Technical Animation Director

Activision is a leading worldwide developer, publisher, and distributor of interactive entertainment and products, known for iconic franchises such as Call of Duty®, Crash Bandicoot™, Tony Hawk’s™ Pro Skater™, and Guitar Hero®. The company is developing a new AAA Open World RPG title and is focused on delivering innovative and engaging gaming experiences globally.

• At least 12 years of experience in Computer Animation or related field
• Comfortable with state of the art in computer animation
• Have shipped at least 1 AAA game
• Proficient with code and data optimization
• Experience with DCC tool API in packages like Maya or Motion Builder
• Good knowledge of PySide/PyQt to build tool UIs
• Comprehensive understanding of object-oriented programming
• Excellent math skills
• Good knowledge of CPU and memory architectures
• Solid debugging skills including assembly-level debugging when necessary
• Experience in a Director or leadership role on large AAA productions

Bonus points for:

• Experience with Technical Animation and/or leading a content-focused team in AAA games
• Strong C++ skills
• Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field
• Experience with shader programming languages
• Experience with animation compression and streaming

• Identify and push the character pipeline towards a future-proof iterative structure
• Drive the vision and roadmap for animation systems for the next 5 years and beyond
• Work across disciplines coordinating with artists, animators, technical artists, riggers, programmers, and production
• Collaborate with engineering, design, and art teams globally
• Participate in design, performance, and code review processes
• Proactively identify bottlenecks and introduce future-facing animation solutions
• Empower and lead the team to autonomy to accomplish optimal results within their expertise
• Work with other engineers to actively implement core animation systems

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. Activision is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourages applications from all qualified candidates.