Senior 3D Visualization and Animation Technical Artist

Sony • Culver City, CA

5d • $140,000 - $155,000

About The Position

Sony Corporation of America, located in New York, NY, is the U.S. headquarters of Sony Group Corporation, based in Tokyo, Japan. Sony's principal U.S. businesses include Sony Electronics Inc., Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC, Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Music Publishing and Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. With some 900 million Sony devices in hands and homes worldwide today, a vast array of Sony movies, television shows and music, and the PlayStation Network, Sony creates and delivers more entertainment experiences to more people than anyone else on earth. To learn more: www.sony.com/en. This is a fixed-term role for one year. Position Summary Sony Corporation of America is looking for a skilled and experienced Senior 3D Visualization Animation Technical Artist to join our team in Culver City, CA. The will lead 3D photography and 4D video capturing of talents by ensuring efficient communication with talents as well as technical crew members in all aspects of 3D content production.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in art, Film, Communications, or a related field.
• Solid experience with photo-real CG content creation workflow in games, film or other entertainment industries.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in 3D computer graphics (3D animation).
• Familiarity with character animation workflow such as blendshapes, rigging and simulation (hair, garment).
• Familiarity with 3DCG platforms like Maya, Unreal Engine, and/or Blender.
• Familiarity with shader development, material creation and rendering.
• Excellent analytic and communication skills.
• Authorization to work in the USA.

Nice To Haves

• M.S. degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or related fields.
• Research and development skills, including the ability to stay updated on emerging technologies and techniques in computer graphics.
• Hands-on experience in 3D human modeling of geometry & texture.
• Familiarity with Unity and/or Marmoset
• Familiarity with scripting languages such as Python or MEL scripting.

Responsibilities

• Self-motivated to efficiently and effectively collaborate with R&D and artist teams, to identify detailed requirements of challenging 3D animation projects, and to achieve the best visualization prototypes of state-of-the-art 3D/4D content creation.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive technical documentation, meticulously recording each step of the R&D process.
• Share best practices and technical insights with both art and research teams, promoting efficiency and innovation.
• Facilitate and lead creative discussions, addressing production challenges and identifying opportunities for quality improvement.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage with coverage for spouses/domestic partners and child dependents
• Long Term Care: A voluntary Long-Term Care (LTC) benefit with a life insurance component is offered during a separate new hire LTC enrollment window. This window occurs once a year for all new employees.
• Flexible Work Arrangements, including remote and hybrid work schedules
• Time off to include vacation, paid holidays, sick leave, Summer Fridays (early release), and a winter break between Christmas and New Year’s Day (based on business needs)
• A wide variety of employee business resource groups (EBRGs)

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior