[Strange]

Blizzard Entertainment - Employment Opportunities

:P you can thank me.

2D Artist, Creative Development
Blizzard Entertainment's creative development team is looking for an exceptionally skilled 2D artist to focus on creating awe-inspiring artwork for all of Blizzard Entertainment's intellectual properties. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in creating digital illustrations in a variety of different visual styles as well as developing never-before-seen concepts for characters, creatures, and environments. The candidate should have a solid grasp of foundational art skills, color theory, human and creature anatomy, and design theory, as well as knowledge of Blizzard Entertainment's IPs. The creative development artist must have expert command of Photoshop or equivalent painting programs. The perfect candidate works well in an environment of peers who are passionate about creating awesome art, and is able to take constructive criticism well.
Duties:

• Create high-profile illustrations for Blizzard Entertainment's IPs for a variety of purposes.
• Assist with the art direction of licensed products.
• Assist development teams with art requests.
• Create concept art for Blizzard Entertainment's games in development.

Requirements:

• 2+ years experience creating digital art in a professional environment
• Strong foundational skills (anatomy, color theory, composition, etc.)
• Understanding of the visual style of Blizzard Entertainment's IPs and a passion to push them to the next level
• Experience working with an art director on a unique and cohesive visual style
• Self-motivation, good communication skills, and a great team player attitude
• Out-of-the-box thinking and creative problem solving abilities
• A passion for games and art
• Ability to work full-time in Irvine, California area

Pluses:

• Experience modeling and texturing using 3ds Max or Maya
• Sculpting experience
• Experience using traditional art mediums

Please send demo reel and descriptions as well as a cover letter, resume, and salary history in separate Word format documents to resumes@blizzard.com
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No calls or follow-up emails, please. This is a full-time position in Irvine, California.

Software Engineer, Tools Blizzard Entertainment is currently seeking a software engineer to join its Diablo III team. The ideal applicant will be proficient in developing powerful toolsets primarily for art pipelines, but also for code, design, and audio pipelines. Blizzard Entertainment offers a fun, creative, and technically challenging environment with excellent compensation and a full range of benefits.
Responsibilities:

• Design and implement new development tools for all disciplines.
• Communicate with other departments to improve existing tools and determine new solutions.
• Maintain tools for performance, stability, and error-free operation.
• Identify and resolve pipeline issues and discover opportunities for improvement.

Requirements:

• Advanced understanding of C++
• Experience developing Windows GUI applications using Win32, MFC, wxWindows, or Qt
• Strong mathematics skills, including proficiency with trigonometry and linear algebra
• UI design experience
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to work in a collaborative team environment and handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Service-oriented attitude with an eye for efficiency and workflow
• Advanced understanding of game content pipeline and tools

Plusses:

• Detailed knowledge of 3D graphics, animation, camera control, and lighting
• Experience with Lua or other interpreted languages
• Experience with Subversion or Perforce
• Experience using SQL databases -- database design, stored procedures
• Experience shipping multiple game titles
• Experience with Maya and MEL Scripts

To apply, please send a cover letter, r�sum�, and salary history/requirements in separate Word format documents and code samples in text files to resumes@blizzard.com.
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No follow-up calls or emails, please. This is a full-time position in Irvine, California; internships and part-time positions are not available at this time.

3D Environment Artist

The Diablo III team is looking for a 3D environment artist skilled at creating models and texture maps for both objects and natural environments. The ideal candidate has experience modeling and texturing assets for a diverse visual range of environments. A solid grasp of form, color, and light for both 2D and 3D art assets is essential. The environment artist must have a skill in another art task as well (illustration, modeling, texturing, animation, or concept drawing) and be well-versed in related tools -- Maya, Photoshop, etc. The ideal candidate works well in an environment of peers who are passionate about making great games.

Blizzard Entertainment offers a fun, creative, and technically rewarding environment with excellent compensation and a full range of benefits.

Requirements:

• 1-3 years experience in game development modeling and texturing environments using Maya and Photoshop (or equivalent 3D and 2D programs)
• Superior eye for light, shade, color, and detail in creating texture maps
• An exceptional understanding of form, shape, structure, and silhouette in regard to modeling
• Self-motivation, good communication skills, and a great team-player attitude
• A passion for games
• Skill in one or more of the related creation tasks - illustration, modeling, texturing, animation, concept drawing

Pluses

• Strong foundation in the traditional arts, including but not limited to figure drawing or environmental and/or architectural illustration

Cinematic Animator
Blizzard Entertainment is looking for a talented 3D animator to assist our Cinematics team in creating the next generation of our award-winning in-game movies.
The Cinematic Animator will be skilled at realistically animating the movements of humanoids, beasts and machines at a level that lives up to the ever-increasing Blizzard standard of quality (see our trailers for a small sample of this legendary quality). Ideal candidates for this position will also be able to demonstrate the ability to accurately animate facial expressions as well as lip syncing. Though the Cinematic Animator's primary focus will be animating high-resolution 3D models, Blizzard highly encourages artists to apply who also have experience and talent in 3D modeling, texturing, lighting and compositing.
Blizzard offers a fun, creative and technically challenging environment with excellent compensation and a full range of benefits.
Requirements

• Excellent 3D animation skills as demonstrated on your demo reel
• Experience animating in 3D software such as Maya or 3DS Max
• Passion for film, animation and video games

Pluses

• Fluency in Photoshop
• Familiarity with digital compositing tools (Combustion, After effects, Digital Fusion)
• Skill in modeling, texturing and/or lighting

List goes on!

Good luck deciding.

[AndrewR]

job for ijji?

[Hasibur.]

Faggots. No employment opportunities in Canada.

[PermanentlyBanned]

I will never work for Blizzard.

[Rong]

Why not?

[r0flded]

when i turn 18 i might try to get a job for blizzard!

[Strange]

Originally Posted by The Joker

when i turn 18 i might try to get a job for blizzard!

Yeah when I'm 18 I'll get a job for myself.

[PermanentlyBanned]

Originally Posted by Strange

Yeah when I'm 18 I'll get a job for myself.

Yea I'm waiting for Dunkin Doughnuts,Checkers,McDonalds, and Walmart to call so I can start working.I want money so I can save up for college and buy a Lifetime V.I.P from Mafiacoders, I really wanna know what secret they kept from public.

[P-Style]

Originally Posted by PermanentlyBanned

Yea I'm waiting for Dunkin Doughnuts,Checkers,McDonalds, and Walmart to call so I can start working.I want money so I can save up for college and buy a Lifetime V.I.P from Mafiacoders, I really wanna know what secret they kept from public.

Me too.. :[

[Cyclone661]

its that the VIP is no different :O