Hybrid Contract Technical Artist — Asset Pipeline

ACTIVISION PUBLISHING, INC.; California; Hybrid; USD 33,000 - 62,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Paid holidays and vacation

Mental health programs

Job summary

Activision Publishing, Inc. is seeking an Associate Technical Artist (Contract) in our Los Angeles Beatrice Street studio.

You will join the Central Technology team to help build best-in-class character and prop assets and streamline delivery of photoreal assets to our games. You’ll work with artists, engineers, supervisors, and producers to identify asset needs and coordinate shoots, data cleanup, and pipeline tooling.

Qualifications

• 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 plu

Responsibilities

• Assist in designing, developing and supporting asset creation pipelines and tools for studio pipelines.
• Work with artists, engineers, supervisors, and producers to identify asset needs and deliver photoreal assets.
• Prepare for and attend photo, scan, and motion capture shoots.
• Clean, enhance, and QC raw scan and capture data to ensure high fidelity assets.
• Manage day-to-day pipeline issues and drive creative solutions to production challenges.

Skills

Portfolio

Photogrammetry

Facial animation

Rigging

Python scripting

Education

Bachelor's in Animation/CG

Tools

Perforce

Jira

Shotgun

Python

Job description

Activision Publishing, Inc. is seeking an Associate Technical Artist (Contract) in our Los Angeles Beatrice Street studio.

You will join the Central Technology team to help build best-in-class character and prop assets and streamline delivery of photoreal assets to our games. You’ll work with artists, engineers, supervisors, and producers to identify asset needs and coordinate shoots, data cleanup, and pipeline tooling.