Web Designer

Blizzard Entertainment has an immediate opening for the position of web designer. The ideal candidate is a strong graphic artist who can create exciting website layouts in the Blizzard Entertainment art style and implement them using standards-compliant XHTML/CSS markup. Additionally, experience creating animated, interactive web designs using Adobe Flash and familiarity with web scripting languages such as JavaScript and ActionScript are highly desired. A strong working knowledge of Blizzard games is also needed. Candidates who do not meet all the below requirements but excel in one or more areas listed will be considered.

Requirements

• Strong graphic design skills, artistic sense, and fluency in Photoshop
• Strong XHTML and CSS skills
• Proficiency in creating interactive, animated web designs with Adobe Flash
• Familiarity with web scripting languages such as JavaScript and ActionScript
• Knowledge of browser compatibility issues
• Passion for web design and gaming

• Knowledge of XML/XSLT
• Advanced JavaScript programming ability
• Experience with WAP and coding web pages for mobile devices

No follow-up calls or e-mails, please. This is a full-time position in Irvine, CA, and we do not have any internships or part-time positions available at this time.

Please send a cover letter, resume, and portfolio to: resumes@blizzard.com.

Your portfolio should contain URLs of sites that show your design sense and creativity. Also, as part of the portfolio, please consider creating a Blizzard-related sample layout and implementation (so we can review the coding). The work you submit should demonstrate how you would create a Blizzard-themed page. Examples of appropriate submissions would be a Blizzard product page (such as http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/burningcrusade/) or a page based on some aspect of a Blizzard game (such as http://www.battle.net/war3/nightelf).

You can either provide a URL for us to visit (recommended) or mail a CD-ROM with your cover letter and resume to: