At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a team to create stunning materials for immersive worlds and props in AAA games.
- Company: Join NBCUniversal, a global leader in media and entertainment.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, inclusive culture, and opportunities for community engagement.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with a focus on innovation and career growth.
- Why this job: Shape the future of interactive experiences with your artistic vision and leadership.
- Qualifications: Experience in AAA game development and strong leadership skills required.
The predicted salary is between 90000 - 110000 $ per year.
NBCUniversal is seeking a Lead Material Artist (World/Props) to define and drive world material systems for an ambitious interactive open-world experience. This role is responsible for ensuring that environment and prop materials achieve a high level of visual quality, consistency, and scalability across large and diverse environments, from high-end platforms to mobile.
The Lead Material Artist (World/Props) will work closely with the Associate Art Director – City Environment, Technical Art, and cross-disciplinary teams to ensure materials are fully integrated within environment pipelines and rendering systems. The role involves leading and managing a team while defining scalable approaches for surfaces, tiling, modular shaders, and material libraries supporting production at multiple performance targets.
Responsibilities
- Translate Art Direction into high-end world and prop materials that meet visual and technical requirements.
- Lead and manage the world material team, ensuring consistency and quality across assets.
- Define, maintain, and evolve scalable material pipelines, workflows, and best practices.
- Create and oversee surface materials, tiling systems, and modular shader approaches.
- Ensure consistency and scalability across environments, props, and large-scale worlds from high-end to mobile targets.
- Collaborate closely with Environment, Tech Art, and Lighting teams for proper integration.
- Ensure correct implementation within rendering, shading, and runtime systems.
- Act as a bridge between art, technical art, and pipeline development teams.
Basic Qualifications
- Extensive experience in AAA game development with a focus on environment material creation.
- Proven experience leading and managing a team of artists.
- Experience as a Lead on at least one shipped AAA title.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating high-quality world and prop materials.
- Strong understanding of PBR workflows, surface definition, and shader systems.
- Experience with real-time pipelines and multi-platform performance constraints.
- Experience working with modern game engines such as Unreal Engine.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and collaboration skills.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience building scalable material libraries and reusable systems.
- Experience with Unreal Engine 5 and advanced shader workflows.
- Familiarity with procedural world-building workflows or systems.
- Experience working with outsourcing partners or distributed teams.
- Strong eye for realism, surface fidelity, and material consistency.
Lead Material Artist (World/Props) I Chef.fe d’équipe Artiste Matériaux (Environnement / Props) in Québec employer: NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal is an exceptional employer that fosters a dynamic and inclusive work culture, where creativity and innovation thrive. As a Staff MLOps Engineer, you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in a collaborative environment, while also benefiting from extensive professional development programs and community engagement initiatives. Located in Canada, you will be part of a global team dedicated to producing world-class content and making a positive impact in the communities we serve.
