Technical Animation Director

Activision is seeking a Technical Animation Director for a new AAA Open World RPG. This role involves driving the long-term vision and roadmap for animation systems, working with engineers globally. The director will push animation systems to the bleeding edge, potentially building a team, and collaborating across engineering, design, and art to deliver innovative, exhilarating, and expansively entertaining gameplay experiences.

Must Have

• Help develop animation systems
• Drive the vision and roadmap animation systems for the next 5 years and beyond
• Be prepared to stand up a team of engineers to help deliver that vision
• Working with other engineers, to actively implement the core animation systems
• Collaborate with engineering, design and art teams around the globe
• Participate in the design, performance and code review process
• At least 12 years experience in Computer Animation or related field
• Comfortable with state of the art in computer animation
• Proficient with code and data optimization
• Strong C/C++ skills
• Comprehensive understanding of object-oriented programming
• Excellent math skills
• Good knowledge of CPU and memory architectures
• Solid debugging skills including the ability to debug at an assembly-level when necessary

Good to Have

• Experience with Technical Animation and/or leading a content focused team in AAA games
• Have shipped 1 or more AAA games
• Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field
• Experience with shader programming languages
• Experience with animation compression and streaming
• Confident with writing efficient, clean, readable, portable, and reliable code

Activision is looking for a Technical Animation Director to join the development of our next AAA title—an Open World RPG set in a new, epic IP. Feed your creativity while driving the development of our game’s world and story! Collaborate with our highly-skilled team to build something innovative, exhilarating, and expansively entertaining. You will help develop animation systems and will be driving the long-term vision and detail the roadmap of the animation system, working with engineers across multiple time zones. As a leader on the project, you’ll help take the studio and our game from great to even better—with a focus on inclusivity, mutual respect (for ourselves and our players), thoughtfulness, empathy, professionalism, and collaboration.

You’ll help us by…

• Pushing the animation system to the bleeding edge
• Drive the vision and roadmap animation systems for the next 5 years and beyond
• Be prepared to stand up a team of engineers to help deliver that vision
• Working with other engineers, to actively implement the core animation systems
• Collaborate with engineering, design and art teams around the globe
• Participate in the design, performance and code review process

You’re awesome because you have…

• At least 12 years experience in Computer Animation or related field
• Comfortable with state of the art in computer animation
• Have shipped at least 1 AAA games
• Proficient with code and data optimization
• Strong C/C++ skills
• Comprehensive understanding of object-oriented programming
• Excellent math skills
• Good knowledge of CPU and memory architectures
• Solid debugging skills including the ability to debug at an assembly-level when necessary
• Creative, motivated, focused, passionate

Bonus points for…

• Experience with Technical Animation and/or leading a content focused team in AAA games
• Have shipped 1 or more AAA games
• Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field
• Experience with shader programming languages
• Experience with animation compression and streaming
• Confident with writing efficient, clean, readable, portable, and reliable code

Not sure you meet all the 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! At Activision, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

Our World

At Activision, we strive to create the most iconic brands in gaming and entertainment. We’re driven by our mission to deliver unrivaled gaming experiences for the world to enjoy, together. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, Crash Bandicoot™, Tony Hawk’s™ Pro Skater™, and Guitar Hero®. As a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and products, our “press start” is simple: delight hundreds of millions of players around the world with innovative, fun, thrilling, and engaging entertainment experiences. We’re not just looking back at our decades-long legacy; we’re forging ahead to keep advancing gameplay with some of the most popular titles and sophisticated technology in the world. We have bold ambitions to create the most inclusive company as we know our success comes from the passionate, creative, and diverse teams within our organization. We’re in the business of delivering fun and unforgettable entertainment for our player community to enjoy. And our future opportunities have never been greater — this could be your opportunity to level up.

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