THE COMPANY

KRAFTON is dedicated to identifying and publishing games worldwide that offer a uniquely enjoyable experience, crafted by our globally recognized production studios known for their distinctive creativity. We continuously push the boundaries of gaming enjoyment by embracing new challenges and technologies and expanding our platforms and services to captivate an even larger fan base. Best known for the genre-defining worldwide sensation PUBG: Battlegrounds, our stellar studios based across the globe include PUBG Studios, Striking Distance Studios, Unknown Worlds, Bluehole Studio, RisingWings and more. In collaboration with our passionate and driven team, we strive to establish ourselves as a renowned creator of masterpieces in the global gaming market.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Join KRAFTON Americas Creative Department as an Unreal Engine Generalist, contributing across various aspects of real-time content creation. You will be involved in the entire pipeline—from asset generation to lighting, shading, and environment creation, all while utilizing your layout and previz expertise to deliver high-quality cinematic sequences.

Responsibilities

  • Generalist Role: Manage a broad array of tasks across Unreal Engine, including asset integration, material and shader development, lighting, visual effects, and real-time optimization.
  • Cinematic Previz: Utilize previz skills to block out scenes, establish shot flow, and set up camera angles to ensure compelling and visually engaging sequences.
  • Scene Assembly and Layout: Build complex real-time cinematic scenes, ensuring camera placement, staging, and overall visual composition are optimized for storytelling.
  • Advanced Material and Lighting: Develop high-quality materials, shaders, and lighting setups to enhance both the aesthetic quality and performance of cinematic scenes.
  • Visual Effects and Animation: Implement real-time visual effects and basic animations that bring scenes to life, ensuring they integrate seamlessly into cinematics.
  • Content Optimization: Work collaboratively to optimize content for multiple platforms while maintaining high visual quality and performance.
  • Cinematic Direction: Operate Unreal Engine’s Sequencer to manage cameras, apply camera animation techniques, and design compelling narrative experiences.
  • Cross-Team Collaboration: Work closely with other creative teams to solve technical challenges, ensuring high-quality real-time and cinematic visuals.

What We're Looking For

  • Diverse Portfolio: Demonstrates a wide range of creative and technical skills in cinematic, real-time content creation, with a strong background in layout and previz workflows.
  • Technical Expertise: Mastery of Unreal Engine 5, including layout design, shading, lighting techniques, and real-time VFX creation.
  • Previz and Layout Skills: Strong experience in previsualization workflows, including scene blocking, camera setup, shot planning, and layout design for cinematic storytelling.
  • Cinematic and Visual Storytelling: A deep understanding of composition, lighting, camera work, and color theory, with the ability to apply these principles in both cinematic and real-time environments.
  • Cross-Disciplinary Proficiency: Familiarity with tools like Maya, 3ds Max, and Adobe in game production or post-production is a major plus.
  • Creative Problem Solver: Proven ability to solve technical and design challenges in a fast-paced production environment.

Additional Responsibilities

  • Mentorship: Support junior team members by sharing knowledge and best practices in layout, previz, and generalist workflows.
  • Feedback Implementation: Work with the Art Director and Cinematic Team Lead to iterate on feedback and refine production pipelines.
  • Collaborative Production: Work with cross-functional teams to create high quality assets, layouts, and previz for real-time and cinematic content.

Required Qualifications

  • Experience: 6+ years as a technical artist or generalist, with experience in layout and previsualization using Unreal Engine 5. Previous experience with cinematic content production is highly preferred.
  • Technical Skills: Expertise in Unreal Engine 5, including shading, lighting, material development, previz, and layout for cinematic and real-time content.
  • VFX Experience: Experience in creating real-time VFX for virtual production and a deep understanding of layout, previz, and real-time pipelines.
  • Artistic and Technical Proficiency: Proven ability to create both photorealistic and stylized environments, with a strong understanding of artistic and technical elements in layout and previz.
  • Communication: Strong communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across layout, previz, and technical teams.
  • Problem Solver: Ability to stay on the leading edge of software, eager to adopt and implement new technologies quickly.

Don’t meet every single requirement? 

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply at jobs unless they meet every single qualification.  At Krafton we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.  You might just be the right candidate for this or other roles.

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KRAFTON Americas is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, the Company will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to apply for an open position, perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact the HR Talent team at KRAFTON Americas, to begin the interactive process.

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KRAFTON Americas provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type.

In California, the expected salary range for this position is $110,000-$125,000. The listed expected salary range represents a good faith estimate and the actual pay may depend on a variety of job-related factors that can include experience, education, skills, and location.

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