3D Artist Job at Roblox in San Mateo

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 3D Artist with expertise in Key Art, Composition, and Cinematic Character Posing/Animation 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. In this hands-on role, you will be responsible for creating both motion and still imagery, delivering polished 3D Key Art and expressive Cinematic Character Animation that defines how millions of players experience Roblox across campaigns, trailers, and social moments. This role requires an expert eye for composition, lighting, and rendering to produce high-end visuals that serve as the visual heartbeat of Roblox's marketing and brand experiences.

You Will:

Rig, pose, and render characters for static compositions, delivering polished assets for posters, banners, thumbnails, and social campaigns.
Animate characters, creatures, and props for cinematic sequences, gameplay trailers, and promotional content.
Develop expressive performances that convey personality, emotion, and narrative beats.
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: 5+ 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.
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.
The ability to adapt quickly to feedback and iterate in a collaborative environment.
Detail-oriented with a cinematic eye for storytelling.
Strong communicator, 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

$116,470-$146,720 USD

Roles 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.

For US based roles only, please note the Company may not be able to employ candidates for this role who have United States work authorization related to certain U.S. visa categories, or support future H-1B sponsorship at this time.

In Summary: Roblox is seeking a 3D Artist with expertise in Key Art, Composition, and Cinematic Character Posing/Animation to join The Kitchen, our internal creative studio . This role requires an expert eye for composition, lighting, and rendering to produce high-end visuals . The starting base pay for this position is as shown below .

En Español: Cada día, decenas de millones de personas vienen a Roblox para explorar, crear, jugar, aprender y conectar con amigos en experiencias digitales inmersivas 3D - todas creadas por nuestra comunidad global de desarrolladores y creadores. En Roblox, estamos construyendo las herramientas y la plataforma que permitan a nuestra comunidad dar vida a cualquier experiencia que puedan imaginar. Este papel requiere un ojo experto en composición, iluminación y renderización para producir imágenes de gama alta que sirvan como el corazón visual del marketing y las experiencias de marca de Roblox. Construirás y representará personajes para composiciones estáticas, entregando activos pulidos para carteles, banners, miniaturas y campañas sociales. Animar a personajes, criaturas y accesorios para secuencias cinematográficas, trailers de juego y contenido promocional. Desarrollar performances expresivas que transmiten personalidad, fotoshop y la narración. Construye entornos y escenarios que mejoran la composición y la narrativa de los bienes. Colaborar fundamentalmente con diseñadores, vendedores, editores, diseñadores y productores basados rápidamente para crear historias, estados de ánimo y marcas digitales. Aprovechar los recursos para diseñar una imagen gráfica eficiente, así como mejorar la capacidad de reproducción de contenidos (conformado por sus propias herramientas), tener experiencia avanzada en la creación de imágenes y la producción de dibujos animados, después de 3D Printerprintablets, maquillaje o capacitación gráfica, desarrollo de piezas de arte gráfico, construcción de vídeo, presentación de películas, uso de animación, etc. La capacidad de adaptarse rápidamente a la retroalimentación e iterar en un entorno colaborativo. Orientado al detalle con un ojo cinematográfico para contar historias. Comunicador fuerte, cómodo presentando el trabajo y recibiendo críticas. Para roles que se basan en nuestra sede central en San Mateo, CA: El salario básico inicial para esta posición es como se muestra a continuación. Roblox también proporciona adaptaciones razonables a los candidatos con discapacidades o creencias religiosas calificadas durante el proceso de reclutamiento. Solo para roles basados en Estados Unidos, tenga en cuenta que la Compañía puede no ser capaz de contratar candidatos para este papel que tengan autorización de trabajo estadounidense relacionada con ciertas categorías de visas estadounidenses, ni apoyar futuros patrocinios H-1B en este momento..