Senior Biome Artist - Infinity Ward

Founded in 2002, Infinity Ward is the original studio behind the Call of Duty® franchise. The titles developed by Infinity Ward have won more than 200 "Game of the Year" awards and 100 "Editor's Choice" awards, among many other industry accolades. Some of our previous titles include: Call of Duty®: Ghosts, Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare and most recently, Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare. Infinity Ward employs more than 250 people in Woodland Hills, Calif., just outside of Los Angeles.

A critically acclaimed studio, Infinity Ward is proud to have one of the most passionate and talented development teams in the industry.  We love to have as much fun as the games we create, and it shows in our relaxed, yet diligent, workplace environment.  We believe that making the best games relies on having the best people, so we like to look after ours. We enjoy having fun with top-notch events that everyone gets involved with.

Infinity Ward is wholly owned by Activision. To learn more about our studio, please visit us at https://www.infinityward.com/, on Facebook at  https://www.facebook.com/InfinityWard/, and @InfinityWard on Twitter.

 
   
Your Mission 
The Biome Team collaborates with the Design and Art departments to craft and bring to life our environments. In line with Art Direction and environment leads your role will be to maintain artistic unity throughout the game.  Considering the biome's importance to player immersion, participating in playtests and offering feedback to the level design team is crucial to delivering an optimal experience that focuses on the player, ensuring a true-to-life appearance within established technical limitations. 
 

Qualifications:   

• Shipped title experience as biome artist or similar title on open world AAA games. 

Responsibilities 

• Collaborating with the Art Director and environment team leads, you'll maintain artistic unity throughout the game and assist in evolving the world from its prototype stage to the finished artwork 

• Responsible for reviewing, critiquing and providing feedback where necessary 

• Responsible for working closely with the technical art team to ensure biome content complies with all technical specifications and constraints 

• Collaborate with other leads and directors across various departments, including art, to maintain open communication and teamwork 

• Possess an understanding of ecology and geography with a passion for learning and understanding 

• Assist in the planning of biome asset rosters 

• Scout ideal scanning locations and create asset requests  

• Create blockout assets for asset requests to use in biome prototyping 

• Create procedural rulesets to replicate the natural world of a variety of biomes

• Manipulate and create realistic representative heightmaps of real world locations and geological features 

• Ability to create high quality 3D organic environments or assets utilizing scan data and modern workflows for modeling, texturing, and baking to enhance the visual fidelity of your ecosystems 

• Set dressing and world building in engine 

• Be responsive to issues of quality, and performance, and the fixing and troubleshooting of bugs for both graphics and gameplay 

• Oversee and mentor both internal and external artists on the creation of foliage and biome rulesets and assets  

• Setup and organize dioramas and vertical slices for visual and gameplay review 

Key Attributes 

• Study real-world ecosystems and gather references to ensure biomes are realistic and immersive. 

Our World

Activision Blizzard, Inc., is one of the world's largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, Candy Crush™ and Bubble Witch™. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet!

Our ability to build immersive and innovate worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment.  We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered!

The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

Infinity Ward is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.