Naughty Dog
Santa Monica, CA
www.naughtydog.com
Environment Artist

About our company…
Naughty Dog is the developer of critically acclaimed and top-selling
titles including the Crash Bandicoot franchise, Jak and Daxter
franchise and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. We're a relatively small
team with a highly decentralized and collaborative work environment –
we value feedback about any aspect of our game development from any
of our team members. We're a tightly knit group and you can
frequently find us participating in yoga sessions in the office,
spending lunch playing out on the court basketball, foosball in our
lunchroom or around town in our frequent group evenings out. Since
Naughty Dog is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Computer
Entertainment America, we also get a lot of the perks that comes from
being in the Sony family – movie screenings on the Sony Pictures lots
and discounts on electronics, music, movies and PlayStation hardware
and software. Of course, you just can't beat our location. Naughty
Dog is based near the ocean – and beaches – in Santa Monica,
California, where beautiful weather and fair temperatures grace us
year-round.

Environment Artist

Responsibilities:
• Creating models for both architectural and organic natural
environments.
• Trouble shoot levels and maintain them, so they stay in frame
rate, memory and design spec.
Requirements/ Bonus Skills:
• 3-5 years experience games or games related experience
modeling and texturing environments using Maya
• Strong experience and techniques in creating plants, shrubs
and vines using cards/flats.
• Strong artistic ability to visualize entire levels and detail
with minimal concept art and direction.
• Strong technical ability to manage assets to fit memory,
design, and frame rate limits.
• Strong polygonal modeling skills- able to generate clean and
efficient models at a very fast pace.
• Self-motivated- requires minimal direction, can carry on the
vision for the level until completion and commit to deadlines.
• Good communication skills – able to help others and ask for
help when needed. Being proactive in sharing info and assets.
• great team-player attitude - being flexible with new ideas,
being open to direction and changes. Listening to team mates.
• Deadline oriented- being able to manage and organize work so
he meets all the deadlines and is able to adjust when changes happen.
• Excellent eye for light, shade, and color,.
• An exceptional understanding of form, shape, structure, and
silhouette in regard to modeling
• Foundation in the traditional arts

Please submit resume & reel (online preferred) with samples of your
professional work along with a breakdown of your specific
contributions to:

Candace Walker
Recruiter @ Naughty Dog
Email: candace_walker@...
Web Site: www.naughtydog.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/candacerwalker