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Requisition ID:
R025079

Job Description:

Your mission

Are you ready to join the Overwatch team and make an impact? We're seeking a skilled Senior Animator for Overwatch 2, a full-time role based in Irvine, CA.

Your mission: bring characters to life with your animation skills, collaborate with designers and engineers, and innovate our animation pipeline. Showcase your talent with a demo reel, and let's create something extraordinary together.

If you're passionate about animation and eager to contribute to an iconic game, we want to hear from you!

Responsibilities

• Envision and craft animations for real-time game assets, including hero style guides and prototypes for earlier visualization.
• Collaborate with artists, designers, and engineers to ensure assets meet gameplay and technical needs.
• Work with the lead animator and other team members to evolve our tools and pipeline.
• Actively participate in team art discussions, critiques, and reviews as part of the larger Overwatch team.

Requirements

• Candidates should have over 4 years of experience in game development, explicitly animating characters using Maya or a comparable 3D program.
• Demonstrate a solid understanding of traditional animation principles and their application to gameplay enhancement.
• A strong interest in animation and effective communication skills are necessary to work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary art team, bringing characters to life in alignment with the game design vision.
• Submit a demo reel showcasing proficiency in animating the human bipedal figure and other organic forms.

Bonus Points

• The ideal candidate for this position should have experience in shipping a AAA game as an animator and demonstrate proficiency in an engine equivalent to Unreal. Additionally, expertise in one or more related disciplines such as first-person animation, modeling, rigging, VFX, 2D animation, or technical art is highly desirable.

Submission / Portfolio requirements

• Submit a resume and an online portfolio showcasing your animation skills (e.g., website, blog, or reel). An animation test may be required during the selection process.

Your Platform

Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, and StarCraft, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), 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 industry's most critically acclaimed and genre-defining games over the last 30 years, with a track record that includes multiple Game of the Year awards.

Our World

Activision Blizzard, Inc., is one of the world's 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.

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! 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 accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com.

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.