Senior II Character Artist – Unannounced Game | Irvine, CA

Blizzard Entertainment • Irvine, CA

11d • Hybrid

About The Position

Blizzard Entertainment is looking for a skilled Senior Character Artist to help craft Blizzard’s next great game. You should have extensive experience working with modeling, sculpting, and texturing tools to achieve stylized and photorealistic characters and props. Additionally, you should have a strong technical background in the modeling/texturing process.

Requirements

• 12+ years of 3D modeling and texturing experience within the gaming industry, or a combination of applicable training and related experience
• Experience using various modeling and 3D packages, such as Maya, Zbrush, Marvelous Designer, and Substance Painter, in a production environment
• Proven experience working on at least two AAA game titles
• Strong texturing and PBR/BSDF shading skills to develop highly optimized assets for use in game engines
• Thorough understanding of anatomy, form, and detail in modeling
• Understanding of rigging and deformation as it relates to character topology
• Strong communication skills
• Bachelor's degree in fine arts, computer graphics, or related field

Nice To Haves

• Extensive experience working with an AAA game engine, e.g. Unreal, Unity, etc.
• Familiar with performant real-time hair creation
• Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python or MEL
• Experience with Substance Designer
• Experience with external development
• Familiarity with Blizzard games and cinematics

Responsibilities

• Creation of high-quality, detailed 3D models for organic/hard surface characters, vehicles, and props
• Collaborate with the Character Lead and other team Leads to ensure artistic consistency and quality
• Mentor and provide guidance to junior modelers/character artists
• Work closely with the animation and technical teams to ensure models, materials, and textures are optimized for performance
• Stay current with and continually research trends, tools, and techniques within our industry to see how they can benefit our workflows and push innovation
• Assist with workflow documentation and training of new team members

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees