StarCraft Character Artist — Hybrid Irvine

Blizzard Entertainment; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 43,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

Blizzard Entertainment is seeking a Character Artist to help craft StarCraft's next chapter in Irvine, CA. You will model, texture, and polish photorealistic characters, weapons, and props using Maya, ZBrush, Substance Painter and Unreal Engine 5.

You'll collaborate with art directors and engineers to ensure art direction and performance goals are met, while mentoring teammates and pushing innovative workflows in a hybrid work setup.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in game development as a character artist.
• Proficient in Maya, ZBrush, Substance Painter and texturing pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of human and creature anatomy and hard-surface modeling.
• Ability to optimize models for performance in Unreal Engine 5.
• Excellent communication and ability to work within a team.

Responsibilities

• Create high quality 3D character models, props and weapons.
• Collaborate with art director to ensure consistency and style.
• Optimize models for real-time performance across platforms.
• Mentor junior team members and share feedback.
• Stay updated on industry trends to improve workflows.

Skills

Character modeling

Team collaboration

Artistic eye

Tools

Maya

Photoshop

Substance Painter

Zbrush

Mudbox

Unreal Engine 5

Job description

Blizzard Entertainment is seeking a Character Artist to help craft StarCraft's next chapter in Irvine, CA. You will model, texture, and polish photorealistic characters, weapons, and props using Maya, ZBrush, Substance Painter and Unreal Engine 5.

You'll collaborate with art directors and engineers to ensure art direction and performance goals are met, while mentoring teammates and pushing innovative workflows in a hybrid work setup.