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Senior Environment Artist

Blizzard Entertainment

California, United States (Hybrid)

Senior Environment Artist

3 Months ago • 5 Years + • $80,800 PA - $149,400 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior Environment Artist, you will create vast and expansive lands, from mountain ranges to forests, for World of Warcraft. This role emphasizes hand-painted art styles, creating terrain textures, foliage, and natural elements. You will be responsible for modeling, sculpting, and texturing high-quality environmental assets like trees and rocks. You will also create hand-painted, tiling textures and sky domes. The role involves working closely with other artists, communicating with various departments, and creating concept art. The position is anticipated to be a hybrid work position.

Must have:

Model, sculpt, and texture high quality environmental assets.
Create hand-painted, tiling textures for terrain use.
Create hand-painted sky domes for exterior areas.
Communicate with Production and Design departments.
5 years of experience in the AAA game industry.

Good to have:

Ability to mentor and grow fellow artists.
Dedicated, passionate, creative problem solver.

Perks:

Medical, dental, vision, health savings account.
401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement.
Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time.
Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs.

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Job Details

Team Name:

World of Warcraft

Job Title:

Senior Environment Artist – World of Warcraft | Irvine, CA

Requisition ID:

R024859

Job Description:

Your Mission

As a Senior Environment Artist, you will create vast, expansive, and epic lands. From mountain ranges to forests, the artist is responsible for the organic environments of World of Warcraft. Key areas of strength for this role include experience with hand painted art styles, creating terrain textures, foliage, and natural elements.

We believe our team is good. Really good. Granted, we're obviously biased. But we also believe there are lots of developers out there who can make us even better. You could be one of those people. If you're looking for a team where inclusion, thoughtfulness, empathy, professionalism, and collaboration are all seen as critically important, we believe our team could be a phenomenal fit for you. Join us and help craft our future!

This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position, with some work on-site and some work-from-home. The potential home studio for this role is Irvine, CA.

What you offer:

Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:

Model, sculpt, and texture high quality environmental assets like trees, rocks, grass etc.

Create hand-painted, tiling textures for use on terrain.

Create hand-painted sky domes for use in exterior areas.

Enthusiasm for working closely with other Artists.

Communicate with Production, Design, and other departments.

Create concept art and color keys for outdoor environments.

Minimum Requirements

Experience

5 years of experience in the AAA game industry or related field.

Knowledge & Skills

Some experience in game development, modeling and texturing natural elements.

Solid background in traditional arts includes but not limited to animation, illustration, design or traditional media.

A good understanding of form, shape, structure, and silhouette regarding modeling.

Eye for light, shade, color, and detail in creating painted texture maps.

Self-motivation, good communications skills, and a great team-player attitude.

Knowledge and understanding of the World of Warcraft art style and universe.

Extra Points

Ability to mentor and grow fellow artists.

Dedicated, passionate, creative problem solver, and a team first attitude.

Your Platform

Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, and StarCraft®, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), a division of Activision Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences. Blizzard Entertainment has created some of the industry’s most critically acclaimed and genre-defining games over the last 30 years, with a track record that includes multiple Game of the Year awards. Blizzard Entertainment engages tens of millions of players around the world with titles available on PC via Battle.net®, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android.

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 innovative 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.

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com. General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest. 

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics. 

Rewards

We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:

Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;
If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.

Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/.

In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $80,800.00 - $149,400.00 Annual. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Ultimately, your specific range and offer will be based on several factors, including relevant experience, performance, and work location. Your Talent Professional can share this role’s range details for your local geography during the hiring process. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed. While we strive to provide competitive offers to successful candidates, new hire compensation is negotiable.