Senior Cinematic Designer

4 Days ago • 4-8 Years

About the job

SummaryBy Outscal

Senior Cinematic Designer needed for Unreal Engine game development, specializing in blockout and first-pass cinematics. Must have deep understanding of cinematic language, proficiency in Unreal Engine and Sequencer, and experience with Motion Builder. Collaboration with animation, art, and design teams is crucial.

About the job

We are Fool’s Theory, a company from Bielsko-Biała in Poland, creators of the game Seven: The Days Long Gone and The Thaumaturge.
We are actively seeking skilled individuals to join our team to work on a project developed in cooperation with CD PROJEKT RED.

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Senior Cinematic Designer to join our Cinematics team. In this role you will build blockout and first-pass cinematics based on the requirements of gameplay and level design. You will ensure that all cinematics are authored and maintained consistently throughout the project, from initial integration to final production delivery.

You will become a member of a content team responsible for crafting a compelling cinematic experience in our game.

Sounds interesting? Get in touch with us!

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with Animation, Art, and Design to build exciting cinematics.
  • Build high quality blockout cinematics in Unreal.
  • Process and integrate character animations, visual effects, and camera work.
  • Independently maintain and handle cinematics in a highly iterative environment.
  • Consult on the planning of cinematic team goals.
  • Troubleshoot problems in a collaborative and communicative way.
  • Champion the development and refinement of cinematic tools and workflows.
  • Supervise members of the team and coach them to success through reviews and mentorship.
  • In addition to core responsibilities, you will be encouraged to take ownership of key features with minimal direction, in support of the Cinematic Design Lead and the Cinematics team.

Requirements

  • Deep understanding of cinematic language, camera work and editing.
  • Excellent proficiency in Unreal Engine and Sequencer.
  • Knowledge of Motion Builder.
  • Open mind and willingness to discuss and learn
  • Takes initiative, anticipating team needs and producing appropriate solutions.
  • Proactive demeanour and strong problem-solving skills.

Nice to have:

  • Knowledge of composition and cinematography, with the ability to analyse and apply these principles.
  • Takes initiative to do creative cross-departmental brainstorming.
  • Experience in non-linear storytelling.
  • Experience with Adobe Premiere.
  • Knowledge of lighting and colour theory.

We offer

  • A key role in the process of developing current and future projects.
  • Opportunity to work on a cool project in cooperation with CD PROJEKT RED.
  • Flexible working hours (core hours 10:00-16:00).
  • Possibility to work remotely (from anywhere with a time zone difference of -/+ 2 hours from GMT+1) or in our office in Bielsko-Biała.
  • Long-term contracts - we are looking for people for more than one project.
  • Working in a group of experienced specialists, often gamedev veterans, who are willing to share their knowledge.
  • Custom tools to automate boring, repetitive stuff.
  • Working with modern tools from leading technology suppliers (e.g. Jetbrains), as well as with our proprietary solutions.
  • Support in industry training courses, conferences and fairs participation (both as a participant or speaker).
  • Private medical insurance (Enel-med).
  • Access to MyBenefit platform with a possibility to co-finance a Multisport Card.
  • Psychological support.

About The Company

We're a collective of AAA veterans who decided to take a break from big productions and find refuge in the mountains of southern Poland. In the past, we've contributed our skills to the critical and commercial successes of games such as The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt or Baldur's Gate 3.


It's our goal to create immersive, story-rich games. From the very beginning of our studio, we focused on creating unique RPG experiences. We're players at heart and deliver the type of games we'd love to play ourselves.


OUR GAMES – The Thaumaturge | Seven: The Days Long Gone

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