Principal Visual Development Artist (SFD Cinematics)

Team Name:

Blizzard is seeking a Principal Visual Development (Visdev) Artist to join its visual development team. The Principal Visdev Artist will play a crucial role in establishing the overall look of cinematic concepts for asset development design and illustration for an unannounced title as well as other various projects as required.

This role is a hybrid work position with some work on-site and some work-from-home. The home studio for this role is Irvine CA.

This is a staff position.

Responsibilities

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

• Work with Supervisors Art Directors Cinematic Directors and as required Game Team counterparts

• Interpret briefs/descriptions by concepting environments props and other various assets through traditional and 3D and generative AI tools as needed.

Minimum Requirements

Experience

• Minimum of 14 years of extensive film/tv and/or industry experience

• Proven experience creating digital art in a professional environment

• Experience in graphic design fine arts and 2D/3D modeling

• Experience collaborating with producers and directors to create visuals that meet the specific requirements of the project

Knowledge & Skills

• Strong foundational skills including anatomy color theory composition etc.

• Familiar with the distinctive visual style of Blizzards IPs

• Incorporate 3D problem-solving into your concept design process including working with others models to modify render and composite them to communicate the best solutions

• Create high-quality concept art for characters and environments ranging from loose exploration sketches to fully rendered designs

• Strong understanding of figure sculpting and color blending

• Expert knowledge of Photoshop Illustrator and Z Brush

• Able to understand and address requests for revisions; also able to anticipate requests and work in a proactive manner under minimal supervision

Key Attributes

• Exercise discernment in interactions with teammates and stakeholders and are trusted to represent the team with artistic and professional excellence

• Self-motivated strong interpersonal skills with a professional and collaborative attitude working with a diverse range of personalities

• A passion for Blizzard games and a willingness to work with others to create outstanding art

Extra Points

• 3D software experience such as Blender Maya or 3D Studio Max

• Significant experience in the Visual Development processes for animation VFX or gaming

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 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 well-being for Every World - weve got our employees covered!

The videogame 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 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! 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 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 $126800.00 - $234580.00 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.