Description
Deck Nine Games is looking to
hire a remote Technical Artist help support our cinematics pipeline.
Located near Boulder, Colorado,
Deck Nine Games is a BAFTA and VGA nominated developer of narrative adventure
games. Always innovating, we're growing and are seeking additional Technical
Artists to join our team.
Please apply online through our website: https://deckninegames.com/careers/
Responsibilities
• Gather character,
prop, environment and animation assets, and then assemble cinematic sequences
in our proprietary cinematic tool, StoryTeller.
• Troubleshoot a wide
variety of technical problems using Unreal Engine, Maya, and proprietary tools.
• Implement technical
features into games like rumble passes, cinematic/gameplay triggers, state
markers.
• Work directly with
our tools team to identify, report, and resolve bugs with our internal toolset.
• Offer technical
support to the cinematics team.
• Act as a bridge of
communication between Mocap, Cinematics and Animation.
• Work with a high
level of organization.
• Able to balance
work with diverse tasks and shifting priorities.
Requirements
& Skills
• Experience with
Unreal Engine 4 Sequencer, Unreal Matinée, Valve Source Filmmaker, Unity
Sequences, Maya, Blender Video Sequencer, or other digital cinematic toolset.
• Demonstrate an
extraordinary attention to detail and the ability to solve problems on the fly.
• Possess excellent
troubleshooting abilities, both creatively and technically.
• Proactive with
identifying areas for improvement and pursuing solutions for them.
• Able to collaborate
with anyone effectively, actively fostering a humble environment of teaching,
learning, and growing within the team.
• Possess clear,
efficient communication skills.
• Portfolio or reel
demonstrating your work
Bonus
• You have a deep
desire to push cinematic storytelling in video games.
• Experience with
filmmaking, cinematography, or as an assistant editor.
• Experience with a
scripting language like Python.
Salary Range: DOE
About
Deck Nine
Here at Deck Nine Games our
passion is storytelling games. We are an independent game developer dedicated
to crafting AAA interactive story games that inspire, transform, and entertain
players. In 2021 we released Life is Strange True Colors, which went on to win
multiple awards for storytelling and visuals, including best storytelling for
2021 and a VGA for Games for Impact. Recently we announced that we are
developing a game for the hit sci-fi Amazon series, The Expanse. Our prior
titles have won multiple awards, including Game of the Year and nominations for
VGA and BAFTA awards. The studio is 100+ amazing people both located in our
headquarters in sunny Westminster, Colorado and spread throughout the world
permanently remote.
As the crafters of stories that
encompass the full breadth of life’s experiences, Deck Nine is committed to
building a diverse, inclusive, and multicultural team in which people from all
walks of life feel inspired to do their best work. We are proud to be an equal
opportunity employer and believe deeply in the creativity and strength built
from diversity of race, religion, disability, gender, gender identity and
expression, sexual orientation, nationality, and the many other qualities that
make us different.
If this sounds appealing to you,
please apply now!