Senior Gameplay Animator - Infinity Ward Job at Activision in Los Angeles

Overview

Job Title: Senior Gameplay Animator - Infinity Ward

Requisition ID: R025989

Job Description: Infinity Ward is the developer behind the Call of Duty franchise. The studio is known for award-winning titles and a collaborative, creative workplace. Hiring in Los Angeles, CA (Relocation required).

Your Mission

Infinity Ward, developer of numerous award-winning games, including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, is seeking a Senior Gameplay Animator with experience in game development and an interest in working with next-generation technologies.

Job duties include:

• Create high-quality, realistic key-framed and motion capture animations, demonstrating a strong sense of posing, timing, and weight
• Work closely with the Lead Animator and animation team to establish character motion and personality
• Accept direction and cooperate with the team to meet production deadlines
• Design and take ownership of animation features

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional experience
• Proficiency in both realistic key frame and motion capture animation
• Proficiency in Maya
• Strong experience working with node-based graphs and building gameplay systems
• High comfort level with utilizing game engine pipelines
• Ability to use debugging tools to identify and solve gameplay issues
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Strong passion for animation and video games

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 enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment. We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect.

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 the benefits page.

Compensation

In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $80,800.00 - $149,400.00 Annual. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Your specific range and offer will be based on factors including relevant experience, performance, and work location. Your Talent Professional can share this role’s range details for your local geography during the hiring process. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed. Compensation is negotiable. Toremove extraneous content, no additional facts were introduced.