Studio: Firesprite
Job Opening: Senior Cinematic Designer
Location: Liverpool, England, UK
Type: Full-Time
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.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Excellent proficiency in Unreal Engine and Sequencer.
- Experience in cinematic creation using character animation, cameras, and editing.
- Fastidious, well-organized, and detail-focused.
- Excellent cinematic literacy.
- Work well with others and embrace different approaches to different problems.
- Takes initiative, anticipating team needs and producing appropriate solutions.
- Proactive demeanor and strong problem-solving skills.
- Excellent knowledge of cinematic workflows for narrative games.
Desirable skills:
- Knowledge of 3D Modelling, animation, and camera animation.
- Knowledge of composition and cinematography, with the ability to analyze and apply these principles.
- Experience with multitrack video/audio editing.
- Visual Scripting Knowledge.
- Experience in crafting tool requests and prototypes.
- Mentoring and coaching experience in a professional environment.
- Candidates should provide links to portfolio work in games/animation if available.
