JOB DESCRIPTION:

At Blizzard, we craft genre-defining games and legendary worlds for all to share. Through unparalleled creativity and storytelling, we create immersive universes and iconic characters that are beloved across platforms, borders, backgrounds, and generations - only made possible by building a work environment that nurtures the artistry of game development and unleashes the aspirations of our people.
We are looking for a Senior Environment Artist to help us craft a new, unannounced game for Blizzard. As a key member of the development team, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality environment artwork through artistic and technical knowledge. You understand how to effectively build, integrate, and optimize a variety of environment asset types as well as how to support the gameplay experience. You are comfortable operating in a dynamic environment, navigating fluid deadlines and changing priorities with purpose.
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 role is Irvine, CA.
Responsibilities:
Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:
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Working closely with the art director, collaborate with designers, artists, code, materials, VFX and lighting departments to help deliver game environments to a world-class standard.

• Use your knowledge of environment art creation to deliver work from iterative prototyping to final execution.
• Create artifacts (content creation briefs, workflow techniques) to guide the work of internal and external artists.
• Remain current on industry trends including advancement in commercial game engines and workflow efficiencies.
• Be comfortable touching many aspects of environment work including asset creation, texture work, material creation, composition and set dressing, foliage, geology, roads, and terrain.
• Proactively identify risks and propose solutions within the area of environment art creation.

Minimum Requirements

EXPERIENCE

• 8+ years of experience in AAA environment art.
• Proven experience, having shipped multiple major titles in a relevant role.
• Experience working with a AAA game engine with strong understanding of implementation and integration.
• Knowledge of many aspects of environment art creation including strong proficiency in industry-standard 3D workflows.
• A portfolio, with examples and detailed breakdowns, showcasing your practical work.
• Strong understanding of authoring PBR content.
• Experience collaborating to develop better workflows and technology.

EXPERIENCE

• Experience working through early development R&D phases of a project is a plus.
• Solid understanding of game art creation outside of environment art (e.g. lighting, VFX, characters, animation, rendering).
• An interest in photography and cinema.
• Experience creating and handling photogrammetry data.
• Expertise in 3D composition, form, balance, and color theory.

Please refer the Job description for details