Principal Cinematic Artist

1 Month ago • 7 Years + • Game Story Writing/Narrative Design • Undisclosed

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Job Description

Tencent's Interactive Entertainment Group seeks a Principal Cinematic Artist to lead the creative direction of cinematic storytelling within a AAA Unreal Engine 5 game. Responsibilities encompass collaborating with writers on narrative, creating storyboards, overseeing camera work and actor performances, managing motion capture, and ensuring high production standards across all aspects. The role requires extensive experience in film, animation, or gaming, a deep understanding of Western storytelling, and proficiency in UE5. The successful candidate will guide multiple teams, including art, sound, and outsourced partners, to deliver a cohesive and impactful narrative experience.
Must have:
  • 7+ years experience in film, animation, or gaming as a director
  • Unreal Engine 5 expertise
  • Strong storytelling & cinematography skills
  • Bilingual (Chinese and English)
  • Lead and guide multiple teams

Responsibilities:

Tencent is a world-leading internet and technology company that develops innovative products and services to improve the quality of life of people around the world. Founded in 1998 with its headquarters in Shenzhen China, our guiding principle is to use technology for good.

We are not only a major video game publisher in the world, we also produce other high-quality digital content, enriching interactive entertainment experiences for people around the globe. We offer a range of services such as cloud computing, advertising, FinTech, and other enterprise services to support our clients' digital transformation and business growth.

Interactive Entertainment Group (IEG) is responsible for the R&D, operation, and development of the company's interactive entertainment business including games and eSports. Through online gaming, live broadcasts, and offline eSports, IEG assists the company in leading the global interactive entertainment market to create better interactive entertainment content experiences for users.

1. Work closely with the scriptwriter, responsible for the creative direction of the game story, producing an animated storyboard, taking care of the camera work of the pieces, as well as the actor's performance and editing.

2. Responsible for the game character background story, and character relationships, enriching our game experience.

3. Participate in the full production process, provide performance explanations to the actors/actresses and the production team, supervise motion capture, and work with the team to maintain high standards for performance, editing, acting, and post-production sound, providing feedback and adjustments.

4. Be responsible for the overall game experience in an unreal 5 AAA game real-time running

Requirements:

1. Passionate about games, with a strong creative enthusiasm for narrative-driven performances. Possess over 7 years of experience in the film, animation, or gaming industry as a director.

2. Understand modern Western culture and characters, and way of telling a story. Approach the best game experiences creatively and independently, producing animated storyboards, and supervising their implementation within the game engine.

3. Excellent cinematography work, storytelling techniques, and understanding of the concept of the visual hierarchy and how to lead the player's attention to the story. Excellent sense of aesthetics, be able to create outstanding works in all ways.

4. Participate in and guide motion capture, actor performances, art concept design, 2D and 3D art production teams, music and sound effects, and collaborate with multiple outsourced teams to direct and complete the full production. Make sure the narrative experience performs in conjunction with the game experience.

5. Familiar with the UE5 engine IGC production process, understand the strengths and weaknesses of the engine, and know the full pipeline for cinematic production.

6. Communication Skills, able to accurately express opinions and provide suggestions, possess professional bilingual communication skills in both Chinese and English, and can effectively express and communicate in an English-speaking environment.

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About The Company

Tencent is a world-leading internet and technology company that develops innovative products and services to improve the quality of life of people around the world.


Founded in 1998 with its headquarters in Shenzhen, China, Tencent's guiding principle is to use technology for good. Our communication and social services connect more than one billion people around the world, helping them to keep in touch with friends and family, access transportation, pay for daily necessities, and even be entertained.


Tencent also publishes some of the world's most popular video games and other high-quality digital content, enriching interactive entertainment experiences for people around the globe.


Tencent also offers a range of services such as cloud computing, advertising, FinTech, and other enterprise services to support our clients' digital transformation and business growth.


Tencent has been listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong since 2004.

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