Senior II World Builder - World of Warcraft | Irvine, CA

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Blizzard Entertainment is seeking an experienced and highly skilled individual for our Worldbuilding Team on World of Warcraft.  This position will collaborate with the Art and Design teams to build Azeroth itself, the highly immersive beautiful world that is one of the most important characters of our game.

This position will involve the creative design, artistic and technical implementation of our outdoor world zones, dungeons, raids, arenas, battlegrounds and more.  The ideal candidate has a mastery of level design, technical and artistic skills with a strong sense of composition and visual aesthetic.  They will be required to sculpt and form 3D terrain, while also being able to integrate the core gameplay experience and visual storytelling for our players. 

In addition, we expect candidates to have great communication skills, boundless creativity, knowledge of World of Warcraft and a longstanding passion for playing games.

This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position, with some work on-site and some work-from-home. The potential home studio is Irvine, CA.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Art Directors and Leads, Designers, and Artists to successfully support WoW zone flow, navigation, visual storytelling, and questing experiences.
• Help build our epic world with your environmental composition, terrain sculpting and painting, asset placement, and lighting skills
• Own the creation of levels from blockout and vertical slice demos through final polish
• Optimize your content so it can be enjoyed by as many players as possible, within agreed-upon production schedules and with minimal direction.
• Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Participate in receiving, giving and incorporating critical feedback on the project’s Worldbuilding direction including aesthetic and gamplay vision
• Closely follow and adhere to art direction and design concepts,
• Have a deep understanding of development pipelines and art integration into the game.
• Contribute to the creative process through original ideas and inspiration.
• Be a patient mentor that provides actionable, professional feedback and guidance to fellow Worldbuilders
• Champion a creative and collaborative culture of inclusion and diversity 

Requirements:

• 8+ years' experience as a Level designer / World Builder
• Portfolio of work demonstrating strong proficiency as an Environment Artist and/or Level Designer
• Strong sense of level design, scale, pacing, and gameplay flow
• Excellent composition skills
• Excellent understanding of environmental design and its functions within a game
• Strong understanding of lighting, mood, and color
• Ability to work closely with and collaborate with other teams
• Experience with any proprietary terrain sculpting tool is a plus
• MMO experience a plus

Required Application Materials

• Resume which must include:
• A link to your portfolio with visual examples of your favorite game spaces you have built in your career
• Cover Letter, while not required, should include:
  • Why you are interested in working at Blizzard
  • Your experience and relationship with World of Warcraft
  • What games you are currently playing

Your Platform

Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, and StarCraft®, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), a division of Activision Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences. Blizzard Entertainment has created some of the industry’s most critically acclaimed and genre-defining games over the last 30 years, with a track record that includes multiple Game of the Year awards. Blizzard Entertainment engages tens of millions of players around the world with titles available on PC via Battle.net®, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android.

Our World

Activision Blizzard, Inc., is one of the world's largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, Candy Crush™ and Bubble Witch™. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet!

Our ability to build immersive and innovate worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment.  We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered!

The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com. General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics.

Rewards

We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered!  Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:

• 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.

Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company.  You can learn more by visiting https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/.