Game Producer, Tech Art - Overwatch

Are you the hero that has what it takes to coordinate Animators, Character, Environment, and Technical artists to deliver the inspirational art of Overwatch? If you are passionate about what you do and how you do it, we’d love to hear from you!

This is a full-time position at our office in Irvine, California.

Responsibilities :

• Drive pipeline development for one or more art disciplines

• Own resource planning for art departments, coordinating across multiple projects
• Partner with art leads to foster artist growth and build a strong team culture
• Maintain and communicate department roadmaps, schedules and capacity
• Help define and communicate dates and deadlines to the team in an effective manner and drive the completion of goals
• Facilitate and manage healthy communication throughout the team. Champion the team and its members. Foster a culture of open collaboration and trust

• Identify, communicate, and work to resolve challenges that may prevent our team or our development partners from achieving goals on time
• Communicate frequently with the production team on status, risks, and opportunities
• Define and refine processes and workflows throughout the team

Requirements :

• A minimum of 3 years of experience working as a Producer or Project Manager on a game
• Shipped at least one game or multiple large live updates in an art production role
• Demonstrable ability to create, track, and maintain department schedules, and facilitate complicated resource planning across multiple projects
• Skill to communicate effectively, correctly, and succinctly with key stakeholders
• Comfortable with ambiguity and able to drive towards clarity, strong collaborative problem solver

• Knowledge of software development and project management, including agile frameworks

Pluses :

• Prior experience in a animation, modeling , or technical art (skinning, rigging) related development role
• Having an eye for art, and a n interest in fostering the creative process

• Experience with online games
• Expertise with Jira, Confluence, or comparable applications
• Familiarity with art development tools Photoshop, Maya, ZBrush or comparable applications
• BA / BS (or equivalent)

Blizzard Entertainment is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Accommodation Request: 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 talentacquisition@blizzard.com . General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.

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! At Activision Blizzard, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply