Cinematics Director, Fortnite Trailers & Storytelling

Epic Games; Cary (AR); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401(k) with matching

Unlimited PTO & sick time

Sabbatical after 7 years

Mental health program

Job summary

Epic Games is seeking a collaborative Cinematic Director to join our Fortnite cinematics team. You will craft high‑impact trailers using Unreal Engine, jumping into Sequencer to explore, iterate, and build.

The role emphasizes timing, performance, and visual comedy while delivering cinematic scale and polish. You will work with Marketing, Art Direction, and Game Direction to bring ideas to life across multiple projects.

Qualifications

• Portfolio of short‑form directing and storytelling.
• Strong cinematic fundamentals: shot design, composition, pacing.

Responsibilities

• Define creative vision, story, tone, and visual language for Fortnite cinematic trailers and short-form content.
• Develop and pitch original story and comedy ideas from concept to delivery.
• Work hands‑on in Unreal Engine 5, building and iterating sequences in Sequencer.
• Translate scripts and boards into compelling shots through composition, camera movement, performance, pacing, and visual comedy.
• Manage multiple projects while synthesizing feedback from Marketing and Art Direction without compromising intent.
• Collaborate across Animation, Layout, Lighting, FX, Production, and Technical Art to realize the vision.
• Partner with Animation Director on performance and motion capture; oversee scene assembly in Unreal Engine.
• Communicate ideas quickly via storyboards, rigs, animatics, and other tools.
• Explore new tools/workflows to push creative quality.

Skills

Directing

Unreal Engine

Sequencer

Storytelling

Collaboration

Performance capture

Control Rig

Tools

Unreal Engine

Sequencer

Control Rig

Job description

Epic Games is seeking a collaborative Cinematic Director to join our Fortnite cinematics team. You will craft high‑impact trailers using Unreal Engine, jumping into Sequencer to explore, iterate, and build.

The role emphasizes timing, performance, and visual comedy while delivering cinematic scale and polish. You will work with Marketing, Art Direction, and Game Direction to bring ideas to life across multiple projects.