Technical artist Jobs in Costa Mesa, CA

Your Mission

At Blizzard, we craft genre‑defining games and legendary worlds for all to share. Through unparalleled creativity and storytelling, we create immersive universes and iconic characters that are beloved across platforms, borders, backgrounds, and generations – only made possible by building a work environment that cultivates the artistry of game development and unleashes the aspirations of our people.

We are looking for a Concept Artist – Storyboards to help craft a new, unannounced game for Blizzard. As a key member of the development team, you will be responsible for delivering a high volume of storyboard content—storyboards, beat boards, and keyframes—that bring narrative moments to life and clarify cinematic intent for the broader team. You are highly fluent in sequential storytelling and understand how composition, timing, rhythm, and staging guide an audience through a moment. You are comfortable operating in a dynamic environment, navigating fluid deadlines and changing priorities with purpose, and translating abstract ideas, scripts, music, and narrative direction into clear, actionable storyboards.

This role is a hybrid work position, with some work on‑site and some work from home. The home studio for this role is Irvine, CA.

Responsibilities

Priorities can often change in a fast‑paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:

• Create high‑quality storyboards, beat boards, and keyframes that define cinematic flow, camera language, and emotional pacing.
• Translate scripts, music, narrative beats, and creative direction into clear visual sequences.
• Collaborate with the Art Director, Creative Director, Production, and cross‑disciplinary partners to align storyboard work with overall vision and execution needs.
• Support narrative mission content, cinematics, trailers, and presentations through strong visual storytelling.
• Iterate quickly based on feedback while maintaining clarity, intent, and visual cohesion.
• Prepare clean, readable storyboard packages suitable for cross‑disciplinary use.
• Participate in reviews and provide thoughtful, constructive feedback when appropriate.
• Maintain organized files, naming conventions, and workflows that integrate smoothly into production pipelines.

Minimum Requirements

Experience

• 5+ years of professional experience in concept art, storyboarding, or visual development.
• Proven experience delivering storyboards for cinematics, trailers, live events, or experiential media.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively within teams and foster productive partnerships across all departments.
• Demonstrated ability to inspire colleagues through an enthusiastic approach to game development and a commitment to continuous improvement of core skills.
• Ability to take initiative and manage responsibilities independently, demonstrating strong ownership and accountability.
• Experienced and knowledgeable player of a wide range of games; able to use this expertise to enhance creative decisions in game development.

Knowledge and Skills

• Strong understanding of composition, camera language, staging, timing, rhythm, and visual continuity.
• Ability to communicate ideas clearly through sequential art and visual storytelling.
• Experience working collaboratively within multidisciplinary creative teams.
• Comprehensive understanding of major aspects of concept art creation for games and ability to contribute hands‑on production work.
• Familiarity with production pipelines and best practices for file organization and deliverable handoff.

Key Attributes

• A team‑oriented approach to your work, understanding the importance of collaboration and partnering with all departments.
• Comfort operating in early development and R&D environments, translating ambiguity into clear, actionable visual sequences.
• Self‑motivated ability to execute on initiatives with strong ownership and accountability.
• The ability to inspire others with an enthusiastic approach to game development and improving core skills.

Extra Points

• Experience working through early development R&D phases of a project.
• Ability to stretch into other areas of concept art when opportunities arise.
• Passion for playing a variety of video games.

Required Application Materials

• Portfolio link or attachment showcasing storyboard and sequential storytelling work (e.g., storyboards, beat boards, keyframes, animatics).

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 innovate 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 videogame 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 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 $34.28 - $63.42 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.