Unreal Engine Cinematic Technical Director

1 Month ago • All levels • Game Engine

Job Summary

Job Description

DIGIC Pictures is seeking a Cinematic TD to be a key player in creating stunning, functional, and optimized cinematics. This role involves collaborating with artists, animators, and developers to ensure smooth production from previs to final render. You will be responsible for technical aspects of sequences, asset flow, and performance, whether in real-time or pre-rendered workflows. The job requires troubleshooting asset issues, building sequences, optimizing lighting, and supporting artists throughout various production phases, including previz, animatic, lighting, and FX. You will also collaborate with developers on custom Unreal Engine tools and workflows, and optimize lighting and render settings for real-time performance and MRQ quality.
Must have:
  • Technical knowledge of Unreal Engine (Sequencer, MRQ, Path Tracing, Lighting tools)
  • Experience setting up and maintaining Maya scenes for animation
  • Ability to bridge technology and creativity
  • Proficiency in identifying and resolving asset errors, memory, and performance bottlenecks
  • Organized, proactive, and focused on efficient workflows
  • Experience in in-game or engine-based cinematics
Good to have:
  • Production experience in AAA game or cinematic pipelines
  • Familiarity with Perforce, mocap pipelines, or animation export/import workflows
  • Coding/scripting knowledge (Python/MEL/Blueprints/etc.)
  • Problem-solving skills for subtle technical issues
Perks:
  • Talented, collaborative team
  • Workflow where input matters
  • Flexibility with home office
  • Inspiring studio location
  • Opportunities on high-profile projects
  • Environment where tech meets creativity

Job Details


Are you the go-to person when tech hits a snag? Do you love solving puzzles in creative workflows and making tools that make people’s lives easier? If you're fluent in Unreal and Maya, and thrive where artistry meets technical precision – you might be exactly who we’re looking for!

About the Role

At DIGIC Pictures, the Cinematic TD is a key player in making our stunning cinematics not just beautiful, but functional and optimized. You’ll be right in the middle of production – collaborating with artists, animators, and developers – making sure everything runs smoothly from previs to final render. Your work ensures that sequences are technically solid, assets are flowing correctly, and everything from mocap to FX behaves as it should, whether we’re rendering in real-time or pre-rendered workflows.
If you’ve ever debugged an asset, built a sequence, optimized a lighting setup, and still had time to help someone troubleshoot their crash at 5 PM – you’re probably already doing half this job.

Responsibilities


What will be your day-to-day?

• Assemble and maintain UE sequencer and Maya animation scenes based on storymatic or briefs
• Import, update, and manage mocap, performance capture, animation, FX, and lighting data
• Troubleshoot technical issues across the cinematic pipeline
• Ensure all scene and asset data meets project-specific and hardware performance specs
• Support cinematic artists through previz, animatic, lighting, and FX phases
• Collaborate with developers to create and test custom UE tools and workflows
• Optimize lighting and render settings for real-time performance and MRQ quality
• Keep the whole technical side of a cinematic pipeline on track from beginning to end

Essential skills


You’re the one we’re looking for if:

• You have solid technical knowledge of Unreal Engine – especially Sequencer, MRQ, Path Tracing, Lighting tools
• You’re comfortable setting up and maintaining Maya scenes for animation
• You love being the bridge between tech and creativity
• You’re not afraid to dig into asset errors or memory/performance bottlenecks
• You’re organized, proactive, and like to get things working – and working well
• You have experience in in-game or engine-based cinematics

Desirable skills


Nice to have:

• Production experience in AAA game or cinematic pipelines
• Familiarity with Perforce, mocap pipelines, or animation export/import workflows
• Some coding/scripting knowledge (Python/MEL/Blueprints/etc.)
• A love for solving problems that others don’t even notice yet

What we offer


What we offer:

• A talented, collaborative team and a workflow where your input really matters
• Flexibility with home office and an inspiring studio in Graphisoft Park
• Opportunities to work on high-profile projects for the biggest names in games
• An environment where tech meets creativity and no two days are quite the same

🎮🎬 If you’re ready to make cinematic magic happen behind the scenes – let’s talk!

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A DIGIC a világ élmezőnyébe tartozó animációs stúdió, ahol a díjnyertes Netflixes és Amazonos sorozatokat és világhírű videojátékok trailereit és átvezető filmjeit készítjük. A digitális filmkészítés atmoszférájába itt tudsz betekinteni: https://www.youtu...

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