Cinematic Technical Artist at Room 8 Studio
Company: Room 8 Studio
Location: Remote (Albania, Armenia, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Great Britain, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine)
Job Type: Full-Time (Remote Cooperation)
Salary: Competitive (Based on experience and location)
About Room 8 Studio
Room 8 Studio is an international art production and game development outsourcing company delivering high-end solutions across mobile, console, AAA game art, television, and film animation. The studio collaborates with leading global publishers including Activision, Nintendo, Ubisoft, Gameloft, EA, and Xbox Game Studios, helping shape exceptional gaming and cinematic experiences worldwide.
Role Overview
Room 8 Studio is seeking a Cinematic Technical Artist who thrives at the intersection of creativity and technology. This role plays a critical part in maintaining efficient cinematic pipelines while supporting high-quality in-game cinematics.
You will act as a bridge between artistic vision and technical execution, ensuring smooth workflows, optimized assets, and seamless integration across real-time engines and DCC tools.
Key Responsibilities
- Assemble, organize, and maintain real-time game engine and DCC animation scenes.
- Import, update, and manage mocap, performance capture, and animation data.
- Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues across the cinematic production pipeline.
- Ensure scene and asset data meet project-specific requirements and hardware performance standards.
- Manage various asset types within DCC and real-time production workflows.
- Evaluate workflows and propose improvements to tools and processes.
- Create clear technical documentation and user guides for production workflows.
- Support the final creative vision set by Art and Creative Directors.
- Identify animation content issues and resolve them proactively.
Required Qualifications
- Experience with real-time game engines such as Unreal Engine, Frostbite, Unity, or similar.
- Strong understanding of engine technical limitations and optimization requirements.
- Experience with DCC tools such as Maya and MotionBuilder.
- Ability to troubleshoot asset pipeline and animation workflow issues.
- Experience with version control systems such as Perforce, Git, or ShotGrid.
- Organized, proactive mindset with strong problem-solving skills.
Nice to Have
- Experience working in AAA game or cinematic production pipelines.
- Familiarity with mocap pipelines and animation import/export workflows.
- Basic scripting knowledge (Python, MEL, Blueprints, etc.).
- Experience working with MetaHuman.
- Passion for optimizing workflows and preventing technical bottlenecks.
Why Join Room 8 Studio?
- Competitive financial rewards.
- Opportunity to work on AAA projects with top global publishers.
- Diverse and inclusive company culture.
- Collaborative community of game development professionals.
- Career growth through challenging and innovative projects.