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Senior Technical Designer - Diablo IV
1 year ago
Team Name:
DiabloJob Title:
Senior Technical Designer - Diablo IVRequisition ID:
R015782Job Description:
The minions of Hell grow stronger!
Are you a skilled Technical Designer? Come Work with us on Diablo IV and help us create something extraordinary.
While our backgrounds are varied, we all share a passion for what we do. If you value a tight-knit team that celebrates self-expression and a multi-disciplinary approach, then join us on the Diablo IV team!
The Diablo IV team is looking for a Senior Technical Designer with a passion for improving pipelines and workflows, a commitment to learning, a collaborative attitude, and the desire to inquire “how can we make it better?”
As a Senior Technical Designer, you provide technical and creative support to the Diablo IV team by helping to facilitate the efficient creation of clean and performant content. As an advocate for developer workflows, you collaborate with multiple disciplines to come up with the best solution for difficult problems and champion the process throughout.
This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position, with some work on-site and some work-from-home. The potential home studio for this role is Albany, NY or Irvine, CA.
Responsibilities
- Instruct and mentor designers on implementation, workflow, and tools
- Cultivate and maintain collaborative relationships across all disciplines
- Champion workflow improvements
- Analyze existing workflows and tools to necessary improvements
- Work with engineering to request and refine workflow and tool changes
- Serve as a technical point of contact for content reviews, standards, and best practices
- Diagnose, debug, and fix content issues
- Create content and help design gameplay systems
Requirements
Experience
- 5+ years as a Designer
- 2+ years as a Technical Designer
- Shipped content in multiple design areas (levels, systems, encounters, UI, etc.)
- Experience in pipeline development and process improvement
- Experience in scripting or programming game content
Knowledge & Skills
- Deep understanding of design workflows in multiple game editors
- Ability to create design documents for tools and game systems
Key Attributes
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- A passion for cross discipline collaboration
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.
Pluses
Experience
- Experience mentoring junior designers
- Experience creating content for online multiplayer RPG games
- Previous design experience in ARPG / Open World / Multiplayer games
- Previous experience training developers on new practices
Knowledge & Skills
- Authoring game content using the Lua scripting language
- Knowledge of Blizzard worlds and gameplay values
- Specific knowledge of the dark fantasy world of the Diablo franchise
Required Application Materials
- Resume
- Cover Letter
- Why you are interested in Technical Design
- What games you are currently playing
- Your experience with Diablo or other Action-RPGs
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 accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com . General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.
At Blizzard Entertainment, we pour our hearts and souls into everything we create. Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, and StarCraft, we’ve been creating genre-defining games for millions of players around the world for more than 30 years. We’re on a quest: bring our dreams to life and craft the most epic entertainment experiences…ever. Hard work, iteration and polish go into the Blizzard “secret recipe,” but the most important ingredients come from talented people who share our vision. If that sounds like you, join us.
The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics.
Rewards
We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:
- Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
- 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
- Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
- Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;
- If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.
Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/ .
In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $80,800.00 - $149,400.00 Annual. This base pay range is for the U.S. and is not applicable to locations outside of the U.S. Actual amounts will vary depending on experience, performance and location. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed.
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