Principal Animator Cinematics - Unannounced Game Irvine CA or Albany NY

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Your mission

At Blizzard we craft genredefining games and legendary worlds for all to share. Through unparalleled creativity and storytelling we create immersive universes and iconic characters that are beloved across platforms borders backgrounds and generations only made possible by building a work environment that nurtures the artistry of game development and unleashes the aspirations of our people.

As a Principal Animator Cinematics youll be leading the creation of highquality realistic ingame cinematics working with motion capture and handkeyed animations while also mentoring and supporting other animators. Youll be working with other artists designers and engineers to collaborate on creatively complex assignments. In partnership with these teams youll develop an inspiring creative vision robust cinematic pipeline and exciting interactive narrative gameplay for a new unannounced game.

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

Responsibilities:

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

• Create visually stunning and compelling ingame cinematics using both motion capture and handkeyed animation techniques.

• Develop and iterate on cinematic pipeline and narrative gameplay systems.

• Provide guidance feedback and mentorship to other animators to ensure highquality work.

• Work across disciplines with game directors writers designers and technical teams to ensure the cinematics align with the overall game vision.

• Assist in planning and preparation for motion capture shoots ensuring that rigs sets and props are ready and validated.

Requirements

• 10 years experience with motion capture performance capture and hand keyed animation of characters and creatures in Maya (or equivalent 3D programs).

• Exceptional facial animation skills.

• Strong understanding of cinematic systems development.

• Experience with cinematic pipelines and interactive storytelling.

• Strong understanding of narrative structure and cinematography including staging camera layout and editing.

• Technical knowledge of animation implementation into a game engine.

Extra Points

• Experience working on AAA games for major platforms.

• Experience with prototype/quick iteration environments.

• Onset experience with mocap shoots.

• Experience with basic modeling and rigging.

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 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 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 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 $116800.00 $216000.00 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.