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Blizzard Entertainment · 1 week ago

Senior Rigging & Simulation 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 motivated and experienced senior character technical artist to join its award-winning cinematics department. The role involves building complex rigs and maintaining high visual and technical quality for characters, while collaborating with various departments in a fast-paced environment.

MMO GamesSoftwareVideo Games

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

You must have a strong understanding of anatomy, muscles, cloth/hair behavior, and be comfortable in a scripted environment

Experience with simulation rigs and directable shot sims for hair and cloth are a necessity

You must be attuned to the needs of a production pipeline and those of the animators we support

Our team works in an intensely art-driven environment, so you must be able to work collaboratively with other departments including modeling, animation, FX, and lighting

Qualification

MayaCharacter riggingPythonC/C++HoudiniUnrealCharacter kinematicsTechnical problem solvingKnowledge sharingCommunication

Required

8+ years' experience rigging characters in Maya, or similar software

Previous experience working in feature film or a TV animation pipeline

Experience in Python, MEL, C/C++, or other programming languages

Strong communication skills

Strong knowledge of character kinematics, deformations, and topology

Knowledge of cutting-edge character pipeline and workflow techniques

High proficiency in technical problem solving

Preferred

History of generating cloth/hair rigs and creating art directed shot simulations

Thorough knowledge of layout, modeling, rigging, simulations, and animation tools and workflows currently used in the industry

Knowledge on subjects such as Maya tool development and pipeline design

Experience working in Houdini

Experience rigging in Unreal

Ability to generate tools to facilitate the rigging and simulation pipeline

Passion for Blizzard Games and Cinematics

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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