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.

Your Impact: 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

How you can match:

• 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

Nice to have:

• 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

Studio Benefits:

• Flexible working hours
• Health and dental care package
• Life insurance
• Additional paid leave
• Full studio closure over the Christmas and New Year period
• Employee assistance programme
• Food vouchers
• Annual studio bonus
• Learning and development trainings, internal masterclasses and global conferences
• Free games and merchandise
• Breakfast and fruits at the office
• Office massages

What's next?

1. Recruitment catch-up call. 2. Shortlisted candidates will receive an assignment to complete. 3. Further, successfull candidates go through two interview rounds with the extended cinematics team.

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