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Senior Character Art Outsourcing Supervisor

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Blizzard is looking for a highly motivated and talented Character Outsourcing Supervisor to help build an Unannounced Project for Blizzard Entertainment. This is a position requiring hands on direction, management, and engine integration of a range of assets including characters and weapons.

The ideal candidate would have strong art direction and leadership skills to be able to manage, art direct, and provide detailed feedback to external partners. They should be able to give precise and constructive feedback, in many cases providing demonstrations on how to implement feedback and direct external partners to successful results. Candidates must also be able to accomplish our internal standards on characters from start to finish. You will make art and teach others how to meet our internal standards.

COVID-19 Hiring Update: We’ve transitioned to a work-from-home model and we’re continuing to interview and hire during this time. This role is expected to begin as a remote position. We understand each person’s circumstances may be unique and will work with you to explore possible interim options.

Responsibilities

• Manage communication, provide feedback to artists, and help maintain a strong creative relationship between external and internal art teams.
• Generate detailed documentation, video reference, and examples of art asset production, procedures, and engine requirements to support the external partners.
• Own the quality control over all incoming character art assets, providing detailed feedback and approvals to external partners 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 outsource manager, art leads and production team to determine outsourcing needs.
• Coordinate with the outsource manager to schedule and track incoming assets.

Requirements

• Experience in game art asset creation in a variety of software packages including Maya, Zbrush, Photoshop and Substance Painter
• Strong character art creation experience and skills a must
• Clear and concise communications and people skills
• Must be highly organized, self-driven, customer focused, and a great team player
• Understanding of the visual style of Blizzard games and a passion to push it to the next level
• Have shipped AAA PC or console title as an artist
• Candidate must be well organized, and process driven with strong mentorship mindset

Pluses

• Experience working with outsourcing teams
• Experience working as environment artist or 3D generalist
• Experience in an art director or lead role
• Experience in management
• Fluency in a language other than English, including Chinese, German, Spanish, Italian, or Russian

Blizzard Entertainment is a global company committed to growing our employees along with the business. We offer generous benefits and perks with an eye on providing true work / life balance. We’ve worked hard to foster an intensely collaborative and creative environment, a diverse and inclusive employee culture, and training and opportunity for professional growth. Our people are everything. Our core values are real, and our mission has never changed. We are dedicated to creating the most epic entertainment experiences…ever. Join us!

Job Status: Full-Time

Primary Location: United States-CA-Irvine

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.