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Senior Outsource Supervisor, Motion FX

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Pull up a chair and join us by the hearth! Our Hearthstone Outsource Team is looking to add to their party a Motion FX specialist to support our card art fx alongside the art team. With 10 Mana Crystals at the ready, this individual’s many talents and creativity will help contribute and maintain the high-quality bar that is Hearthstone’s visual representation. Working closely with art and design, this artist will help create, document, and establish processes for ongoing art efforts. This generalist will also assist in day-to-day in game tasks, as well as apply their problem-solving skills and understanding of new up and coming tech to raise the bar of Hearthstone Art. If you are excited about every day being different, love learning new pipelines, and enjoy new challenges we would love to chat with you!

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work closely with the art team to analyze, refine, outline, and establish process and pipelines around art assets for Hearthstone.
• Closely work with the Outsource Team to set up a sustainable and scalable pipeline for an external team of artists to support these ongoing efforts.
• Work within Unity to set up and finalize in-game art assets and facilitate the review process with stakeholders internally.
• Support as an outsource supervisor over card art fx pipelines, setting up assets for outsourcing, facilitating in day-to-day feedback, maintaining a positive working relationship with our vendors, and implementing/adding final polish to outsourced assets.
• Help tackle ongoing art requests and in-game bugs as they arise, with a willingness to work outside of the Diamond and Golden card wheelhouse to support the needs of the game.
• Tackle new challenges from a fast-paced development environment with ever-changing daily tasks.

REQUIREMENTS

• Able to demonstrate understanding of Hearthstone’s visual style and whimsical take on the Warcraft IP. Familiarity with the Warcraft Universe and Hearthstone.
• Professional skills in animation, rigging, modeling, VFX and motion graphics with an affinity for timing, storytelling, and in-game end results.
• Self-motivated, collaborative, and analytical as it relates to pipelines and tackling unique daily tasks with strong time management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and able to work within a team with an eye to improve the player experience and game itself.
• Positive attitude and an ability to receive and provide objective actionable feedback.
• An interest in learning multiple aspects of the art pipeline and document processes for the art team.
• Engine experience, such as Unity, and a drive to problem solve when given unique bugs or tasks.
• Previous game development experience or applicable production experience.