Senior II 3D Generalist Outsource Supervisor – Hearthstone | Irvine, CA

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Your Mission

Pull up a chair and join us by the hearth. As a Senior II 3D Generalist Outsource Supervisor you will help our external artistic partners in creating beautiful 3D assets in a variety of different areas including but not limited to environments props and characters. Helping to take assets from conceptualization to final model completion. Your already established experience of being able to shift between the needs of several workflow pipelines will help to empower Hearthstones team to create the most engaging experience possible for our players.

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. However we understand each persons circumstances may be unique and will work with you to explore other possible options including remote work arrangements.

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 both external and internal art teams to direct all aspects of our outsourced 3D pipeline. Provide timely and concise feedback throughout the process from initial planning to final polish and bug fixing across a variety of concurrent projects.
• Oversee individual aspects of the 3D pipeline including modeling rigging animation implementation vfx and documentation for external art teams.
• Work closely with internal disciplines such as 2D 3D and tech art teams as well as design sound engineering to establish visual benchmarks solve problems and facilitate the review process with internal stakeholders.
• Propose creative briefs for animation direction across a variety of character tones and styles. Maintaining consistency across many concurrent animation assets while ensuring animations adhere to technical requirements specific to gameplay.
• Work closely with 2D concept and illustration teams to ensure that assets produced by these teams are developed to support specific requirements of the 3D pipeline.
• Partner with production and art leadership to create a sustainable schedule track and manage deadlines and facilitate quick turnarounds.
• Utilize Unity to implement and finalize in-game art assets and address ongoing art requests and in-game bugs as they arise.
• Manage and train outsourcing supervisors within the 3D or VFX outsourcing supervision team to ensure optimum output across our projects.
• Maintain an excellent relationship with multiple vendors. Understand current vendor capacity in accordance with scope of work and provide resourcing solutions if necessary. Facilitate contract process for new vendors or vendor renewals accounting for ongoing requirements between game team and vendor.
• Address new challenges in a fast-paced development environment with constantly changing daily tasks.

Minimum Requirements

Experience

• Minimum 12 years of experience as a 3D artist or animator with hands on experience in animation rigging modeling and VFX development.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in a game development studio as a 3D artist and/or animator with hands on experience in animation rigging modeling and VFX development.
• Minimum 3 years of game engine experience (example: Unity).
• Minimum of 3 years as a director or lead on a 3D creative project

Knowledge & Skills

• Naturally curious and driven to solve problems when given unique bugs or tasks within a game engine environment.
• Ability to create and direct 3D assets that meet design and technical requirements to deliver an exceptional gameplay experience.
• Self-motivated consistently able to operate with both autonomy and collaboration as it pertains to managing unique daily tasks.
• Maintains a positive attitude that can receive and provide clear actionable feedback in a trackable manner
• Possesses an affinity for excellence in timing storytelling and achieving high quality in-game assets.
• Affinity for leadership and ability to rally both internal and external partners to solve difficult creative and technical problems.
• Be a team player who proactively reviews work with necessary stakeholders to ensure alignment across multiple disciplines and projects. Demonstrated ability to build consensus across the team with detailed solutions.
• Identifies and applies industry trends to solve problems within their team.

Extra Points

• Strong interest in learning various aspects of the art pipeline from illustration to final product and documenting processes for the art team.
• A technical background that enhances problem-solving skills and provides a deeper understanding of the pipeline and tools.
• Ability to demonstrate understanding of Hearthstones visual style and whimsical take on the Warcraft IP.
• Familiarity with the Warcraft universe and Hearthstone lore.
• Knowledge of Hearthstone including its gameplay mechanics and various modes.

Submission/Portfolio Requirements

• Portfolio demonstrating relevant artistic skills required. Only online artwork submissions will be accepted (e.g. website blog or online album).
• Willingness to complete a Supervisor Assessment if requested.

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 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 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 innovative worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment. We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive 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 - weve got our employees covered!

The video game 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 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!

Rewards

We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical emotional and financial well-being 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 full-time 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 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.