Responsibilities
1. Serve as project domain owner for external character, weapon, and vehicle art production.
2. Define outsourcing strategies and vendor selection criteria and negotiate contracts.
3. Collaborate with internal and external art teams to ensure high-quality environment art under the guidance of the outsource director.
4. Provide clear, actionable feedback from concept to final 3D execution, ensuring consistency, efficiency, and alignment with the projects art direction.
5. Maintain best practices, quality control, and a cohesive visual style across all character, vehicle, and weapon assets.
6. Review, implement, and refine incoming and outgoing assets to support outsourcing workflows.
7. Mentor and develop mid-level and junior team members, often shaping departmental processes.
8. Lead internal and external teams through fluid or high-impact situations to ensure seamless collaboration and delivery.
9. Contribute to pipeline and workflow improvements to meet internal project needs.
10. Partner with art directors, leads, production, and design teams to deliver project goals.
Requirements
11. 8+ years of experience with AAA game engines and content pipelines.
12. 5+ years of outsourcing management or equivalent experience in game development.
13. Proven ability to collaborate with internal and external artists to deliver industry-leading character and hard surface art.
14. Strong foundation in traditional art principles, with expertise in light, shade, color, and detail.
15. Proficient in humanand creature anatomy, hard-surface modeling, PBR materials and texturing, and modelling for animation.
16. Intermediate to senior-level experience with AAA game engines and content pipelines.
17. Exceptional communication, documentation, and team collaboration skills.
18. Ability to create detailed visual references, procedures, and engine requirements for external teams.
19. Passion for mentoring artists to maximize project impact.
Preferred Qualifications
20. Deep passion for game development.
21. Strong organizational skills and experience as a lead artist or mentor.
22. Desire to push creative boundaries.
23. Proficiency with the use of production tracking tools such as Flow / JIRA / Airtable.
Submission Requirements
24. Resume (required).
25. Portfolio showcasing relevant character art skills (online submissions only, e.g., website, blog, or album).
Your Platform
Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, and StarCraft®, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (), 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 industrys 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 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet!
Our ability to build immersive and innovative 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 - weve got our employees covered!
Ready to Activate Your Future?
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. 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.
RewardsWe provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for Every World - weve got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:
26. Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
27. (k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
28. Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
29. 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;
30. If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.