Senior Environment Surfacing Artist

Skydance
Madrid
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Organizational skills","Problem-solving","Technical troubleshooting"]

Create and refine surface materials, textures, and surfacing solutions for film environments and props. Translate the production designer’s visual direction into consistent stylized and realistic assets, ensuring quality across sequences. Work with modern VFX/animation workflows and tools (USD, Substance, Houdini, RenderMan, RizomUV), independently develop solutions when guidance is limited, troubleshoot technical issues, and collaborate across upstream/downstream departments to deliver on time.

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Senior Environment Surfacing Artist

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Job Summary

Create and refine surface materials, textures, and surfacing solutions for film environments and props. Translate the production designer’s visual direction into consistent stylized and realistic assets, ensuring quality across sequences. Work with modern VFX/animation workflows and tools (USD, Substance, Houdini, RenderMan, RizomUV), independently develop solutions when guidance is limited, troubleshoot technical issues, and collaborate across upstream/downstream departments to deliver on time.
Location: Madrid
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Collaborate with the Production team, Production Designer, Art Director, and Environment Supervisor to develop the visual language and surface aesthetics for environments and props.
  • •Create and refine stylized and realistic textures using photographic references, hand-painted techniques, procedural workflows, and existing texture assets.
  • •Develop cohesive surfacing solutions that align with the film’s overall visual language and maintain consistency across assets, environments, and sequences.
  • •Create, refine, and maintain materials using standard and procedural shading workflows, balancing artistic requirements with appropriate physical properties.
  • •Troubleshoot technical issues, track progress, take ownership of assigned assets, and collaborate with related departments to deliver timely results.

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of experience in the VFX or animation industry.
  • •Strong artistic sensibility and/or technical expertise related to 3D animation and VFX.
  • •Experience in Renderman and/or Arnold.
  • •Experience with Substance 3D Painter, Substance 3D Designer, and/or Mari.
  • •Strong knowledge of UV creation and layout, plus understanding of related departments’ workflows (Modeling, Set Dressing, Lighting, FX, and Compositing).
Experience:5+ yearsVFXAnimation3D animation
Skills:CommunicationOrganizational skillsProblem-solvingTechnical troubleshooting
Languages:English
Tech Stack:USDSubstance PainterSubstance DesignerSubstance 3D PainterSubstance 3D DesignerMariHoudiniSolarisKatanaRenderManRendermanArnoldRizomUVOSL

Company Brief

Skydance
Skydance is a diversified media company producing and financing feature films, television series, and interactive entertainment. It partners with major studios and talent to develop global franchises and original content across multiple platforms.
Industry: Film & Television
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Established Company
Funding: Private Equity Backed
Headquarters: Santa Monica, United States
Founded: 2010
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