Senior Game Capture Artist

Since 1998, we've been on a mission to reshape how players interact with their favorite games, growing into a global team of over 12,000 professionals spread across 70+ studios in 26 countries. 

We are always there to lend a hand to video games developers and publishers by offering a wide range of solutions: from art and audio to testing, localization and finally - Player Engagement - which is one of the fastest-growing Service Lines at Keywords Studios.  Player Engagement provides technical support, community management, and trust & safety services for a wide range of AAA and Indie studios in the gaming industry. 

Join us in our mission to build engaging player communities and offer outstanding experiences! 🎮🔥

Role overview

We’re looking for a Game Capture Artist who can start immediately and join our award-winning team. You'll stage, shoot and scrutinise in-engine shots across specialised development builds to create the best content possible for our clients.

Our client list and fast growth come from a culture of no-waffle and a strong creative focus. The successful applicant will need to live those values and hit the ground running without heavy hand holding.

What are we looking for? Our Project Manager has a knack for the following skills:

• A passionate gamer with a broad appreciation of mobile, PC and console titles
• A willingness to learn each game and its project setup inside out, and to stay hands-on with it every day
• Someone who can adapt to game development builds and Unity projects that are always changing, including version updates, new scenes and shifting assets
• An understanding of game trends and how games are marketed across the gaming landscape
• Creative problem solving: finding ways around bugs, broken scenes and build issues to get the shot
• A keen eye for composition, camera movement, lighting and framing
• An eagerness to develop in-engine cinematography techniques and creative storytelling skills
• A collaborator who can work efficiently with creative, editorial and client-side development teams
• Strong proficiency in Unity (essential), including Cinemachine, Timeline, the Unity Recorder and working across URP/HDRP render pipelines
• Working knowledge of Unreal Engine, including Sequencer, Movie Render Queue and cine cameras (highly desirable)
• Previous experience in a game capture, in-engine cinematics or trailer production role (essential)
• Knowledge of Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro
• PC proficient, with experience capturing from both PC and mobile builds (Android/iOS)

Your duties:

• Create high-quality in-engine capture using game development builds and Unity projects. This means setting up cameras, staging scenes and characters, and rendering high-resolution, high-frame-rate footage through the Unity Recorder and, where needed, Unreal's Movie Render Queue
• Meet capture deadlines, which can sometimes be very tight, and manage your own time efficiently
• Keep a sharp eye on quality, pushing lighting, post-processing, resolution and detail levels to get the best possible image from each build
• Select and stage shots that meet the brief, telling a story through capture and showing off each game and its features in the best possible light
• Fully understand the latest build and project version of each game, and be the main point of contact for all game and engine updates
• Edit captured footage in After Effects and Premiere Pro, using editing techniques to make it as exciting as possible
• Build and maintain reusable capture setups, such as camera rigs, Timeline sequences and lighting presets, to speed up future work
• Gather high-quality assets (characters, environments, UI, renders) and export them from the engine when needed

Requirements

You'd be a great fit for this role if you have:

• Previous experience in a Game Capture Artist role.
• A passionate gamer, especially one who enjoys mobile games.
• Willing to learn the games inside out and play them frequently.
• Able to adapt to ever-changing game development builds.
• Understanding of game trends across the gaming landscape.
• Creative problem-solving skills to find ways around bugs and issues in builds.
• A keen eye for composition.
• Eager to develop game capture techniques and creative storytelling skills.
• Collaborative and able to work efficiently with multiple departments.
• Competence with OBS Studio (not essential).
• Knowledge of Adobe After Effects CC.
• Proficient with both Mac and PC, with a focus on PC.
• Able to use iOS devices.

If you don't meet all the qualifications but believe you have the skills and experience to excel in this role, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits

What do we offer?

Keywords Studios is dedicated to following a well-established Equal Opportunities Policy. We endeavor to create a workplace which provides equal opportunities for all employees and potential employees.

Benefits:

• Non-taxable Allowances
• HMO and Life Insurance
• Paid Time Offs
• Annual Wellness Subsidy
  

Phases of our recruitment journey:

• You send us your application with your updated resume.
• After reviewing your candidacy, we’ll invite you for the online Interview via Google meet with one of our Talent Acquisition Specialists. It’s a perfect chance to exchange questions and get to know each other better.
• If you pass the TA interview, your profile and portfolio will be shared to the hiring managers for further review. We'll invite you for an interview with them if they thing you meet the basic qualifications. A second interview with the project hiring managers might happen depending on business requirements.
• At the end of our journey - hopefully you will receive an offer and become our new Keywordian!
  

Our recruitment process is fully online and remote. We value each application and review every candidate individually. Our recruitment team will get back to you as soon as they can to inform you about the status of your candidacy. If you're interested in joining our team, we highly encourage you to apply.

That would be it from us - now we are waiting for your move!

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