Visualisation Artist – Virtual Production
At Qube Cinema, technology and innovation are at our core. We empower filmmakers to tell imaginative and extraordinary stories. We are seeking passionate and talented Visualisation Artists with expertise in Unreal Engine to help bring these stories to life. If you have a deep love for film and storytelling, we want to hear from you!
As a Visualisation Artist, you will collaborate closely with filmmakers to visualise shots and sequences, establishing shot composition, staging, lighting, and camera movement. Your role will be instrumental in translating creative visions into realistic, high-quality previsualisations, ensuring seamless transitions and continuous improvement in tools and processes.
Responsibilities:
Creative Collaboration: Work closely with content creators and creative leads to understand their vision and requirements, ensuring alignment with the overall creative direction.
Cinematic Previsualisation: Design, create, assemble, and deliver effective cinematic previsualisations of key sequences, focusing on shot composition, staging, lighting, and camera work.
Editing and Animatics: Utilise basic editing, rendering, and compositing skills to create animatics that effectively communicate the flow and timing of sequences.
Environment and Asset Creation: Deconstruct initial mood boards and concepts into aesthetically appealing environments, utilising your expertise in Unreal Engine and 3D asset creation.
Technical Feasibility: Ensure the technical feasibility of ideas and collaborate with technical teams to solve challenges, iterating on changes and offering creative input to enhance sequence continuity and consistency.
Workflow Management: Ensure all production workflows and deadlines are met, delivering a final product that is high-quality and within budget.
Pipeline Development: Collaborate with other technologists and teams across Qube to develop and improve the pipeline and toolset, establishing best practices and standards for Qube's Virtual Production initiatives.
Industry Evangelism: Advocate for and drive the adoption of previsualisation techniques within the media and entertainment industry.
What we are looking for:
Experience: 3+ years of experience in previsualisation or related fields within a virtual environment.
Unreal Engine Expertise: Mastery of Unreal Engine, with a strong understanding of environment creation, world-building techniques, and 3D asset creation using PBR workflows.
Cinematic Composition: An expert eye for cinematic composition and lighting, with a deep understanding of cinematic language, camera terminology, and visual storytelling.
Technical Skills: Proficiency in After Effects/Premiere and 3D DCC software, with basic skills in editing, rendering, and compositing to create animatics.
Staging and Animation: Expertise in staging, blocking, camera motion, and character animation, with a strong grasp of timing and performance.
Motion Capture & EPOS: Experience with EPOS for Unreal Engine and motion capture is a plus.
Basic editing, rendering and compositing skills to create animatics
Aesthetic Judgment: A good grasp of proportion, colour, and lighting, aiding in effective visual storytelling.
Adaptability: Strong work ethic with the ability to learn quickly and adapt to changing priorities in high-pressure, deadline-driven environments.
Portfolio: A portfolio or website demonstrating your technical and artistic abilities, including Unreal-based work, is required.
Additional Experience: Experience with virtual production workflows and technologies is a plus.