Senior II 3D Generalist - Unannounced Game

4 Months ago • 3-10 Years • 3D Art • $97,200 PA - $179,900 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Blizzard Entertainment seeks a Senior II 3D Generalist to craft a new game. Must have 3+ years of game dev experience, proficiency in Maya, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Photoshop, and strong collaboration skills. Experience with AAA game engines and mobile development is a plus.
Must have:
  • 3D Game Assets
  • Maya Proficiency
  • ZBrush Experience
  • Collaboration Skills
Good to have:
  • AAA Game Engines
  • Mobile Game Dev
  • Game Shipping
  • 2D Concepts
Perks:
  • Competitive Pay
  • Comprehensive Benefits

Job Details

Your Mission

Blizzard Entertainment is seeking a dedicated and well-rounded Senior II 3D Generalist Artist to help craft a new, unannounced game. As a 3D Generalist, you will create beautiful 3D assets in a variety of different areas such as environments, props, and character creation, taking the assets from conceptualization to final model completion. Experience switching between the needs of several workflow pipelines (environments, props and characters) will empower our ability to create the most engaging experience possible.

For this opportunity, we are looking for a creative, agile, and passionate 3D modeler who has a strong sense of asset readability. Our team is smaller but big on ambition, and we’re hoping to find someone comfortable with multi-discipline 3D modeling work. If you feel you could be a great fit for this opportunity, we’d love to hear from you!

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.

Responsibilities:

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

  • Collaborate with art direction, design, engineering, and tech art to solve creative problems

  • Model, sculpt, and texture high-quality assets that help set the visual benchmark

  • Animate environments, props, characters, and creatures

  • Integrate special effects to scenes and events, including weather effects, haze, billowing dust, steam vents, explosions, etc

  • Prototype and solve problems for both creative and technical issues

Minimum Requirements:

Experience

  • Minimum 3 years of experience in professional game development as a 3D modeling artist

  • Experience making aesthetically beautiful and performant 3D game assets

  • Experience with game art optimization (using mesh topology, sculpting, and texture methods)

Knowledge & Skills

  • High proficiency level with Maya (preferred), 3DS Max, ZBrush, Substance Painter, and Photoshop

Key attributes

  • Strong collaborative skills with multiple groups in game development (design, engineering, production, QA, etc.)

  • A passionate, positive, and problem-solving attitude to game development

Extra Points

  • Experience working with AAA game engines such as Unity, Unreal, etc.

  • Experience with mobile game development

  • Experience shipping a game (any platform)

  • 2D concepts skills

  • Knowledge and familiarity with Blizzard’s art styles

Required Application Materials:

  • Resume

  • Online portfolio of professional 3D work (personal work is also a plus)

  • Must be willing to take an art test if requested to do so

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 $97,200.00 - $179,900.00 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.

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