Cinematic Technical Animator for Narrative FPS

Ghost Story Games; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 71,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

Ghost Story Games in Massachusetts is seeking a Cinematic Technical Animator to help Judas push the boundaries of narrative-driven visuals. You will design extensible cinematic pipelines, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and implement animation blueprints and level sequences to support both gameplay and cinematic goals.

The role requires hands-on game industry experience, strong visual scripting or programming skills, and a passion for storytelling in narrative-first titles.

Qualifications

• 2+ years development experience in the game industry with hands-on implementation.
• Strong understanding of timing and pacing of narrative delivery.
• Contributed to at least one shipped title with strong narrative or mission design.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and organizational skills.
• Excellent visual scripting and/or programming skills.
• Strong investigative and debugging skills.
• Passion for narrative first-person shooters.

Responsibilities

• Design extensible pipelines and tooling for cinematic content and narrative delivery.
• Lead animation blueprints, montages, level sequences, and scripting for gameplay and cinematic goals.
• Provide technical direction for character animation integration and runtime control.
• Collaborate with audio, lighting, animation, and narrative design teams to unify presentation layers.
• Drive performance optimization and reliability of cinematic systems.

Skills

2+ years experience

Narrative pacing

Communication skills

Visual scripting

Debugging skills

FPS storytelling

Tools

Perforce

Job description

Ghost Story Games in Massachusetts is seeking a Cinematic Technical Animator to help Judas push the boundaries of narrative-driven visuals. You will design extensible cinematic pipelines, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and implement animation blueprints and level sequences to support both gameplay and cinematic goals.

The role requires hands-on game industry experience, strong visual scripting or programming skills, and a passion for storytelling in narrative-first titles.