Cinematic Artist

4 Months ago • All levels • VFX

Job Summary

Job Description

Creative Assembly Sofia seeks a Cinematic Artist to create in-game trailers and cutscenes for Total War. Collaborating with various teams, you'll design 3D scenes in Unreal/Unity, work with animators on motion capture, utilize in-engine tools, and contribute to tool development. Responsibilities include creating assets (screenshots to trailers), collaborating on shoots, and working with cinematic animators and programmers. Strong storytelling, cinematography, and 3D skills are crucial, along with proficiency in Adobe Premiere, After Effects, and Photoshop.
Must have:
  • Film language understanding
  • Storytelling & cinematography skills
  • 3D scene creation in Unreal/Unity
  • Adobe Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop
  • Character animation knowledge
Good to have:
  • Photography experience
  • 3D generalist experience
  • Lighting and post-processing
  • Motion graphics
  • Formal art training
Perks:
  • Additional medical & dental insurance
  • Extra holiday allowance
  • Annual bonus
  • Career development
  • Free breakfast
  • Studio parties
  • Wellbeing support
  • Public transportation card
  • Monthly food vouchers
  • Hybrid working option

Job Details

Description

This is a fantastic opportunity to be a key member of the Creative Assembly Sofia, Bulgaria cinematic team and create amazing in-game trailers and cutscenes for Total War. 
 You will be working closely with Cinematic Lead, Development and Marketing teams to create stunning cinematic cut-scenes, trailers and motion graphics for all our current and upcoming Total War products. This is an exciting position to work within a strong and established team. 
 
Please note that applications for this role must include a portfolio/showreel (attached or as a link) and applications without such will not be considered. 
 
Key Responsibilities 
 
As part of the cinematic team, you will be expected to work both independently and in a team. 
 
You will collaborate with, and work alongside, R&D/tools Programmers, Animators and Artists. This will include: demonstrating strong knowledge of cinema shot types, scene compositions and storytelling, to implement these into created projects. You need to have the ability to create 3D scenes and implement them in a game engine; such as Unreal/Unity. 
 
On a day-to-day basis you will:
  • Create assets of varying sizes, from screenshots to character-driven trailers
  • Work closely with our cinematic animators to help plan and execute shoots in our motion capture studio
  • Use our bespoke in-engine cinematic toolset to lay out scenes, animate cameras and set up lighting and VFX
  • Work with our tools programmers to help develop features and functionality 
Knowledge, Skill and Experience 
Essential
  • Understanding of film language, the principles of story-telling structure, cinematography and editing
  • An eye for for scene composition, blocking, camera animation and lighting
  • Scriptwriting and storyboarding skills
  • Understanding of character animation
  • Knowledge of working with Adobe Premiere, After Effects and Photoshop
  • Experience using a graph editor for animation
  • Strong 3D package skills e.g. 3DSMax / Maya / Blender
  • Experience with Unreal / Unity timeline editors or similar
  • Good written English 
Desirable
  • Photography Experience
  • 3D Generalist Experience
  • Photoshop and After Effects
  • Working experience with lighting and post-processing
  • Motion Graphics
  • Formal Art training
  • Experience modding or with game engines e.g. Unreal Engine
  • Filming, directing, sound recording and shoot-planning for traditional video
  • A love for computer games, ideally Total War 

About Creative Assembly
 
Creative Assembly crafts deep and detailed games that last, entertaining millions of players across the globe for decades.
 
We are all game makers and we care deeply about the experiences we create.
 
We empower our teams to make significant contributions to our games, supported by skills development and growth opportunities.
We are located in Horsham, UK and Sofia, Bulgaria.We offer many benefits to support you and your family including:

  • Additional medical and dental health insurance for you, your partner and kids, life insurance, and free health care screening
  • Additional holiday allowance plus full studio closure over the Christmas and New Year period, as all Bulgarian Bank holidays
  • Annual discretionary studio bonus
  • Defined career development pathways and personalised training support including; SEGA Dev Day, internal masterclasses, prestigious creative workshops, on-site training with renowned specialists and global conference attendance
  • Public transportation card
  • Monthly food vouchers
  • Wellbeing support with an employee assistance programme
  • Free games and merchandise plus access to our extensive games library
  • Free breakfast every day - toast, cereals, yoghurts, fresh fruit, soft drinks and more in our fully stocked kitchen
  • Options for subscribing to additional health, wellness and sports services
  • Office massages
  • Studio parties for you and your family; such as our Summer and Christmas parties, Children’s day party, wrap parties for game releases
  • Our studio sites have disabled access.
  • Hybrid working option

We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief.
 
Note to Recruitment Agencies: SEGA Europe Limited and our studios do not accept unsolicited candidate introductions from unauthorised third parties. For the avoidance of doubt, SEGA Europe is not liable for any fees, compensation or any other costs associated with the introduction of a candidate or recruitment services unless and until an agreement has been duly executed. Further details can be found here.

Similar Jobs

Sandbox VR - Retail Associate

Sandbox VR

St. Louis, Missouri, United States (On-Site)
2 Years ago
KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS - Animator

KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS

Tokyo, Japan (On-Site)
8 Months ago
SEGA - Principal Animator

SEGA

Horsham, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
Cygames - Motion Capture Studio Staff / Tokyo

Cygames

Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Crystal Dynamics - Animation Director

Crystal Dynamics

United States (Hybrid)
4 Weeks ago
Scanline VFX - Senior Compositor

Scanline VFX

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Hybrid)
4 Months ago
playrix  - Lead VFX Artist

playrix

Cyprus (Remote)
9 Months ago
tures studios - VFX Artist

tures studios

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Hybrid)
2 Months ago
big red button - Senior Visual Effects Technical Artist

big red button

California, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Unseen Inc - VFX Artist

Unseen Inc

Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (On-Site)
1 Year ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Similar Skill Jobs

Jagex - Senior Animator

Jagex

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)
2 Months ago
Sandbox VR - Brand Ambassador

Sandbox VR

Singapore (On-Site)
9 Months ago
Rockstar Games - Senior Technical Artist: Performance Capture

Rockstar Games

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom (On-Site)
2 Months ago
cold symmetry  - Character Animator

cold symmetry

(Remote)
6 Months ago
frozenbyte games - Game Developer

frozenbyte games

Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (On-Site)
4 Weeks ago
AGBO - Animator

AGBO

Los Angeles, California, United States (Remote)
3 Months ago
room8 - 3D Animator, Middle

room8

Bulgaria (On-Site)
8 Months ago
Rockstar Games - Senior Production Coordinator: Motion Capture

Rockstar Games

New York, New York, United States (On-Site)
3 Months ago
747 Studios - Compositing & Motion Graphics Artist - After Effects - AI Skills

747 Studios

Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany (Hybrid)
4 Weeks ago
lucas films - Animation Lead

lucas films

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (On-Site)
1 Month ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Jobs in Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria

SEGA - Lead Technical Animator

SEGA

Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria (Hybrid)
2 Months ago
room8 - Unreal Engine Cinematic Artist (Trailer Production)

room8

Bulgaria (On-Site)
8 Months ago
Sega (UK) - Senior Environment Artist

Sega (UK)

Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria (Hybrid)
2 Months ago
DraftKings - Senior Software Engineer

DraftKings

Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria (Hybrid)
2 Months ago
Tide - Transaction Monitoring Analyst

Tide

Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria (On-Site)
2 Months ago
Progress - DevOps Engineer

Progress

Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria (Hybrid)
2 Months ago
DraftKings - Senior Software Engineer, Automation

DraftKings

Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria (On-Site)
1 Month ago
CyberArk - Software Engineer

CyberArk

Bulgaria (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Sega (UK) - QA Associate Functionality Tester

Sega (UK)

Bulgaria (Hybrid)
2 Months ago
Tide - Product Design Manager

Tide

Bulgaria (Remote)
4 Weeks ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

VFX Jobs

After zvfx studios - FX Artist

After zvfx studios

Kolkata, West Bengal, India (On-Site)
1 Year ago
Scanline VFX - Lighting Artist

Scanline VFX

Seoul, South Korea (Hybrid)
4 Months ago
Cloud Imperium Games - Cinematic Lighting Artist

Cloud Imperium Games

Manchester, England, United Kingdom (On-Site)
2 Months ago
Kojima - VFX Artist / VFX Artist

Kojima

Minato City, Tokyo, Japan (On-Site)
3 Months ago
playrix  - Principal VFX Artist

playrix

Cyprus (Remote)
9 Months ago
Future Works - Houdini FX Artist

Future Works

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (On-Site)
1 Month ago
playrix  - Senior VFX Artist

playrix

Cyprus (Remote)
9 Months ago
Behaviour Interactive - Senior Cinematic Artist

Behaviour Interactive

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
Track VFX - Vancouver | Matchmove Artist | Senior

Track VFX

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (On-Site)
10 Months ago
Xentrix studios - Visual FX – Artist

Xentrix studios

India (On-Site)
8 Months ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

About The Company

Horsham, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)

Horsham, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)

Horsham, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)

Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria (Hybrid)

Horsham, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)

Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria (On-Site)

Horsham, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)

Horsham, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)

Horsham, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)

Horsham, England, United Kingdom (On-Site)

View All Jobs

Get notified when new jobs are added by creative assembly

Level Up Your Career in Game Development!

Transform Your Passion into Profession with Our Comprehensive Courses for Aspiring Game Developers.

Job Common Plug