Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery… the stuff dreams are made of.

Who We Are…

When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD’s vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what’s next…

From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

Associate Artist

About the position:

Avalanche, a division of WB Games Inc., is looking for an Associate Environment Technical Artist with strong Unreal, and environment development experience to join our Salt Lake City studio. You will be part of a versatile tech-art team working with the latest technology developing a AAA title. You will develop and improve solutions helping our studio work more efficiently and raising the quality bar with a focus on environment development and optimization.

Responsibilities:

• Work with a great team focusing on technical aspects of environment troubleshooting and optimization within Unreal

• Support artists in proper workflow and best practices

• Stay abreast of current next gen technology and look for ways to incorporate new techniques to enhance visual quality and performance in our environments using Unreal

• Create, troubleshoot and maintain Unreal blueprints and blutilities.

• Seek out opportunities for optimization and workflow improvements

• Work as a team with programmers, artists and other technical artists

• Content integration in Unreal Engine

Qualifications:

• Strong Unreal 4 foundation; integration and optimization of content, and blueprints

• Preferred at least 2 published games, student projects are acceptable

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills

• Passion for creating and maintaining high end environments

• Desire to learn and understand performance optimizations

• Knowledge of asset authoring packages including Maya

• Able to work with the tech art team and art lead to meet deadlines while setting a professional and collaborative tone

• Knowledge of Python a plus

How We Get Things Done…

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

Championing Inclusion at WBD

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.

If you’re a qualified candidate and you require adjustments or accommodations to search for a job opening or apply for a position, please contact us at recruitadmin@wbd.com.