Title: Animator, Gameplay - Overwatch | Irvine, CA Location: Irvine United States Job Description: Team Name: Job Title: Animator, Gameplay - Overwatch | Irvine, CA Requisition ID: R027395 Job Description: Blizzard Entertainment is seeking a Gameplay Animator to join the Overwatch development team in Irvine, CA! As a key member of the development team, you will be responsible for bringing characters to life with your animation skills, collaborating with designers and engineers, and innovating our animation pipeline. If you're passionate about animation and eager to contribute to an iconic game, we want to hear from you! This role offers a flexible hybrid work week, with a mix of remote and on-site days, based out of our Irvine, CA. While hybrid is the standard arrangement, candidates may also choose to work on-site fulltime if preferred. Responsibilities - Create high-quality gameplay animations for real-time characters and in-game assets. - Support the development of hero animation style guides, prototypes, and other early visualization work. - Collaborate closely with artists, designers, and engineers to ensure animation assets support gameplay and technical requirements. - Partner with the lead animator and other team members to improve animation workflows, tools, and pipeline processes. - Participate in team reviews, feedback sessions, and creative discussions as part of the broader Overwatch team. Minimum Requirements - 5+ years of experience in game development, with a focus on character animation using Maya or a similar 3D animation package. - Strong understanding of animation fundamentals and how they apply to responsive, expressive gameplay. - Ability to create clear, appealing character performances that support gameplay readability and design intent. - Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in a cross-disciplinary team. Bonus Points - Experience shipping at least one game as an animator. - Experience working in Unreal Engine or a similar game engine. - Experience animating first-person / viewmodel animation - Familiarity with related disciplines such as rigging, modelling, VFX, 2D animation, technical art, or pipeline workflows Application / Portfolio requirements - Resume. - Demo reel and shot breakdown demonstrating hand-keyed character animation, including human bipedal movement and other organic forms Your Platform Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, and StarCraft, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), a division of Activision Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences. Blizzard Entertainment has created some of the industry's most critically acclaimed and genre-defining games over the last 30 years, with a track record that includes multiple Game of the Year awards. Blizzard Entertainment engages tens of millions of players around the world with titles available on PC via Battle.net, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android. 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 innovative worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment. We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for 'Every World' - we've got our employees covered! The video game industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners. We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all the qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply. We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to accommodationrequests@activisionblizzard.com. General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics. 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 https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/. In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $29.81 - $55.14 Hourly. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Ultimately, your specific range and offer will be based on several 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. While we strive to provide competitive offers to successful candidates, new hire compensation is negotiable.

Job Title: Senior Animator I, Gameplay - Overwatch | Irvine, CA Location: Irvine United States Job Description: Team Name: Overwatch Requisition ID: R027396 Blizzard Entertainment is seeking a Senior Gameplay Animator to join the Overwatch development team based in Irvine, California. As a key member of the development team, you will play a direct role in shaping the future of our hero roster by driving the end-to-end hero creation process from animation through implementation. In this role, you'll create exceptional gameplay animation and partner closely with designers, engineers, artists, and other collaborators to bring heroes to life and deliver on Overwatch's high-quality bar. This role offers a flexible hybrid work week, with a mix of remote and on-site days, based out of our Irvine, CA. While hybrid is the standard arrangement, candidates may also choose to work on-site full-time if preferred. Responsibilities - Own gameplay animation work across the hero creation process, from early exploration and prototyping through final implementation and polish. - Create high-quality animations for real-time characters that support responsiveness, clarity, personality, and overall gameplay feel. - Drive technical execution for hero content, including rig and pose testing, facial setup, and the creation and implementation of first-person and third-person animations. - Partner closely with design, narrative, concept, tech art, modeling, VFX, sound, engineering, and production to bring heroes to life and ensure they meet Overwatch's quality bar. - Contribute to strike teams, reviews, and playtests, helping solve animation and implementation challenges while balancing gameplay, visual quality, and performance. - Help elevate the team's craft by improving workflows and pipeline processes, providing feedback, and supporting the growth of junior animators. Minimum Requirements - 8+ years of experience in game development with a strong focus on character animation using Maya or a comparable 3D animation package. - Proven ability to create high-quality, hand-keyed gameplay animation that brings clarity, personality, and a strong game feel to real-time characters. - Strong understanding of animation fundamentals and how they apply to gameplay readability, responsiveness, timing, and player experience. - Experience creating third-person character animation for games, with the ability to deliver polished work that supports both gameplay and character identity. - Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work effectively across a highly cross-functional development team. - Proactive, adaptable, and organized approach to development, with the ability to manage time effectively and contribute to a fast-paced, iterative environment. - Positive team-first mindset, with a willingness to incorporate feedback, support others, and help move work forward. - Comfortable working through playtests, reviews, and cross-discipline feedback to refine and improve animation quality. Bonus Points - Experience shipping a AAA game as an animator. - Experience working in Unreal Engine or a similar game engine. - Experience with first-person animation, facial setup, or related animation pipeline workflows. Application / Portfolio requirements - Resume. - Demo reel and shot breakdown demonstrating hand-keyed character animation, including human bipedal movement and other organic forms Your Platform Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, and StarCraft, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. (www.blizzard.com), a division of Activision Blizzard, which was acquired by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences. Blizzard Entertainment has created some of the industry's most critically acclaimed and genre-defining games over the last 30 years, with a track record that includes multiple Game of the Year awards. Blizzard Entertainment engages tens of millions of players around the world with titles available on PC via Battle.net, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android. 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 innovative worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment. We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for 'Every World' - we've got our employees covered! The video game industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners. We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all the qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics. 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. 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. Ultimately, your specific range and offer will be based on several 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. While we strive to provide competitive offers to successful candidates, new hire compensation is negotiable.

Title: Gameplay Engineer Location: Redmond, WA, US Work Type: Remote Job Description: Job#: 3032660 Typical Day in the Role A typical day starts by pulling the latest Minecraft preview build and testing whether your in-progress sample projects still work against it - fixing any breaks from API or format changes. Mid-morning, you dive into focused building: maybe you're creating a mini-game that demonstrates the new custom component system, working in VS Code on TypeScript scripts and JSON definitions, then loading into Minecraft to playtest and iterate. After lunch, you meet with an engineer who walks you through a new world-generation API that's about to ship - you brainstorm what kind of sample would best showcase it and start prototyping a world template. Later in the afternoon, you package up a finished sample project: cleaning up code comments, writing a clear README, testing the setup instructions from scratch, and pushing it to the GitHub repo. If there's time, you might record a quick screen capture walkthrough of the sample to hand off for a video or Learning Portal tutorial. The day-to-day is building things in Minecraft - but with the discipline and polish of shipping reference content that thousands of creators will rely on. - Purpose of the Team: The team supports the Minecraft Creator Platform by building tools and documentation that enable creators to develop custom game content (e.g., mods, scripts, and add-ons). Their work focuses on making it easier for developers to create advanced Minecraft experiences by providing guidance, code samples, and tooling to support content development. - Key projects: This role will contribute to developing code samples and example content (e.g., mini‑games, gameplay scenarios like custom drawbridges/castles) to demonstrate new Minecraft features Candidate Requirements - Disqualifiers: Candidates without experience in gameplay development, game mods/add-ons, or scripting will not be eligible. Individuals primarily focused on programming like C/C++ demonstrated TypeScript or scripting experience may not be a fit and would be a red flag. - Best vs. Average: The ideal resume will include hands-on experience building game content such as mods, add-ons, or extensions (e.g., Minecraft Bedrock/Java, Sims, or similar platforms). Ideal Background of Candidates for this Role: They should have a game designer's eye for making small experiences that are fun and clearly demonstrate a concept, combined with a developer's discipline around code quality, documentation, and version control. Bonus points for candidates who can also produce video walkthroughs or write tutorials - but the non-negotiable is someone who builds excellent Minecraft content. Hard Skills Assessments - Expected Dates that Hard Skills Assessments will be scheduled: NA - Hard Skills Assessment Process: The assessment process will include two rounds. First with the sponsor, second with an FTE developer. - Required Candidate Preparation: A portfolio is preferred to share and show. Summary: The main function of a Gameplay Engineer is to design, develop, and implement applications using general languages and technologies (e.g. - C#, C++, HTML) to support business requirements. Job Responsibilities: - Analyze highly complex business requirements; generate technical specifications to design or redesign complex software components and applications - Act as an expert technical resource for modeling, simulation and analysis efforts - Leverage industry best practices to design, test, implement and support a solution - Assure quality, security and compliance requirements are met for supported area - Be flexible and thrive in an evolving environment - Adapt to change quickly and adjust work accordingly in a positive manner Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required - 2-4 years experience required - Development experience in needed language or technology (e.g. - C#, C++, HTML) - Hands on experience in designing, developing and successful deployment of large scale projects from end-to-end - Hands on experience in following the iterative and agile SDLC Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click here for more details. Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide. Employee Type: Contract Remote: Yes Pay Range: $47 - $51 per hour

Role Description We are looking for a talented Middle/Senior Gameplay Video Artist who can manage the entire production pipeline—from capture and in-engine setup to editing, color grading, and final delivery—across both mobile and PC/console titles. - Gameplay capture: - staged scenes (single/multi) - freecam - HUD off - time controls - bot/squad setups - in-engine gameplay when required - In-engine setup: - Unreal (Sequencer) - Unity (Timeline/Cinemachine) - readiness to jump into proprietary engines (Frostbite/Core/etc.) - Editing & finishing: - pacing - titles/supers - light MoGraph - subtitles/localization - exports per platform - Color: - ACES/HDR→SDR - LUTs - mastering - Adaptations: - 16:9 - 9:16 - 1:1 - 4:5 - cutdowns - thumbnails/GIFs/store assets - UA technical variants Qualifications - Strong UE/Unity, openness to proprietary engines - Mobile + PC/console familiarity; platform/store constraints - Tools: Premiere/Resolve/AE (or equivalents), capture cards/OBS; basic DAW skills - Fast ramp-up on new builds and pipelines; rigorous spec compliance Requirements - In-engine cutscenes (Sequencer/Blueprints, Timeline/C#) - camera rigs - ACES/HDR & color management - Multiplayer capture workflows Recruitment Process - Portfolio Review – to be completed by September 9. - Short Test Assignment – only shortlisted candidates whose portfolios best match the position will receive a test task on September 11. - Interview – candidates who successfully pass the test stage will be invited for an interview.