About the role
Company Description
NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our global theme park destinations, consumer products, and experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through our powerhouse film and television studios, including Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Animation, and Focus Features, and the four global television studios under the Universal Studio Group banner, and operate industry-leading theme parks and experiences around the world through Universal Destinations & Experiences, including Universal Orlando Resort, home to Universal Epic Universe, and Universal Studios Hollywood. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. Visit www.nbcuniversal.com for more information.
Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.
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.
Qualifications
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.
Additional Information
As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to AccessibilitySupport@nbcuni.com.