Cinematic Project Director - Temp (SFD / Cinematics)
Cinematic Project Director - Temp (SFD / Cinematics)
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Team Name:
CinematicsJob Title:
Cinematic Project Director - Temp (SFD / Cinematics)Requisition ID:
R025693Job Description:
The Cinematic Project Director collaborates with game teams on a number of IPs to define the vision story and purpose of a cinematic then leads artistic teams to execute that vision within budget and schedule constraints. This role manages expectations from game teams and leadership while delivering creative industry-leading epic game cinematics. Below is an outline of responsibilities across a projects lifecycle.
This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position with some work on-site and some work-from-home. The home studio for this role is Irvine CA.
This is a 5-month temporary position.
What You Bring to the Table
Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours so this role includes but is not limited to the following responsibilities:
- Partner with game teams to understand their goals expanding creatively to elevate the project
- Reconcile multiple creative goals between Story & Franchise Development (SFD) game teams or leadership finding compromises that serve the projects needs and escalating concerns to SFD Leadership when necessary
- Develop and pitch concepts with writers story artists CDev producers and project producers iterating based on feedback from SFD Leadership and game teams
- Balance production constraints (budget schedule bandwidth) while guiding the team toward feasible solutions
- Blend game team objectives with a personal creative touch adapting pitches as directed by SFD Leadership or game teams
- Build game team confidence for animatic approval using tools like visual references beat boards or pitch documents
- Optionally form an animatic Strike Team working with producers to assign roles and meet deadlines
- Understand the productions scope and constraints
- Present progress to SFD Leadership and game teams regularly ensuring creative alignment before advancing
- Help select outsourcing partners and serve as their primary creative contact
- Provide clear direction in dailies maintaining production awareness
- Approve all assets and shots before review by SFD Leadership or game teams
- Collaborate with composers and sound designers to replace temp sound with original elements preserving the pieces emotional and storytelling intent
- Remain flexible to new music and sound ideas that enhance the work
- Guide casting for voice-over with SFD Leadership game teams and the Voice Over Director
- Direct voice recording sessions with the Voice Over Director then present final voice-over music WIPs and mixes to SFD Leadership and game teams incorporating feedback
Minimum Requirements
Experience
- A minimum of 13 years of professional experience as a director creative director associate creative director or creative manager at a game company advertising agency or branded content production company
- Experience managing a range of creative positions in a content creation pipeline such as writers directors camera operators lighting/gaffers editors producers motion graphics artists production designers art directors and copywriters
Knowledge & Skills
- Masterful proficiency with computers and creative desktop publishing tools such as Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office
Key Attributes
- Impressive portfolio featuring a wealth of high-quality high-impact strategically informed video content for a variety of well-known brands and disparate demographic audiences
Extra Points
- Gaming industry experience
- Editorial and/or directorial experience
- A passion for Blizzard games and franchises
- A passion for video games animation movies graphic novels comics or books.
- Professional experience as a filmmaker designer illustrator animator or motion graphics artist
- Knowledge of the business side of the content-creation industry
Your Platform
Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft Overwatch Diablo and StarCraft Blizzard Entertainment Inc. () a division of Activision Blizzard which was acquired by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment experiences. Blizzard Entertainment has created some of the industrys most critically acclaimed and genre-defining games over the last 30 years with a track record that includes multiple Game of the Year awards. Blizzard Entertainment engages tens of millions of players around the world with titles available on PC via Xbox PlayStation Nintendo Switch iOS and Android.
Our World
Activision Blizzard Inc. is one of the worlds largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises includingCall of DutyWorld of WarcraftOverwatchDiabloCandy Crush andBubble Witch. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries making us the largest gaming network on the planet!
Our ability to build immersive and innovate worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment. We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical emotional and financial well-being for Every World - weve got our employees covered!
The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.
We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification when in fact they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.
We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position please email your request to General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation gender identity age marital status veteran status or disability status among other characteristics.
Rewards
We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical emotional and financial well-being for Every World - weve got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:
- Medical dental vision health savings account or health reimbursement account healthcare spending accounts dependent care spending accounts life and AD&D insurance disability insurance;
- 401(k) with Company match tuition reimbursement charitable donation matching;
- Paid holidays and vacation paid sick time floating holidays compassion and bereavement leaves parental leave;
- Mental health & wellbeing programs fitness programs free and discounted games and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability legal service ID protection rental insurance and others;
- If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.
Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting the U.S. the standard base pay range for this role is $134320.00 - $248404.00 Annual. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Ultimately your specific range and offer will be based on several factors including relevant experience performance and work location. Your Talent Professional can share this roles range details for your local geography during the hiring process. In addition to a competitive base pay employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed. While we strive to provide competitive offers to successful candidates new hire compensation is negotiable.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
