Naughty Dog (www.naughtydog.com) is Hiring! Texture Artist Wanted for Uncharted 2!

Naughty Dog
Santa Monica, CA

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.

PRESS FOR UNCHARTED 2: AMONG THIEVES (PSX3)

http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/uncharted2amongthieves/news.html?sid=6204070&om_act=convert&om_clk=picks&tag=picks;title;2

TEXTURE ARTIST
If you’re an exceptional digital texture painter and like to focus on what generally fills 80-90% of the screen at any given frame of the game - in-game & cinematic backgrounds - then this is the job for you!

Requirement and Skills:
• Proficient at texturing surface details & material effects on objects ranging from trees to metal corridors.
• Excellent eye for filling in missing detail from concept art, and extracting key features from real world reference.
• Comfortable with minimal direction and be flexible with realistic rendering styles.

Bonus Skills
• Photoshop, Maya shading networks or game production is preferred

Please include a demo reel or examples of professional work (Online Preferred), a breakdown of your contributions to the shot, and an accompanying resume to: candace_walker@naughtydog.com

Thanks,
Candace Walker
Recruiter @ Naughty Dog