What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Unreal Artist Project Based position at MSG Entertainment?
Who are we hiring?
This is a Senior Unreal Artist role joining the growing MSG Sphere team in early development of technology and content for the MSG Sphere studio. Initially, this artist would work alongside camera, production innovations and creative development teams to enable both process and ideation in support of content delivery. This artist will be a part of a larger post-production team, creating final content for MSG Sphere venues.
What will you do?
This is a Senior Unreal Artist role joining the growing MSG Sphere team in early development of technology and content for the MSG Sphere studio. Initially, this artist would work alongside camera, production innovations and creative development teams to enable both process and ideation in support of content delivery. This artist will be a part of a larger post-production team, creating final content for MSG Sphere venues.
What will you do?
- Working closely with leadership in creative development, production, post-production, and playback, this position is ideal for good communicators with a positive attitude and creative problem solving.
- The Senior Unreal Artist are responsible for applying design thinking to solving Sphere specific content challenges.
- Remain up to date with trends in art, design, and technology.
- Work with a collaborative team to solve complex challenges and contribute to the team’s best practices and workflows development.
- Work with supervisor to address notes from client or creative team to finalize shots.
- Collaborate with different departments to establish and optimize pipelines and workflow for assets sharing.
- Responsible for creating 3D modeling, texturing, lighting, assets, simulations ad environments.
- Create realistic landscapes, terrains, and other assets for projects.
- Lead the development of tools, testing and integrating of Unreal Engine with other 3D programs.
- Optimize performance for scenes for projects.
- Responsible for real time and rendering out sequences from Unreal Engine.
- Provide documentation of tools and techniques for departmental reference.
- Mentor and train junior level artists to improve skill set and quality.
- Work closely with supervisor to research and develop best practices to improve workflow.
- Responsible for creating high quality 3D assets, environments, and FX.
- Assist Motion Design Supervisor in developing workflows and procedures.
- Assist Motion Design Supervisor in recruiting and training a world-class team.
- Collaborate with other supervisors and departments for knowledge sharing, project assessment and production.
- Additional responsibilities may be assigned as needed by supervisor.
What do you need to succeed?
- Must have Demo reel/portfolio demonstrating variety of work in Unreal Engine.
- Proficiency equivalent to 7 years of experience working as an Unreal Artist.
- Experience working as an Unreal Artist in Game industry, VR, Film, TV, or theme parks a plus.
- Previous work experience in VR or spherical projects desired
- Expert knowledge of coding principles and programming
- Experience with PBR pipeline.
- Experience with photogrammetry, LiDAR and other scanning solutions.
- Knowledge of Perforce software and workflow.
- Experience in matching photo-real and real-world lighting to CG shots.
- Expert knowledge of Unreal Lumen techniques.
- Experience in creating cinematic sequences in unreal for AAA games.
- Expert knowledge of asset ingestion, scene set up and optimization.
- Positive attitude and proven track record in creative problem solving with expressed interest in new technology and processes.
- Software agnosticism a plus; adaptability to new pipelines and utilization of provided tools is critical.
Why is MSG for me?
Sphere Entertainment Co. is a premier live entertainment and media company. The Company includes Sphere, a next-generation entertainment medium powered by cutting-edge technologies to redefine the future of entertainment. The first Sphere venue is currently under construction in Las Vegas. In addition, the Company includes MSG Networks, which operates two regional sports and entertainment networks, MSG Network and MSG Sportsnet, as well as a companion streaming service, MSG GO, delivering a wide range of live sports content and other programming. More information is available at www.sphereentertainmentco.com.
We focus on Career Development and Invest in YOU
At MSG, we recognize the importance of upskilling employees’ talents and strengths so they can drive their careers forward. We are proud to offer a robust set of tools and resources to help employees understand their interests and purpose, harness their talents and obtain the skills they need to reach the next step in their careers. Growth and longevity for our employees are top priorities here.
We value diversity and are looking for extraordinary employees of all backgrounds
At MSG we value diversity and are looking for extraordinary employees of all backgrounds! MSG is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, sexual and reproductive health choices, national origin, citizenship, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. In addition to federal law mandates, MSG complies with all applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in all locations and will consider requests for reasonable accommodations as required. #LI-SA1
Sphere Entertainment Co. is a premier live entertainment and media company. The Company includes Sphere, a next-generation entertainment medium powered by cutting-edge technologies to redefine the future of entertainment. The first Sphere venue is currently under construction in Las Vegas. In addition, the Company includes MSG Networks, which operates two regional sports and entertainment networks, MSG Network and MSG Sportsnet, as well as a companion streaming service, MSG GO, delivering a wide range of live sports content and other programming. More information is available at www.sphereentertainmentco.com.
We focus on Career Development and Invest in YOU
At MSG, we recognize the importance of upskilling employees’ talents and strengths so they can drive their careers forward. We are proud to offer a robust set of tools and resources to help employees understand their interests and purpose, harness their talents and obtain the skills they need to reach the next step in their careers. Growth and longevity for our employees are top priorities here.
We value diversity and are looking for extraordinary employees of all backgrounds
At MSG we value diversity and are looking for extraordinary employees of all backgrounds! MSG is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, sexual and reproductive health choices, national origin, citizenship, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. In addition to federal law mandates, MSG complies with all applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in all locations and will consider requests for reasonable accommodations as required. #LI-SA1
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