Cinematics Director

• You are passionate about pushing storytelling with stylized animation and game
  cinematics with a focus on what they mean to our audience.
• You are an excellent communicator and can work with many different internal and
  external teams with ease.
• You prefer telling people what to do but can also explain how to do it.
• You scope aggressively, finding fulfillment in efficiently delivering top-tier content within
  an established budget.
• You are a positive, proactive problem solver, leading by example and contributing to the
  studio culture by giving to the team artistically and holistically.
• You can work with complete autonomy but find it deeply satisfying to collaborate.
• You believe your contributions should serve the broader player experience above pure
  aesthetic goals.
• If you were/are a painter, you are more satisfied by the emotions your paintings evoke
  than how much they sell for.

• Source, vet, hire and work with external teams and vendors
• Partner with internal and external teams to make creatively complex cinematics, emotes, main-menu animation loops, character select poses and more.
• You will clearly communicate a narrative and cinematic vision to a team, project and stakeholders providing direction and feedback to see it through to completion.
• Collaborate with engineering, technical art and animation to define and iterate cinematic pipelines, tools, and content standards.
• Develop and streamline processes for sending, receiving, reviewing content, and providing feedback with external teams and vendors.
• Partner with narrative writers and game leadership to aid, when necessary, in the development of compelling cinematic stories.
• Uphold excellent work practices, team health and positive culture on the team including vendors and speak up when it is not being upheld.
• Work with studio leadership and ProbablyMonsters marketing staff to create exciting promotional material for our game and IP.
• Playtest every day and give feedback, even on non-art related work.

• Cinematics leadership experience on game teams, preferably narrative-driven, character-focused games.
• Proven record of accomplishment in leading and managing external teams and vendors to success.
• Adaptability to the latest technology in your discipline.
• Several years' experience working in a leadership capacity within a game studio.
• Demonstrated experience in artist workflows, tools, and pipelines ideally including hands-on experience in more than one art field.

PREFERRED SKILLS:

• IP incubation experience.
• Have shipped AA/AAA video games in a leadership role.
• Have worked within pre-rendered or in-game and shipped cinematics.
• Unreal engine experience.
• Experience with Latin American based game development studios.

• We provide a rich benefits package:
  • Medical Coverage - health, dental, and vision paid at 100% for the employee and dependents are subsidized by the Company.
  • Healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life, and AD&D insurance.
  • 401(k) with an annual contribution by the Company.
  • Paid holidays and vacation, bereavement leaves, and parental leave.

• This is a full-time, benefits-eligible, exempt (salaried) position.
• The full salary range for this position is $197,000 - $306,000 per year. The upper third of the salary range is typically reserved for existing employees who demonstrate strong performance over time. When an offer is made, many factors are considered, such as your unique experience and skills, where you live, where the work will be performed, what similar jobs pay and internal equity.
• In addition to base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for additional incentives, such as short- and long-term incentives. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed.