Associate Technical Artist (Contract)

About the Role

Associate Technical Artist (Contract) at Activision

Key Responsibilities

• Work with artists, engineers, supervisors, and producers to identify and execute on the asset needs of the games related to modeling and animation.
• Prepare for and attend photo, scan, and motion capture shoots.
• Clean, enhance, and QC raw scan and capture data.
• Manage day-to-day pipeline issues; identify problems and drive creative solutions to fix them.
• Assist in designing, developing, and supporting asset creation pipelines and tools which integrate with different specific studio pipelines.
• Jump into both long-term R&D efforts as well as short-term production support as needed.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Knowledge of photography, photogrammetry, model cleanup, and texturing.
• Experience with FACS, facial performance animation, motion capture, and character rigging.
• Knowledge of Perforce, Jira, Shotgun, or similar for delivery and production tracking.
• Python, HSL, or other scripting experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• College degree in Animation/CG or equivalent experience in the video game industry with strong modeling/animation portfolio.
• A positive attitude and ability to work on a multi-discipline team.
• Ability to take direction well and address notes.
• A passion for developing high-quality games.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to innovate.
• Self-motivated and able to quickly learn new areas of development.

Note: This is a hybrid position based in Beatrice Street, Los Angeles, CA.

Note: Permanent remote work is not available for this position.