Cinematics Editor

About the role

This position is for temporary engagement through our staffing partner, YOH Enterprise Solutions. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States for this position. This is a hybrid/onsite position.

Responsibilities

• Attend mocap shoots and take detailed performance notes
• Process and ingest video ref and audio capture from the mocap stage
• Create first pass edits based on director feedback from mocap dailies
• Responsible for adding temp music and sound effects at the request of cinematic stakeholders
• Work with Editorial Lead and Cinematic Supervisor to iterate on camera edits. Relay feedback to camera team as needed to facilitate rapid turnaround
• Collaborate with the editorial, animation, and production teams to keep scenes moving forward through our cinematic pipeline
• Deliver locked cinematics to animation. Process face orders, body adjustments, foley deliveries, and Localization handoff

Requirements

We are looking for an Editor to assist the editorial team with cinematics for our upcoming title. As a studio, Naughty Dog strives to make the transition between interactive and scripted content seamless, and our editors are a key position in keeping everyone in sync to make that happen. If you’re a highly-collaborative editor with a passion for telling character-driven stories, we’d love to hear from you!

Skills

• Self-starter who’s incredibly organized and detail oriented a must
• Needs to work well in a high-pressure environment as a member of a team
• Open to feedback and iteration in a collaborative environment
• Thorough knowledge of Adobe Premiere preferred
• Knowledge of various digital video codecs, file formats and encoding preferred

Bonus Skills

• Experience editing motion capture footage
• Post-production experience with live-action—either fiction or documentary
• Experience working at a game studio or vendor, AAA or otherwise