Associate Artist, Game Capture, Marketing Creative - Activision

Responsibilities

• Execute assigned gameplay capture sequences from shot planning through organized handoff, working within an established creative approach.
• Translate creative briefs into shot lists and capture plans, and recommend visual approaches for review.
• Direct focused scenes and campaign capture sequences with limited oversight, making informed in-engine decisions about blocking, composition, camera movement, pacing, and timing.
• Partner with a Capture Lead or Manager on larger, long-form, narrative, or highly stylized capture, contributing to planning, scene development, and execution.
• Capture high-quality gameplay footage and screenshots for trailers, cinematics, gameplay features, campaign assets, social media, and other marketing needs.
• Use proprietary development tools, game engines, debug systems, and in-game controls to build and execute specific creative moments and shot requirements.
• Fill in as a game capture technician as needed, including acting in scenes, running scenarios, and coordinating gameplay according to the capture plan or director’s guidance.
• Participate in brainstorming and pre-production sessions, helping conceptualize multiplayer scenarios and gameplay moments that translate well on screen.
• Collaborate with editors, producers, creative stakeholders, and other capture team members to ensure assets are organized, usable, and aligned with delivery needs.
• Assemble daily sequences or selects in Adobe Premiere Pro for review and editorial handoff.

Requirements

• 2+ years of professional experience in game capture, real-time cinematics, video production, photography, or a related creative field; equivalent experience demonstrating strong game capture capability will also be considered.
• Demonstrated ability to independently plan and execute smaller capture assignments or scenes with limited direction and oversight.
• Experience working in a fast-paced creative, agency, entertainment, or game production environment with shifting priorities and deadlines.
• Experience creating gameplay-driven marketing, promotional, social, or cinematic content; experience leading defined capture assignments is a plus.
• Strong working understanding of cinematography, including composition, lighting, camera movement, framing, pacing, and visual storytelling.
• Working knowledge of real-world lighting, lenses, camera systems, and on-set shooting principles.
• Working knowledge of game debug systems, in-engine controls, and development tools.
• Familiarity with game engine animation and camera sequencing tools such as Unreal Sequencer, Unity Cinemachine, or similar proprietary systems.
• Familiarity with Adobe Premiere Pro or other professional video editing software.
• Ability to independently troubleshoot common capture issues and escalate more complex problems appropriately.

Preferred

• Experience with Call of Duty game capture.
• Experience capturing first-person shooter gameplay.
• Real-world background in cinematography or photography.
• Knowledge of color theory and image finishing fundamentals.
• Familiarity with 3D software such as Blender or Maya.
• Experience with screenshot capture workflows and still-image composition.
• Familiarity with Photoshop, Unreal, and Unity.
• Understanding of game development pipelines and how in-progress builds are used in creative production.
• Passion for games and interactive entertainment.

Benefits

• 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.