Studio Capture Operator

Brahma; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Brahma is seeking a technically sharp Studio Capture Operator to own day-to-day operations of a permanent AI performance-capture studio in London. The role is on-site, hands-on, and involves studio operations, cinematography, lighting, basic rigging and client-facing direction.

You'll run professional multi-camera setups, solve technical issues and guide contributors through interviews, presentations and performances, with regular travel for location captures and studio launches.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in cinematography or studio production.
• Comfortable operating professional cinema cameras and multi-camera workflows.
• Strong understanding of lighting, framing, exposure and color.

Responsibilities

• Take day-to-day ownership of an assigned studio and ensure it is ready to shoot.
• Prepare and operate professional single- and multi-camera capture systems.
• Configure cameras, exposure, color, frame rate and monitoring.
• Monitor focus, exposure, framing, sync and recording status.
• Identify issues and decide when to re-shoot.
• Maintain safe practices around lighting and rigging.
• Direct contributors through interviews and performances.
• Manage media offload, documentation and handover to downstream teams.
• Test and implement new capture workflows.

Skills

Cinematography

Camera operation

Lighting

Timecode & genlock

Media workflows

Tools

Sony BURANO/FX6

Linux-based workflows

Job description

Studio Capture Operator

About the role

We're looking for a technically sharp, creatively minded Studio Capture Operator to take day-to-day ownership of one of Brahma's permanent AI performance-capture studios in London.

Brahma is building the enterprise content creation platform where human creativity leads and AI amplifies execution, enabling teams to create video, audio, images, avatars, and localized content, securely at scale, in a unified workspace. The captures you run directly feed the models and datasets that power this.

This is a hands-on, primarily on-site role covering studio operations, cinematography, lighting, basic rigging and client-facing direction. You’ll run professional multi-camera systems, solve technical issues and guide contributors through interviews, presentations, scripted material and performance exercises.

Our studios will keep evolving alongside Brahma's technology and model requirements, so you'll work closely with AI artists, engineering, research, production and data teams to test new configurations and improve how the studio runs. This is not a role for someone who only wants to operate a fixed setup. We need someone who is curious, practical and comfortable changing the workflow when required.

The role involves regular travel for location captures, studio launches, and technical support.

Key responsibilities

Studio operations

• Take day-to-day ownership of an assigned studio - organised, maintained and ready to shoot.

• Prepare and operate professional single- and multi-camera capture systems.

• Configure cameras, lenses, exposure, colour, frame rate, shutter, timecode, genlock and monitoring.

• Monitor focus, exposure, framing, sync and recording status throughout each session.

• Identify technical, visual or performance issues early and decide when material needs re-shooting.

• Maintain safe working practices around lighting, grip, mounting, cable management and basic rigging.

Directing contributors

• Make creative decisions on framing, lenses, camera placement, lighting, eyelines and visual consistency.

• Guide contributors through interviews, presentations, scripted material and performance exercises.

• Help subjects feel comfortable and deliver natural, clear, engaging performances.

• Represent Brahma professionally during client sessions, demos and high-profile captures.

Workflow & data

• Manage media, checksum-verified data offload, session documentation and handover to downstream teams.

• Test and implement new workflows as camera technology and capture requirements evolve.

• Work with AI artists, engineering, research, production and data teams to turn technical requirements into reliable capture setups.

• Document tests, findings, limitations and recommended workflow improvements.

Travel & support

• Support location shoots, studio launches and technical testing when required.

Ideal profile

• [5+] years' professional experience in cinematography, studio production, camera operation, broadcast or technical production.

• Highly comfortable operating professional cinema cameras and multi-camera workflows.

• Strong understanding of lighting, framing, lenses, exposure, colour and visual continuity.

• Practical knowledge of timecode, genlock, monitoring and professional media workflows.

• Experience working safely with grip, mounting and basic rigging systems.

• Comfortable directing interviews and working closely with clients, contributors and talent.

• Strong creative judgement and a careful, methodical approach to technical work.

• Able to follow detailed capture standards and respond confidently when requirements change.

• Technically curious, calm and solution-focused under pressure.

• Strong communication skills; comfortable collaborating across creative and technical teams.

• Comfortable learning custom software and working in a Linux-based environment.

Nice to have

• Experience with Sony BURANO, FX6 or comparable cinema-camera systems.

• Experience with AI, facial, performance, volumetric or dataset capture.

• Experience handling large media volumes and checksum-verified data workflows.

• Familiarity with remote camera control, networking, SDK-based workflows or studio automation.

Audio knowledge (mics, wireless systems, recorders) is a bonus but this is not primarily a sound-recordist role.

How the role fits within the team

The Studio Capture Operator owns reliable day-to-day operation of an assigned studio and supports location work when required. You'll work closely with the team responsible for Brahma's global capture strategy, studio standards, operator training and quality control.

As Brahma expands, this role will join a wider network of permanent studio operators and freelance capture specialists working to the same standards.

What success looks like

Capture sessions are technically reliable, visually consistent and clearly documented. Contributors feel comfortable and receive confident creative direction. Problems are caught before they affect the resulting data, and media is handled safely and accurately. The studio remains organised, ready to shoot and flexible enough to support new technical requirements as they arise.