Senior Dungeon Artist - World of Warcraft | Irvine, CA or Boston, MA
Blizzard Entertainment - Irvine, CA
posted 1 day ago
About the position
A Dungeon Environment Artist creates high quality, gameplay ready dungeons, raids and architecture in World of Warcraft. From a humble village mill to towering monolithic spires of holy light. Mighty fortresses high in the snowcapped mountains to forbidden temples in the darkest, dankest depths of Azeroth and beyond, you'll be creating iconic fantasy locations that will be enjoyed by millions of players all over the world. The ideal candidate is experienced in creating architecture (both interiors & exteriors). The artist should be able to create structures from concept to completion (including modeling, UV mapping, texturing and lighting) and have a solid grasp of architecture fundamentals.
Responsibilities
- Construct 3D architectural models from block out through to textured, completed game ready assets.
- Light your assets effectively to convey emotion, story and gameplay assistance.
- Create 2D hand-painted textures independently, with traditional digital painting methods.
- Create quality assets that align with relevant art direction and fit within the World of Warcraft style overall.
- Work with design teams to create gameplay friendly assets that function correctly for game design needs.
- Creating performance efficient assets that comply with game technical specifications.
- Collaborating efficiently and respectfully with other artists and design teams in a large ongoing project.
Requirements
- Proven experience in game development creating high quality architectural game ready assets.
- Proven experience creating diverse 3D environments with strong story and narrative themes.
- Experience working in a game development pipeline with cross-discipline teams.
- Able to collaborate closely with Visual Development concept artists.
- Strong knowledge of 3D software and being able to use it to create stylized 3D art.
Nice-to-haves
- A strong creative mindset that thrives on artistic challenges.
- Ability to collaborate closely with other artists and designers and explore a wide variety of ideas that continually push the World of Warcraft style.
Benefits
- 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
- Relocation assistance if required to move geographic locations for the job.
