop internal and ex-dev style guides and workflows, and manage teams through creation of game assets 

Required Skills

  • Proven experience in AAA game development leadership role(s)
  • Advanced foundation in digital & traditional arts, including, but not limited to, figure drawing, landscape painting, graphic design, and illustration
  • Experience working as a Concept Lead from R&D through ship including early prototyping explorations
  • Demonstrated skills and deep understanding of stylized art and style adaptability
  • Experience working on a stylized game and / or a game with an isometric camera perspective
  • Software knowledge: Expert at digital illustration software IE: photoshop, Clip Studio or equivalent
  • Strong organizational, analytical skills, problem solving ability and attention to detail
  • High level of strategy & critical thinking skills and good habits of validating assumptions working across discipline lines
  • Strong portfolio showcasing previous concept art work in games

Nice to have Skills

  • Passion for games & familiarity with the competitive gaming landscape
  • Experience working with 3D software for block ins
  • Understanding of 3D character workflow - ability to create concepts that support character modeling & rigging needs 
  • Experience with development using Unreal Engine
  • Experience leading multiple teams on a live game (“game as a service”)

Please refer to our  Candidate Privacy Notice for more information about how we process your personal information, and your data protection rights.

At SIE, we consider several factors when setting each role’s base pay range, including the competitive benchmarking data for the market and geographic location. 

Please note that the base pay range may vary in line with our hybrid working policy and individual base pay will be determined based on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. 

In addition, this role is eligible for SIE’s top-tier benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), paid time off, wellness program and coveted employee discounts for Sony products. This role also may be eligible for a bonus package. Click here to learn more.

This is a flexible role that can be remote, with varying pay ranges based on geographic location. For example, if you are based out of Seattle, the estimated base pay range for this role is listed below.

$153,000 - $230,000 USD

Equal Opportunity Statement:

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership 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. 

PlayStation is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

Job Tags

Remote job, Full time, Flexible hours,

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