Senior Game Designer - UFC (Cinematics)

EA SPORTS is one of the most iconic brands in entertainment – connecting hundreds of millions around the world to the sports they love through a portfolio of industry-leading video games.

The EA SPORTS UFC franchise offers the electrifying spectacle and entertainment of MMA for over 20 million players across the globe. It delivers fluid and responsive mixed martial arts through inventive gameplay technology.

Located in Vancouver, British Columbia, the EA SPORTS UFC team is on a mission to become the world's greatest fighting game. If you're passionate about building immersive digital entertainment, this is the role of a lifetime.

If you're passionate about your craft, this is a role of a lifetime.

What you’ll do...

• Reporting to the Creative Director you’ll be crafting and implementing real-time cinematics from the ground up.
• Work with Directors and a other Cine Artists to achieve the overall creative direction of the scenes.
• Assist in shaping the pipelines and processes required to deliver high-quality cinematics, from pre-vis through to completed shots.
• Crafting, creating, tuning and implementing cameras in game engine.
• Implementing and building cinematic scenes- blocking in characters, cameras and props.
• Collaborate with multiple disciplines including Animation, Art, Audio, Tech, and Level Design to ensure the needs of the scenes are communicated and maintained.
• Assist with the prepping of mocap and performance capture shoots.
• Be able to predict dependencies and production requirements and successfully communicate those requirements to the team.
• Be a champion for our story and characters. Convey emotions through cinematic cameras and bring creative solutions to strengthen the scenes.

Ideally, you will have...

• 5+ years of professional experience in a relevant field (previs, layout, game cinematics)
• A strong understanding of visual storytelling, cinematography, editing, and scene composition.
• Ability to quickly communicate ideas for a fast, early iteration
• Solid working knowledge of Game Development Engines (Frostbite/Unreal/Unity), Maya, MotionBuilder, and professional editing software (After Effects/Premiere).
• Experience with body and facial performance capture pipelines.
• Comprehensive understanding of the principles of animation.
• Background in photography or cinematography is a plus.