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Engineer

• Support Blizzard’s data center infrastructure
• Create and maintain tools used by the team
• Serve as an escalation point for other support teams
• Act as a key resource on projects and work directly with Project Managers to implement data center technology solutions
• Manage problems and incidents
• Participate in team projects and initiatives
• Receive hardware, install servers, cable neatly, and ensure operational use
• Operate, monitor, and maintain power, cooling, and life safety systems critical to data centers
• Install and configure new IT hardware or decommission equipment
• Document and diagram data center floor plans, rack layouts, network ports, and power usage
• Perform data center inventory and asset management using DCIM
• Assist with design, documentation, configuration, integration, and installation of complex network infrastructure
• Perform OS deployments, LDAP and Puppet configurations, and create and maintain automation and monitoring scripts
• Assist with tool integration, including JIRA, Slack, and other web APIs
• Perform break-fix work on equipment
• Provide 24x7 on-call support as part of a weekly rotation
• Conduct research and development in automation and hardware

Datacenter Engineer

Content Marketing Manager

• Rig and skin complex character, vehicle, weapon, and prop assets
• Build tooling to support the animation team and animation pipeline
• Improve runtime quality of hair, dynamics, and physics on skinned assets using in-game tools
• Oversee external rigging developers and provide feedback and documentation
• Coordinate with production on timelines and manage feedback to maintain a high-quality bar
• Improve and design pipelines and workflows
• Build tools and processes that facilitate content authoring with emphasis on user experience, quality, and efficiency
• Set up, research, debug, and optimize dynamics and in-game physics
• Support cloth and hair simulation in Maya or the game engine

Senior Content Rigger – Contract

Game Engineer

• Create polished first-person weapon animations, including firing, reloads, weapon handling, inspections, melee, equipment use, and other gameplay interactions
• Use traditional animation fundamentals to craft stylized to hyper-realistic game motions
• Maintain clear weapon readability, strong posing, convincing weight, and responsive timing from the player’s perspective
• Animate and refine first-person camera motion to support gameplay clarity, impact, and presentation
• Collaborate with designers, engineers, tech artists, riggers, modelers, and other animators to solve creative and technical problems
• Implement, test, and debug animation in the game engine or proprietary tools
• Respond to feedback and iterate efficiently to achieve AAA-level polish
• Help identify workflow or pipeline improvements that increase animation team efficiency and quality
• Communicate progress, risks, technical issues, and creative intent to partners and leads
• Support development of animation standards, documentation, and reusable animation systems

Viewmodel Gameplay Animator – Contract

Director

• Represent Blizzard Entertainment in collaboration with third-party vendors to deliver high-quality cinematics for various IPs
• Partner with internal game teams to define cinematic vision, story, and purpose
• Manage external artistic teams to execute cinematics within budget, schedule, and quality constraints
• Serve as the primary liaison for internal and external reviews, feedback notes, revisions, approvals, and escalations
• Partner with Blizzard stakeholders to understand creative goals and elevate projects
• Develop and pitch story ideas with writers, storyboard artists, and editors
• Provide direction to external production teams in dailies and reviews
• Monitor production status, timelines, and quality
• Approve outsourced assets and shots before final internal review
• Monitor vendor performance against budgets and schedules, escalate issues, negotiate adjustments, and provide feedback
• Collaborate with composers, sound designers, and vendors on original sound elements
• Guide voice-over casting and manage external recording sessions as needed
• Oversee post-production, including final edits, VFX integration, quality checks, delivery, and approval

Outsource Game Cinematic Director – Temp

• Represent Blizzard Entertainment when collaborating with third-party vendors to deliver high-quality cinematics
• Partner with internal game teams to define cinematic vision, story, and purpose
• Manage external artistic teams within budget, schedule, and quality constraints
• Serve as primary liaison for internal and external reviews, feedback notes, revisions, approvals, and escalations
• Partner with Blizzard stakeholders to understand creative goals and elevate projects
• Develop and pitch story ideas with writers, storyboard artists, and editors
• Provide direction to external production teams in dailies and reviews
• Monitor production status, timelines, quality, vendor performance, budgets, and schedules
• Approve outsourced assets and shots before final internal review
• Collaborate with composers, sound designers, and vendors to replace temp sound with original elements
• Guide voice-over casting and manage external recording sessions as needed
• Oversee post-production, final edits, VFX integration, quality checks, delivery, and approval
• Foster strong vendor relationships and escalate issues or negotiate adjustments as needed

3D Artist

• Animate characters for high-end cinematic animations meeting Blizzard Entertainment's quality standards
• Animate diverse characters and creatures in styles ranging from cartoony to realistic
• Apply body mechanics, character acting, and the 12 principles of animation
• Work collaboratively with Cinematics team peers to create films and games
• Assist in supporting and evolving the Cinematics team with constructive technical and artistic feedback
• Develop, define, and maintain high-end cinematic animations with Directors, Animation Supervisors, and Leads

Senior Animator – Temp, SFD, Cinematics

• Assist the Cinematics team in crafting the next generation of epic animated films
• Animate characters to Blizzard Entertainment's high-quality standards
• Animate diverse characters and creatures in styles ranging from cartoony to realistic
• Develop high-end cinematic animations with Directors, Animation Supervisors, and Leads
• Support and evolve the Cinematics team with constructive technical and artistic feedback
• Work collaboratively with peers on movies and games

Datacenter Engineer

Senior Content Rigger – Contract

Viewmodel Gameplay Animator – Contract

Outsource Game Cinematic Director – Temp

Outsource Game Cinematic Director – Temp

Senior Animator – Temp, SFD, Cinematics

Senior Animator – Temp, SFD / Cinematics