Job Title: Associate Technical Artist
Department: Central Tech
Location: Beatrice Street, Los Angeles, CA
Your Mission
You will be part of a Central Technology effort to provide industry best game assets to our upcoming titles.
Your Mission is to work with multiple teams and new technology to build best-in-class character and prop assets and streamline the delivery of these photoreal assets to our games.
•Work with artists, engineers, supervisors, and producers to identify and execute on the asset needs of the games related to modeling and animation.
•Preparing for and attending photo, scan, and motion capture shoots.
•Cleaning, enhancing, and QC-ing raw scan and capture data.
•Managing day-to-day pipeline issues; identifying problems and driving creative solutions to fix them.
•Assist in designing, developing and supporting asset creation pipelines and tools which integrate with different specific studio pipelines.
•Jump into both long-term R&D efforts as well as short-term production support as needed.
•This is a great opportunity to influence strong existing brands as well as work on unannounced future games.
Please note: This is not a remote role. This is a hybrid position based in our Beatrice Street Studio, offering flexibility with a combination of in-studio and remote workdays. Permanent remote work is not available for this position.
Player Profile
•College degree in Animation/CG or equivalent experience in the video game industry with strong modeling/animation portfolio
•Knowledge of photography, photogrammetry, model cleanup and texturing
•Experience with FACS, facial performance animation, motion capture and character rigging
•A positive attitude and ability to work on a multi-discipline team
•Ability to take direction well and address notes
•A passion for developing high quality games
•Strong problem-solving skills and ability to innovate
•Self-motivated and able to quickly learn new areas of development
•Knowledge of Perforce, Jira, Shotgun, or similar for delivery and production tracking
•Python, HSL, or other scripting experience a plus
Your Platform
Activision Central Technology's CTX group is a team of artists, scientists, and engineers who collaborate with Activision studios to develop pioneering workflows and techniques for game content creation. We combine expertise from the game industry and the film industry to advance real-time visuals to levels which were previously exclusive to motion pictures.
Rewards
We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being. 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.
In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $24.43 - $45.19 Hourly. 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. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed.
