Matte Painting Job opening | Blizzard Cinematics

[Berube]

Fellow Matte Painting Artists,

In the case you haven't seen, Blizzard Cinematics USA is looking to fill the following positions in their cutting edge team.

Matte Painting Artist:
http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company...tml?id=12000BT

Senior Matte Painting Artist:
http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company...tml?id=12000BU

If your demo reel and online portfolio meet the requirements, you can send me an email at berube at blizzard dot com.

Best of luck!!

-J

[Kaioshen]

That would be an amazing experience, sadly though, I don't fit some of the requirements. Good luck to the rest of the guys though, it would be awesome!

[zdood]

Thanks for posting! I'm definitely not ready to apply for a position like this but good to know what the requirements are.

[Kaioshen]

Hey Jonathan,

For the minimum 2 year experience requirement, is that pretty much set in stone? Or would companies/studios allow you to work around that if your demo reel/portfolio was good enough? I'm sure it would also depend on your knowledge of certain things as well.

Not sure if it's a stupid question or not, but I have zero experience with this kind of stuff. Always interested to find out more about the business I'm heading in to.

Bobby

[Scharb]

Hi Berube,
thank you for info as well. Work at Blizzard Cinematics would be really fabulous, I have to say I am a big fan of Blizzard Entertainment since childhood.

That's interesting one of requirements is oil painting, but I understand. Coincidentally, I began paint with acrylics and oils this December, so that is great to know, it will be worth to work hard, and learn them well.

So, good luck to others with this opportunity .

[Berube]

Hi Kaioshen,

Good question! In our case, the two years minimum experience is more targeted at experience working with a team, making bids and and technical pipeline proficiency. Which are facets of your ability a bit aside from the portfolio quality.

Now, a good strong portfolio will always open doors for you regardless of your experience, though perhaps more for a junior entry level seat. Good companies hardly ever pass on upcoming talents.

How we define how an opening is for a junior or senior level candidates has often to do with budgeting or simply how demanding the upcoming production schedule is.

Good tips to land a job could be to always have a polish portfolio available online and post your signed work everywhere you can and always strive to make your last piece better than the one before and the telephone should ring soon after.

Hope this help!

-J