Entertainment IndustryJob Opening for Concept Artist (Contract) in PlayStation Global (San Diego, CA)

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Concept Artist

San Diego, CA

This is a 3-month contracted position through our staffing partner DZConneX with a likelihood of extension based on upcoming projects.

PlayStation Studios Visual Arts (PSSVA) provides world-class content, development and services to PlayStation Studios. We offer a full-service production studio with an emphasis in art and animation, as well as previsualization, cinematics, character creation, motion capture, software development, and face/body scanning, tracking and solving.

Our team is always at the cutting edge of technology and partners with the industry’s best minds and companies: Naughty Dog, Santa Monica Studios, Guerrilla Games, Japan Studios, and other Sony PlayStation first-party studios. This is your opportunity to work closely with game and film industry professionals from all over the world and under one roof!

We are currently looking for a looking for a Concept Artist to come aboard and help our character outsource team. You will be working with our Principal Concept Artist and Outsource Manager to prepare outsource briefs to our vendors.

Responsibilities:

Provide high quality concept artwork to support the asset guidelines created by our artists
Produce concept artwork and image paint-overs at a high pace to keep up with asset brief production

Qualifications:

Photoreal stylized portfolio
Strong skills in Photoshop
Demonstrate strong interest in the field of games and self- learning ability
Minimum 3 years’ experience in any related work environment OR Portfolio work created with own initiative that can show your artist skills
Experience with outsource brief preparation is a plus

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