SENIOR CINEMATIC DESIGNER

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Cinematic Designer to bridge the gap between cinematics and in-game systems to help create a visually compelling story experience. In this role, you will be crafting cinematic dialogue scenes, cinevents (scripted events), and vistas (environmental camera shots).

Responsibilities

• Work with Cinematic Leadership, Narrative, Design, and technical partners to construct the visual storytelling of cinematic dialogue scenes, cinevents, vistas, and other cinematic design elements.
• Set up and maintain cinematic content from layout to final implementation using Unreal Engine 5.
• Collaborate with Story Design to implement cinematic moments into mission flow, ensuring smooth transitions from cinematic content into gameplay and vice-versa.
• Help identify moments to enhance the player experience within the story using cinematic elements.
• Work with Production and Cinematic Leadership to identify required asset creation for cinematic content, including but not limited to cinematic animation, VFX, and audio.
• Refine pipelines and tooling for Cinematic Design, ensuring coordination with the cutscene team where processes overlap.
• Validate and test cinematic content in both PIE and client to ensure bugs are reported and addressed early.
• Prototype and pitch new ideas, pipelines, and better workflows.
• Document workflows and best practices.

Requirements

• 4+ years of cinematic in-games experience.
• 2+ years of design-related experience.
• 2+ years of Unreal Engine experience.
• At least one shipped title using Unreal Engine.

Skills

• Working knowledge of UE tooling, including but not limited to: Sequencer, blueprints and visual scripting, and statetrees.
• Able to collaborate with engineering, tools, and tech art teams to find good technical solutions.
• Portfolio demonstrating a thorough understanding of choreography, timing, editing, and design, with an emphasis on telling heartfelt character stories.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate, taking direction from stakeholders on the needs of the scene.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Autodesk Maya.
• Good storyboarding skills.

Benefits

• Supplemental medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance plans.
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP).
• 401K program with company match after 12 months of tenure.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) on the HDHP plan.
• SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions.
• Corporate discount savings program and other discounts.
• On-demand training program.
• Access to certification prep, technical and leadership courses/books/seminars after 6+ months of tenure.
• Certification discounts and perks for associations including CompTIA and IIBA.
• Dedicated customer service team for consultants and a certified Career Coach.

Location: United States (Remote) | Work Type: Contract