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Activision Blizzard, headquartered in Santa Monica, CA, is the premier worldwide publisher of interactive entertainment software. Activision Blizzard's portfolio includes such best-selling video game franchises as Activision Publishing's Call of Duty, Spider-Man, X-Men, James Bond, and Transformers, in addition to Blizzard Entertainment's StarCraft, Diablo, Warcraft and the #1 subscription based massively multi-player online role-playing game, World of Warcraft. Activision Blizzard is the umbrella organization over Activision Publishing and Blizzard Entertainment, providing corporate shared services, such as Legal, HR, Finance, IT, Accounting, Facilities and Sales.
SENIOR FX ARTIST (Temporary)
High Moon Studios is looking for a skilled Senior FX Artist to create photo realistic stunning visual effects for a high-profile game.
WHAT WE NEED YOU TO DO:
- Utilize sprite-based particle systems to create a wide variety of real-time special effects
- Scripts placement and behavior of FX in game
- Optimize FX for current and next-generation systems
- Troubleshoot technical, artistic and performance issues
WHAT WE NEED YOU HAVE :
- Production experience with current-generation engines utilizing particle systems and other forms of dynamic simulations
- Extensive scripting experience (Python or C# is ideal)
- Proficient with Photoshop
- Traditional art foundation
- Ability to work collaboratively with team members
- Passion for video games
- 4+ years of game industry experience
- One or more AAA game titles shipped as a VFX Artist
QUALIFICATIONS:
· Communicate and partner effectively with the development team
· Highly organized
· Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
· Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills
· Ability to adapt to change
· Radiant Engine experience highly desired
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