Senior II World Builder - World of Warcraft Irvine CA

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Blizzard Entertainment is seeking an experienced and highly skilled individual for our Worldbuilding Team on World of Warcraft. This position will collaborate with the Art and Design teams to build Azeroth itself the highly immersive beautiful world that is one of the most important characters of our game.

This position will involve the creative design artistic and technical implementation of our outdoor world zones dungeons raids arenas battlegrounds and more. The ideal candidate has a mastery of level design technical and artistic skills with a strong sense of composition and visual aesthetic. They will be required to sculpt and form 3D terrain while also being able to integrate the core gameplay experience and visual storytelling for our players.

In addition we expect candidates to have great communication skills boundless creativity knowledge of World of Warcraft and a longstanding passion for playing games.

This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position with some work onsite and some workfromhome. The potential home studio is Irvine CA.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Art Directors and Leads Designers and Artists to successfully support WoW zone flow navigation visual storytelling and questing experiences.
• Help build our epic world with your environmental composition terrain sculpting and painting asset placement and lighting skills
• Own the creation of levels from blockout and vertical slice demos through final polish
• Optimize your content so it can be enjoyed by as many players as possible within agreedupon production schedules and with minimal direction.
• Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Participate in receiving giving and incorporating critical feedback on the projects Worldbuilding direction including aesthetic and gamplay vision
• Closely follow and adhere to art direction and design concepts
• Have a deep understanding of development pipelines and art integration into the game.
• Contribute to the creative process through original ideas and inspiration.
• Be a patient mentor that provides actionable professional feedback and guidance to fellow Worldbuilders
• Champion a creative and collaborative culture of inclusion and diversity

Requirements:

• 8 years experience as a Level designer / World Builder
• Portfolio of work demonstrating strong proficiency as an Environment Artist and/or Level Designer
• Strong sense of level design scale pacing and gameplay flow
• Excellent composition skills
• Excellent understanding of environmental design and its functions within a game
• Strong understanding of lighting mood and color
• Ability to work closely with and collaborate with other teams
• Experience with any proprietary terrain sculpting tool is a plus
• MMO experience a plus

Required Application Materials

• Resume whichmustinclude:
• A link to your portfolio with visual examples of your favorite game spaces you have built in your career
• Cover Letter while not required should include:
  • Why you are interested in working at Blizzard
  • Your experience and relationship with World of Warcraft
  • What games you are currently playing

Your Platform

Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft Overwatch Diablo and StarCraft Blizzard Entertainment Inc. 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 industrys most critically acclaimed and genredefining 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 Xbox PlayStation Nintendo Switch iOS and Android.

Our World

Activision Blizzard Inc. is one of the worlds 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 includingCall of DutyWorld of WarcraftOverwatchDiabloCandy Crush andBubble 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 wellbeing for Every World weve got our employees covered!

The videogame industry and therefore our business is fastpaced 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 underrepresented 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 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 wellbeing for Every World weve 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 fulltime employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting the U.S. the standard base pay range for this role is $97200.00 $179900.00 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 roles 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.