GAMEPLAY CAMERA DESIGNER

Location – Remote, Flexible

CREATE AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE

• Join a studio with 20+ year history of developing AAA franchises games and a team who encourages continuous learning and professional growth
• Become an integral part of a recently created team who has shipped multiple AAA blockbusters across XB1, PS4, and PC
• Help build a completely original story in a new world that gamers can play in for years to come

MAKE AN IMPACT

• Strategically place cameras so that the scenes are impactful and purposeful, while still being highly interactive
• Ensure that both camera function and cinematic presentation maintain high-quality gameplay
• Work on custom level cameras and cinematic transitions to ensure a player's?smooth and seamless journey through a rich and epic narrative experience 
• Collaborate with highly technical designers who can help with and train on the technical implementation
• Partner with System designers to ensure coordination between gameplay systems and their on-screen representation  
• Conceptualize, present, and execute ideas within a schedule, while actively participating in technical and design problem solving 
• Coordinate directly with representatives of multiple departments to solve design challenges, create exceptional narrative storytelling, remove production bottlenecks and clearly communicate design needs 
• Evaluate and initiate processes, tools, and camera features pertaining to title/franchise specific camera design

SHOW US YOUR SKILLS

• Gameplay Camera Designer with professional experience working with a highly collaborative cross-department game development team 
• Proven ability placing cameras/shooting interactive scenes and a deep understanding of cinematography concepts and their application to games
• Portfolio or clips of work that showcases gameplay camera design contributions (focus here is gameplay and cinematics, not just cinematics)
• Experience within commercial and/or proprietary game engines
• Proficient in at least one core animation tool (ideally Maya) so that there is an understanding of how to animate a camera in it

BONUS POINTS 

• Shipped a 3rd person action-adventure title
• Professional experience in Unreal Engine 
• Prior experience animating cameras in Maya