Hiring Company
Activision

Hiring Company URL
www.activision.com

Location
Santa Monica, CA

Job Description

Art Services Video Associate

The Art Services Video Associate provides support services to all engaged departments: PR, Marketing, Production and development studios to produce high-quality in-house video assets. Typical end use for assets will include B-roll, ESRB submissions, attract loops, trailers for internal and external use, and more as needed.

Position Responsibilities and Duties:

Video Production/Editing
- Serve as lead on all in-house video production, including gameplay footage capture, editing and archiving. This position’s responsibilities do not extend to outsourced video production, which includes most consumer-facing projects.
- Digitize gameplay footage from capture sessions with appropriate labels and formatting, in the appropriate formats
- Oversee multiple projects, managing timelines and communicating with engaged parties (customers) to ensure that their content guidelines and deadlines are met.
- Maintain video hardware and software to optimal settings and ensure availability of equipment necessary to meet department work load.
- Provide guidance to team members assisting with the video capture effort, including production teams

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

Other
- Assist with still screen capture and other department tasks, as needed
- Work closely with Production and play assigned game titles extensively and thoroughly in order to know where and how to capture the best footage
- Continually assess current business practices to increase quality and efficiency
- Provide recommendations to studio central on debug tools to include in game builds in order to improve our processes for getting high-quality video capture

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 and game industry experience required
- Working knowledge of Final Cut Pro Studio and all of its components (LiveType, Compressor, etc).
- Ability to capture, edit, and export footage from a variety of standard and high definition sources, as well as from hand-held gaming devices.
- 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.
- Intermediate knowledge of Photoshop CS is preferred

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.