SENIOR CINEMATIC DESIGNER

Apex Systems; Bellevue, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 152,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401K with company match

Employee stock purchase program (ESPP)

HSA option

Career development resources

Job summary

Everforth Apex is seeking a Cinematic Designer to lead in-game cinematic sequences and integrate storytelling into mission flow using Unreal Engine 5.

You will collaborate with Narrative, Design, and engineering teams to prototype workflows, refine pipelines, and ensure cinematic content is delivered polished and timely.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of cinematic in-games experience.
• 2+ years of design-related experience.
• 2+ years of Unreal Engine experience.
• At least one shipped title using Unreal Engine.
• Working knowledge of UE tooling, including Sequencer, blueprints and visual scripting, and state trees.
• Able to collaborate with engineering, tools, and tech art teams to find good technical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Work with Cinematic Leadership, Narrative, Design, and technical partners to construct the visual storytelling of cinematic dialogue scenes, cinevents, vistas, and other cinematic design elements.
• Set up and maintain cinematic content from layout to final implementation using Unreal Engine 5.
• Collaborate with Story Design to implement cinematic moments into mission flow, ensuring smooth transitions from cinematic content into gameplay and vice-versa.
• Help identify moments to enhance the player experience within the story using cinematic elements.
• Work with Production and Cinematic Leadership to identify required asset creation for cinematic content, including but not limited to cinematic animation, vfx, and audio.
• Refine pipelines and tooling for Cinematic Design, ensuring coordination with the cutscene team where processes overlap.
• Validate and test cinematic content in both PIE and client to ensure bugs are reported and addressed early.
• Prototype and pitch new ideas, pipelines, and better workflows.
• Document workflows and best practices.

Skills

Cinematic in-games experience

Design experience

Story design collaboration

Communication

Tools

Unreal Engine

Sequencer

Blueprints/Visual scripting

State trees

Job description

Role Overview

Location: United States (Remote)

Work Type: Contract

Key Responsibilities

• Work with Cinematic Leadership, Narrative, Design, and technical partners to construct the visual storytelling of cinematic dialogue scenes, cinevents, vistas, and other cinematic design elements.
• Set up and maintain cinematic content from layout to final implementation using Unreal Engine 5.
• Collaborate with Story Design to implement cinematic moments into mission flow, ensuring smooth transitions from cinematic content into gameplay and vice-versa.
• Help identify moments to enhance the player experience within the story using cinematic elements.
• Work with Production and Cinematic Leadership to identify required asset creation for cinematic content, including but not limited to cinematic animation, vfx, and audio.
• Refine pipelines and tooling for Cinematic Design, ensuring coordination with the cutscene team where processes overlap.
• Validate and test cinematic content in both PIE and client to ensure bugs are reported and addressed early.
• Prototype and pitch new ideas, pipelines, and better workflows.
• Document workflows and best practices.

Required Qualifications

• Experience: 4+ years of cinematic in-games experience.
• 2+ years of design-related experience.
• 2+ years of Unreal Engine experience.
• At least one shipped title using Unreal Engine.
• Technical Skills: Working knowledge of UE tooling, including but not limited to: Sequencer, blueprints and visual scripting, and statetrees.
• Able to collaborate with engineering, tools, and tech art teams to find good technical solutions.

Additional Skills

• Portfolio demonstrating a thorough understanding of choreography, timing, editing, and design, with an emphasis on telling heartfelt character stories.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate, taking direction from stakeholders on the needs of the scene.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Autodesk Maya.
• Good storyboarding skills.

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

Everforth Apex Benefits Overview:

• Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection.
• We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure.
• Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts.
• In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA.
• Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

If you require an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to participate in an interview with a virtual recruiter or to use our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at [e-mail] or 804-523-8228. Please note that this contact information is strictly to be used for medical ADA accommodations and that no other inquiries will be answered.

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