Senior Technical Artist (TEMP), Hearthstone | Irvine, CA or Remote

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Your Mission

Pull up a chair and join us by the hearth. The Hearthstone team isseekinga dedicated and well-rounded Senior Technical Artist.

As a Senior Technical Artist youll use your solid understanding of game creation tools and production methods to help maintain and grow our ability to develop art assets and integrate them into the game. You will bring your initiative and creative problem-solving abilities across a wide range of technical solutions that are operating on a large scale and in a distributed environment. We are a team that values open-minded collaboration direct feedback and work in a fast-paced highly iterative environment. Wed love to have you join us!

The duration of this contract position would be 12 months.

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 position is Irvine CA We are also open to a remote agreement.

Responsibilities:

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

• Supporting the creative development process with technical expertise such as prototyping R&D and active development of new visual features.

• Acting as a bridge between Art and Engineering ensuring Hearthstones unique visual style and technical requirements are met throughout the development pipeline.

• Supporting the Art team through any technical issues they may encounter while using content creation tools or when integrating their assets into the Hearthstone engine with an eye toward mobile and desktop compatibility.

• Developing and maintaining art pipelines and processes that are tailored for Hearthstones frequent content releases card expansions and cosmetics.

• Identifying potential and recurring workflow problems specific to Hearthstones production and collaborating with other developers to find viable solutions through communication mentorship and both custom and off-the-shelf tools solutions.

• Testing new tools and vetting workflows before deployment to production ensuring compatibility with Hearthstones asset requirements and performance goals.

• Helping to promote performance optimization for art assets by creating clear standards performance monitoring tools and building a maintainable process for reviewing and optimizing game assets in line with Hearthstones style and technical constraints.

• Championing the creation of accessible inclusive and engaging visual content that resonates with Hearthstones diverse player base.

Requirements:

Experience

• Minimum of 8 years of experience as a technical artist in a professional game dev environment.

• Experience in a live game environment

• Experience with game art optimization

Knowledge & Skills

• Experience as a digital artist with extensive knowledge of digital art tools such as Maya Photoshop or similar applications.

• The ability to create add-ons and extensions for art tools and Unity. Youre comfortable developing in C# Python HLSL

• A fundamental understanding of game development and how the art pipeline can support the development process.

• Experience supporting a 3D art pipeline with rigging animation shader development and implementation of assets.

• Proficiency in technical problem-solving and debugging game content and process with a focus on optimizing 2D and 3D assets for performance on a variety of platforms.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with a service-oriented support-focused approach.

• Ability to illustrate a results-oriented and collaborative approach to tools development problem-solving and challenges of scale.

Extra Points

• Experience working with AAA game engines such as Unity Unreal etc.

• Experience with mobile game development

• Knowledge and familiarity with Blizzards art styles

Required Application Materials:

• Resume

• An online portfolio illustrating your technical ability in practical application

Your Platform

Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft Overwatch Diablo and StarCraft Blizzard Entertainment Inc. () a division of Activision Blizzard which wasacquiredby 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 witha track recordthat 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 mediatechnologyand entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty World of Warcraft Overwatch Diablo Candy Crushand 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 thrivein order toconnect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physicalemotionaland financial well-being for Every World -wevegot our employees covered!

Thevideogameindustry 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 allqualifications 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! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonableassistanceto 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 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 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 $38.85 - $71.83 Hourly. 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.