Cinematic Technical Designer

About this role

<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Cinematic Technical Designer</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":120}"> </span></strong></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Summary</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":280,"335559739":120}"> </span></strong></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">We are looking for a Cinematic Technical Designer to join our team and help bring story moments to life across an all-new open world IP built in Unreal Engine 5. This role lives at the intersection of mission design, cinematics, and systems — responsible for implementing cinematic sequences, building tools for cinematic systems, and owning the connective tissue between player control, mission scripting, and authored content.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":140}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">As a Cinematic Technical Designer at Absurd Ventures, you will work closely with Mission Designers, Cinematics Directors, Animators, and Engineers to build, integrate, and polish cinematic moments across a broad range of contexts — from quiet interactive scenes to large-scale scripted set pieces. You are equally comfortable in Sequencer and Blueprint, and you understand how both tools behave in development environments and inside a live, streaming open world.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559739":140}"> </span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Core Responsibilities</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":280,"335559739":120}"> </span></strong></p> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Implement cinematic sequences in Unreal Engine 5 using Sequencer, including full cinematics, interactive cinematics, and blended in-world moments.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":40,"335559739":40}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Own the "glue" between mission scripting, player control handoffs, cameras, VFX events, environment set dressing and cinematic playback — ensuring transitions are seamless and state is always clean.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Build and maintain Blueprint logic supporting cinematic events: triggers, state management, player possession and de-possession, camera blending, and post-cinematic flow.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Implement and modify narrative implementation in our writing tools to ensure we're ingesting the correct data with the correct timing.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Collaborate with Mission Designers to identify where cinematics serves the design and problem-solve where authored content and systemic gameplay intersect.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Pitch, playtest and profile cinematic needs to resolve creative problems and improve overall narrative and gameplay quality.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Work with Animators to integrate character performances, facial animation, and mo-cap data into sequences correctly and to brief.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Partner with Audio and Dialogue teams to ensure VO, music, and sound events are timed and triggered correctly across all cinematic contexts.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Diagnose and resolve issues at the boundary of cinematic and open world systems — streaming, LOD, world state, and player state edge cases.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":40,"335559739":40}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Write and maintain clear technical documentation for cinematic pipelines, workflows, and implementation patterns.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":40,"335559739":40}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Proactively surface risks related to cinematic scope, performance, or implementation complexity and communicate them to Production and leads.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":40,"335559739":40}"> </span></li> </ul> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Core Qualifications</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"335559738":280,"335559739":120}"> </span></p> <ul> <li><span…