Technical Animation Director

You will help develop animation systems and will be driving the long-term vision and detail the roadmap of the animation system working with engineers across multiple time zones.

As a leader on the projectyoullhelp take the studio and our game from great to even betterwith a focus on inclusivity mutual respect (for ourselves and our players) thoughtfulness empathy professionalism and collaboration.

Youll help us by

• Identifyingand pushing the character pipeline towards a future proof iterative structure

• Drive the vision and roadmap animation systems for the next 5 years and beyond

• Beingable to work across disciplines coordinate with artists animators technical artists riggers programmers and production.

• Working with other engineers to actively implement the core animation systems

• Collaborate with engineeringdesignand art teams around the globe

• Participate in the designperformanceand code review process

• Being proactive inidentifyingbottlenecks and introducing future-facing animation solutions to various teams.

• Empowering and leading the team toautonomy toaccomplishoptimalresults within theirexpertise

Youreawesome because you have

• At least 12years experiencein Computer Animation or related field

• Comfortable with state of the art in computer animation

• Have shipped at least 1 AAA games

• Proficient with code and data optimization

• Experience withDCC tool APIin DCC packages like Maya or Motion Builder

• Good comfortable knowledgePySide/PyQtto build Tools UI

• Comprehensive understanding of object-oriented programming

• Excellent math skills

• Good knowledge of CPU and memory architectures

• Solid debugging skills including the ability to debug at an assembly-level when necessary

• Creative motivated focused passionate

• Have experience in Director role or leadership role on large AAA productions

Bonus points for

• Experience with Technical Animation and/or leading a content focused team in AAA games

• Strong C skills

• Masters degree in Computer Scienceor related field

• Experience with shader programming languages

• Experience with animation compression and streaming

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! At Activision we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.