Description
Your
Mission
Activision
is looking for talented Senior Technical
Artists at multiple locations to join our different studios in working
across the next generation of the Call of Duty franchise as well as on other
projects.
Specific
responsibilities and requirements will vary a bit role by role, but a broad
rundown would include:
·
Develop
and optimize efficient and robust materials/shaders to be used across multiple
assets/characters/environments
·
Define
environment workflow/lighting setup to deliver visual target with an eye
towards performance and memory management
·
Develop
and maintain art asset pipelines, and collaborate with the art team to optimize
workflows, authoring new tools as necessary
·
Establish
content specs and requirements to achieve visual target while optimizing for
performance and cross platform implications
·
Use
diagnostic tools to analyze content and identify areas for improvement
·
Assist
with the management and integration of all art assets
·
Be
proactive and develop and implement new ideas/solutions to problems as they
arise
·
Be
collaborative and creative with a seasoned team of passionate developers
·
Ability
to step in and lend a hand with content creation a huge plus
Player
Profile
·
5+
years of experience as a senior/lead technical artist
·
Extensive
experience with AAA game engines (Unreal, Unity, proprietary, etc...)
·
Expert
Maya user, with strong scripting skills in MEL, Python, C++
·
Experience
with Lighting, materials and shaders as applied to Physically Based Rendering
·
Experience
with Runtime analytics and optimization best practices
·
Buckets
of enthusiasm and self-motivation, and a passion for making great games
Our
World
Great Games Start
with Great People! This is an exciting time to join us!
Activision has been
changing the way people play for the past 40 years—as the leading developer and
publisher of video games, our teams have created some of the world's biggest,
most ground-breaking, and beloved entertainment franchises in the industry. Ask
anyone who works at Activision what their favorite thing about it is, and
they’ll tell you it’s the people. We have world class brands, infrastructure,
and resources, but our success comes from people producing greatness together.
We are nothing without our employee’s brilliance.
Activision is more
than just the leading developer and publisher of video games; we are the
creators of some of the world’s biggest, most ground-breaking titles in the
industry. Our current portfolio includes Call of Duty®, Skylanders®, and Crash
Bandicoot™.
Activision Blizzard
(NASDAQ: ATVI), headquartered in Santa Monica, California with locations across
the globe, is one of the largest and most successful interactive entertainment
companies in the world. Sitting at the intersection of media, technology, and
entertainment, our employees are some of the best and brightest across
engineering, entertainment, media, and technology. A member of the S&P 500
Activision Blizzard is proud to be included as one of FORTUNE's "100 Best
Companies To Work For®," "World's Best Employers," as well as
"Most Admired Companies." In 2019 we were honored to receive a
perfect score on our entry to the Corporate Equality Index as a Best Workplace
for LGBTQ professionals and once again made Fast Company's World's Most
Innovative Companies in Gaming.
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.
Activision is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard
to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender
expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis
protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis
of disability.