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Blizzard Entertainment · 2 weeks ago

Senior Previz Artist - Temp (SFD / Cinematics)

Irvine, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$38.85/hr - $71.83/hr

8+ years exp

Blizzard Entertainment is looking for a talented Senior Previz Artist to assist our Cinematics team in creating the next generation of our award-winning cinematics. The role involves previsualizing and supporting a director’s vision through appropriate use of staging, blocking, cameras, and editing.

MMO GamesSoftwareVideo Games

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Create complex, beautifully composed shots that clearly depict story beats through staging, blocking, camera motion, and character performance

Collaborate with a director, supervisor, lead, and other creative stakeholders, incorporating their feedback into a cohesive visual

Provide solutions to creative problems and be capable of pitching ideas verbally

Communicate clearly with production staff and manage multiple production tasks simultaneously

Maintain technical cleanliness in all work. Take personal accountability for deliveries and proactively identify possible technical concerns

Qualification

MayaCinematic knowledgePrevisualizationAnimation blockingCamera capture systemsProblem solvingCollaborationFeedback skillsCommunication

Required

8+ years of experience in film / VFX / animation / game production as a previz or rough layout artist working on complex, high fidelity sequences and shots

Professional Maya experience. Proficient with animation blocking for previz and familiar with modeling, rigging, shading, etc

Strong cinematic knowledge. Instinctively understand cameras, lenses, composition, film language, and editing

Experience previsualizing shots from scratch without prior storyboards or visual reference. Ability to verbally pitch ideas clearly and concisely

Capable of growing through peer feedback and providing honest, constructive feedback to others

Understand the role of previz in production and the workings of linked production departments (modeling, rigging, final layout, animation, etc.)

Create complex, beautifully composed shots that clearly depict story beats through staging, blocking, camera motion, and character performance

Collaborate with a director, supervisor, lead, and other creative stakeholders, incorporating their feedback into a cohesive visual

Provide solutions to creative problems and be capable of pitching ideas verbally

Communicate clearly with production staff and manage multiple production tasks simultaneously

Maintain technical cleanliness in all work. Take personal accountability for deliveries and proactively identify possible technical concerns

Preferred

Understand the general themes and style of Blizzard games, cinematics, and franchises

Proficiency shooting with camera capture systems and processing resulting data

Capable of shooting well exposed and composed photos / videos in practical photography

Experience with Python or MEL scripting in Maya

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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

If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance

Company

Blizzard Entertainment

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Blizzard Entertainment develops and publishes gaming software and computer games such as World of Warcraft, Hearthstone and StarCraft.

Founded in 1991

Irvine, California, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://blizzard.com

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