Senior Outsource Supervisor, Environment Art - Overwatch | Irvine, CA

Team Name:

Overwatch

Job Title:

Senior Outsource Supervisor, Environment Art - Overwatch | Irvine, CA

Requisition ID:

R024193

Job Description:

Your Mission:

The Overwatch team is seeking a Senior Outsource Supervisor for 3D Environment Art with a focus on architecture/level art.

As an Outsource Supervisor on Blizzard's Overwatch 2, your talent and vision will help develop the growing Overwatch universe. You will work closely with our concept, environment, and level design team to create levels that are both gameplay-oriented, beautiful, and consistent with the handcrafted art styles that our games are known for.

This is a full-time position that combines hands-on art direction and content creation. We are searching for the type of artist who can give precise and constructive visual input, as well as implement feedback to direct external artists and guide them to successful results.

In short, you’ll be part of a close-knit, collaborative community of artists, engineers, and designers whose sole goal is to make a truly epic and immersive game experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage communications and provide feedback to artists and help maintain a strong creative relationship between external and internal art teams.
• Generate detailed documentation, visual reference, and examples of art asset production, procedures, and engine requirements to support the external vendors.
• Own the quality control over all incoming art assets, providing detailed feedback and approvals to the vendor in order to deliver quality assets to the development team.
• Implement approved assets into the game engine, along with making any needed fixes to keep assets consistent and game ready.
• Work closely with the Lead Environment Artist, production team, and outsource manager to determine outsourcing needs, pipelines, budgets, and costs for art assets.
• Create 3D in-game level art. Use next-gen materials and pipelines to forge assets for use in the game engine.
• Iterate on level art and layout with designers via prototyping and group critiques to improve look and gameplay.
  

Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in game development as an artist specializing in level art/architectural modeling.
• Familiar with next generation asset creation pipelines and tools.
• An exceptional understanding of form, shape, structure, and silhouette.
• Superior eye for light, shade, color, and detail in creating texture maps.
• Passion for level design.
• Self-motivation, good communication skills, and a great team-player attitude.
• Able to work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary art team to help bring environments to life within the vision of the game design.
• Able to effectively collaborate with game designers and programmers.
• Understanding of the visual style of Blizzard games and a passion to push it to the next level.
  

Pluses

• Experience in creating visual designs that support gameplay-oriented goals.
• Experience working with outsourcing teams.
• Experience in an art director or lead artist role.
• Clear and concise communications, leadership, and people skills.
• Experience with BSP level design.
• Proven problem-solving / prototyping ability.
• Skill in one or more related disciplines – lighting, VFX, or concept.
• Have shipped AAA PC or console titles as an environment/level artist.
• Good technical chops and the ability to quickly master new pipelines and tools.
  

Submission / Portfolio requirements

• Cover Letter is required.
• Portfolio demonstrating relevant artistic skills required.
• Only online artwork submissions will be accepted (e.g., website, blog, or online album).
• Must be willing to complete an art test if requested to do so.

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. Blizzard Entertainment engages tens of millions of players around the world with titles available on PC via Battle.net®, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android.

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™. 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’ - we’ve 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 crafting 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. 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’ - we’ve 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 https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/ .

In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $80,800.00 - $149,400.00 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 role’s range details for your local geography during the hiring process. In 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.