Hiring Company
Activision

Hiring Company URL
www.activision.com

Location
Santa Monica, CA

Job Description
Art Services Screenshot Associate

The Art Services Screenshot Associate provides support services to all engaged departments: PR, Marketing, Production and development studios to produce high-quality screenshots, model renders and other art assets. Typical end use will include screenshots for editorial, packaging, advertising, manuals and more, as needed.

Position Responsibilities and Duties:

Screen Capture
- Serve as lead on screenshot production, including screen capture, image processing and archiving.
- Act as the point person for assigned titles, managing timelines and communicating with engaged parties to ensure that their content guidelines are adhered to and their deadlines are met.
- Oversee multiple projects, managing timelines and communicating with engaged parties (customers) to ensure that their content guidelines and deadlines are met.
- Maintain development equipment and software to optimal settings and ensure availability of equipment necessary to meet department work load.
- Provide guidance to team members assisting with the screen capture effort, including production teams

Digital Asset Management
- Serve as adviser to the digital asset management system task force, as far as screenshot and 3D assets are concerned
- Understand distribution of assets and provide guidance on best ways to provide them to internal and external parties, both domestic and international

Other
- Assist with video capture and editing, as needed
- Serve as an expert on the titles assigned to Art Services, in terms of gameplay, technical issues
- Provide recommendations to studio central on debug tools to include in game builds in order to aid in getting high-quality screenshots
- Perform advanced retouching of screenshots and teach skills to others as needed

Position Qualifications:

- Must be even-tempered and able to interact well, under pressure, with multiple teams on multiple projects with tight deadlines
- Individual must be extremely detail oriented, accurate and must work well independently
- Candidate must be able to successfully prioritize multiple projects
- Individual must be able to apply knowledge, experience, and learnings to real situations to help solve problems
- 4-year college degree required
- Game industry experience preferred
- Advanced knowledge of Photoshop CS3
- Ability to deliver quality and creativity (with and without direction) within the context of a variety of game genres. A demo reel demonstrating previous work is preferred.
- Appropriate knowledge of 3ds Max and Maya in order to pose and output model renders using developer's files.

Company Profile
Headquartered in Santa Monica, CA, Activision Blizzard is the premier international publisher of interactive entertainment software. Activision Blizzard's portfolio includes best selling video games such as Guitar Hero, Call of Duty and Tony Hawk, as well as Spiderman, X-Men, Shrek, James Bond, and Transformers, in addition to Blizzard Entertainment's StarCraft, Diablo and the #1 subscription based massively multi-player online role-playing game, World of Warcraft.

Activision Publishing is seeking individuals who will participate and contribute to our growth, and who will enjoy our fun, dynamic and highly focused business environment.

Submission Email (or URL)
michelle.gallego@activision.com

Submission Requirements
Activision offers a comprehensive benefits package and a casual environment. For immediate consideration, please apply at www.activision.com.