Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators.
At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device.We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there.
A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.
Roblox is seeking a Senior 3D Artist with a focus on character animation and key art to join The Kitchen, our internal creative studio.In this role, you’ll help bring Roblox’s worlds, characters, and stories to life through cinematic animation, expressive posing, and high-impact visuals. You’ll create both motion and still imagery that define how millions of players and creators experience Roblox across campaigns, trailers, and social moments This is a hands-on creative role that combines strong animation fundamentals with an expert eye for composition, lighting, and storytelling, helping craft the visual heartbeat of Roblox’s marketing and brand experiences.
You will:
- Animate characters, creatures, and props for cinematic sequences, gameplay trailers, and promotional content.
- Develop expressive performances that convey personality, emotion, and narrative beats.
- Rig, pose, and render characters for static compositions, delivering polished assets for posters, banners, thumbnails, and social campaigns.
- Build and stage environments that enhance composition and visual storytelling.
- Collaborate closely with designers, marketers, editors, motion designers, and producers to create striking imagery that communicates story, mood, and brand identity.
- Optimize assets for both high-resolution print and digital platforms.
- Iterate quickly based on feedback from creative leads, ensuring alignment with brand and project goals.
- Maintain efficient file structures and workflows for smooth handoff and versioning.
You have:
- 7+ years of professional experience in 3D motion design, character animation, or video post-production.
- Strong understanding of character rigging, anatomy, and motion principles.
- Proven ability as a 3D character animator, with a demo reel showcasing expressive, polished animation.
- A portfolio of key art / posed renders demonstrating strong composition, lighting, and storytelling.
- Solid grasp of visual design fundamentals (composition, color, lighting, silhouette).
- Proficiency in industry-standard tools and workflows (e.g., Cinema4D, Maya, Blender, ZBrush, Substance, Redshift), including preparing assets to be shared across Digital Content Creation applications.
- Experience compositing or finishing renders in After Effects, Photoshop. etc.
- Ability to adapt quickly to feedback and iterate in a collaborative environment.
- Detail-oriented with a cinematic eye for storytelling.
- Strong communication skills and are comfortable presenting work and receiving critique.
For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits as described on this page.
Annual Salary Range$143,840—$181,200 USDRoles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).
Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations to candidates with qualifying disabilities or religious beliefs during the recruiting process.
In Summary: At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life . The Senior 3D Artist with a focus on character animation and key art to join The Kitchen, our internal creative studio . En Español: Cada día, decenas de millones de personas vienen a Roblox para explorar, crear, jugar, aprender y conectarse con amigos en experiencias digitales inmersivas 3D creadas por nuestra comunidad global de desarrolladores y creadores. En Roblox estamos construyendo herramientas y plataformas que permitan a nuestra comunidad dar vida a cualquier experiencia que puedan imaginar. Nuestra visión es reimaginar la forma en que las personas se unen, desde cualquier lugar del mundo y en cualquier dispositivo. Estamos en una misión de conectar a mil millones de gente con optimismo y civilidad, y buscar talento increíble para ayudarnos a llegar allí. Una carrera en Roblox significa que trabajarás para moldear el futuro de la interacción humana, resolver desafíos técnicos únicos a gran escala, y ayudar a crear experiencias más seguras y civiles para todos. Roblox está buscando un ejecutivo de marketing senior con un enfoque especialista en animación y arte visual para unirse a los actores en la cocina, esta capacitación de dibujos animados e imágenes, así como a través de la creación de personajes y historias visuales. Animará personajes, criaturas y accesorios para secuencias cinematográficas, trailers de juego y contenido promocional. Desarrollará actuaciones expresivas que transmitan personalidad, emoción y ritmos narrativos. Arreglará, posará y renderizará personajes para composiciones estáticas, proporcionando activos pulidos para carteles, pancartas, miniaturas y campañas sociales. Construirá entornos e escenarios que mejoren la composición y la narración visual. Colaborará estrechamente con diseñadores, vendedores, editores, diseñadores de movimiento y productores para crear imágenes impactantes que comuniquen historia, estado de ánimo e identidad de marca. Optimizará los recursos tanto para plataformas de alta resolución como digitales. Iterará rápidamente basándose en retroalimentación creativa, asegurando el alineamiento de las estructuras profesionales con los principios de marca y objetivos del diseño. Mantiene un flujo de luz sólido y logrando almacenar archivos clave para una versión eficiente del proyecto de arte gráfico de dibujos animados a color y 3D (construcción gráfica, reproducción, animación gráfica o representación). Proficiencia en herramientas y flujos de trabajo estándar de la industria (por ejemplo, Cinema4D, Maya, Blender, ZBrush, Substance, Redshift), incluida la preparación de activos para ser compartidos a través de aplicaciones de creación de contenido digital. Experiencia componiendo o terminando renderizaciones en After Effects, Photoshop. etc. Capacidad para adaptarse rápidamente al feedback e iterar en un entorno colaborativo. Orientado al detalle con un ojo cinematográfico para contar historias. Habilidades de comunicación fuertes y son cómodos presentar el trabajo y recibir críticas. Para roles que se basan en nuestra sede en San Mateo, CA: La base inicial para este puesto es como sigue. Roblox proporciona igualdad de oportunidades laborales a todos los empleados y solicitantes de empleo y prohíbe la discriminación y el acoso de cualquier tipo sin importar raza, color, religión, edad, sexo, origen nacional, estado de discapacidad, genética, estatus de veterano protegido, orientación sexual, identidad o expresión de género, u otra característica protegida por leyes federales, estatales o locales.