Naughty Dog (www.naughtydog.com) is Hiring!!! Effects/Dynamics Artist

Candace

[FONT=&quot]Naughty Dog
Santa Monica, CA
www.naughtydog.com

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.

Project: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PSX3) [/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]ART DEPARTMENT

[/FONT][FONT=&quot]Effects/Dynamics Artist [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Responsibilities:[/FONT]

• [FONT=&quot]Breaking-up environment geometry and running Maya dynamic simulations of their destruction.[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Preserving existing UV information and generating new UVs as needed after fragmenting the geometry.[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Creating and animating particles for destructible objects and other effects.[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Ensuring that dynamic effects run within established game-engine operating parameters, and scaling level of detail as needed to accomplish this.[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Working in other disciplines in down-time, such as prop modeling, texturing, or particles.[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Providing feedback to tools programmers and coordinating efforts with other dynamic artists to streamline methods and improve efficiency.[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Working closely with designers to fine-tune the timing of complex interactive dynamic effects.[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Creating cloth motion simulations, and fine tuning them for aesthetic effect.[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Coordinate with background artists to seamlessly integrate dynamic effects into environments.[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Setting up objects for real-time destructibility.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Requirements and Skills:[/FONT]

• [FONT=&quot]Extensive experience working with Maya dynamics, including cloth.[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Proficiency with Maya modeling and UV tools.[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]3 to 5 years of Video Game or Visual Effects dynamics experience[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Particle experience in Maya or equivalent software.[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Mel scripting experience a plus.[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Havok experience a plus.[/FONT]
• [FONT=&quot]Must be willing to take a dynamics test, and provide samples or a demo reel showing applicable experience.[/FONT]

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[FONT=&quot]Please include a demo reel or examples of professional work (Online Preferred), a breakdown of your contributions to the shot, and an accompanying resume.


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[FONT=&quot]Please contact: candace_walker@naughtydog.com[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Candace Walker
Recruiter @ Naughty Dog

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