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Senior Weapon Artist

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Your Mission

Activision is looking for a Senior Weapon Artist to join our team in the development of AAA titles!

Feed your creativity while collaborating with our team of highly-skilled developers to build something innovative, exhilarating, and expansively entertaining!

As a member of the Art department, you’ll create memorable designs and art for an array of weapons.

If you’re a passionate and a positive, respectful collaborator who enjoys cross-department communication and creative problem-solving as a part of your workflow, we’d love to talk to you!

Responsibilities:

• Share your passion and knowledge of authentic weapon aesthetics, designs, and history.
• Collaborate with Art Directors, Producers, Animators, and Tech Artists to deliver distinctive weapons that drive world-class player experiences.
• Research subject matter relating to objectives to ensure an authentic experience.
• Be a proactive self-starter that can independently execute high-level direction.
• Be a trusted gatekeeper for performance, efficiency, and quality.
• Define team goals, action plans, and schedules for the project.
• Provide your team with consistent guidance, goals, opportunities, and resources.

• Lead, task, mentor and conduct one-to-one meetings with your Weapon Artists.
• Empower artists to thrive on open and welcome constructive criticism.

• Champion best practices and advocate towards streamlining tools and processes.
• Interface with other teams to ensure art requirements and plans are understood.
• Contribute creative and original ideas towards all aspects of game production and development.

Minimum Requirements:

• 8+ total years in the games industry working in an art capacity, with at least 3 shipped title in the AAA console / PC space.
• 2+ years and at least 1 shipped title as a Lead Weapons Artist.
• Ability to lead by example echoed through a professional and egoless personality.
• Strong understanding of creating weapon art assets in multiple major 3D and 2D packages (3DS Max or Maya and Photoshop or Substance) for console hardware (Xbox, PS, PC).
• Excellent understanding of Physically Based Rendering systems and techniques.
• Possesses in-depth understanding of game engines, pipelines, and processes.
• Comprehensive knowledge of weapon designs; including form, shape, structure, functionality, and purpose.
• Rock-solid communication and problem-solving skills.
• Proven ability to thrive in a challenging and often ambiguous environment.
• Strong understanding of game art with ability to clearly discuss modern trends.
• Inspiring portfolio demonstrating focus and commitment to realistic weapons and current gen 2D/3D asset creation; ideally demonstrating hard surface firearm and weapon models with high-quality materials and textures.

Extra Points:

• Familiarity with photogrammetry process or procedural content creation.
• Strong traditional art foundation.
• History of playing a variety of game genres both digital and physical.
• Fusion 360