Video Editor & Motion Designer

Job Description

(!) This role focuses on video editing, scene composition, lighting, camera work, and UA ad assembly using existing 3D assets. You will not be required to model 3D assets from scratch.

WHAT YOU WILL BE WORKING ON

Main challenges

The primary responsibility will be to create captivating video content, including trailers for various marketing purposes, to be published across platforms such as Google Play, App Store, Microsoft Store, Steam, PlayStation, Nintendo, and Xbox. Additionally, the role involves producing video ads tailored for different performance channels, including Facebook, Google Ads, TikTok, YouTube, and more.

The artist will be creating video content for different games, each with its distinct visual and communication style, always with the goal of engaging users and encouraging them to download the game.

What it means on a daily basis

Production:

• Create high-quality video content to enhance marketing efforts and attract new, engaged users for our games.

• Take full ownership of the video production process, from concept development to final delivery.

• Capture engaging in-game footage directly from the game engine or game build.

• Adapt videos into various formats, ensuring optimization for different platforms and distribution channels. Manage video compression, encoding, and formatting standards for web, social media, and other platforms.

• Enhance overall video quality by incorporating sound effects, music, text, graphics, and other elements.

Communication:

• Incorporate client feedback (lead/internal teams/licensor) and ensure revisions are completed on spec and on time.

• Adapt quickly to feedback from stakeholders, including marketing, legal, and licensing teams, ensuring the final product aligns with requirements.

• Participate in meetings and consistently contribute fresh, creative ideas.

• Provide input into the creative direction for video content, shaping the overall narrative and tone of marketing videos.

Consistency & Guidelines:

• Learn and adhere to artistic, IP, and licensing guidelines.

• Ensure brand consistency across all video materials, maintaining a cohesive visual and narrative style across campaigns and platforms.

Organization & Reporting:

• Manage and maintain a video asset library, organizing raw footage, edited videos, and assets for easy access and future use.

• Monitor the performance of video ads and collaborate with internal teams to improve results by providing insights and recommendations.

Innovation:

• Use creativity and innovation to propose new ideas and formats to elevate video production.

• Offer creative suggestions for video projects, focusing on visual storytelling, pacing, and overall design.

• Keep up with trends in gaming and video platforms, applying relevant innovations to content creation.

What success will look like

• Asset quality
  You consistently deliver polished and complete video assets that meet the creative brief, technical specifications, platform requirements, game identity, brand standards, and licensing guidelines.

• Production execution
  You take ownership of your projects from brief to final delivery, manage your workload effectively, maintain a steady and reliable production pace, and meet agreed deadlines. You communicate early when missing information, technical limitations, or changing priorities may affect delivery.

• Collaboration and communication
  You collaborate effectively with the Creative Agency Lead, other artists, Marketing, User Acquisition, Legal, licensors, and other stakeholders. You ask relevant questions, respond constructively to feedback, and keep the progress and status of your work clear and visible.

• Creative contribution
  You understand the purpose, audience, platform, and objectives behind each brief. You contribute relevant ideas and use visual storytelling, editing, pacing, motion design, gameplay capture, sound, graphics, and 3D elements to create engaging and effective content.

• Continuous improvement
  You actively develop your creative and technical skills, apply feedback and performance learnings to future work, share useful knowledge with the team, and contribute to improving production tools, workflows, and practices.

Who you would be working with

As a member of the Gameloft Creative Agency, the Video Artist will report to the Creative Agency Lead and collaborate closely with the Marketing and User Acquisition Team.

Qualifications

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

• Fluency in English with excellent communication skills.

• Expertise in motion design, video editing, and video content creation.

• Extensive experience with video editing, motion graphics, and graphic design, particularly using Adobe software like Premiere, After Effects, and Photoshop.

• An online portfolio and/or demo reel, which must be included with your application.

WHO YOU ARE

• You have a strong sense of creativity and innovation.

• Possess the ability to independently manage the entire creative process, from asset preparation to final delivery, while adhering to a creative brief.

• Capable to juggle multiple tasks with competing deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

• Have a strong artistic sensibilities, a keen eye for detail, and a passion for constantly innovating and exploring new techniques.

• Willing to learn about game-engine content manipulation.

Bonus points for:

• Passion and experience working in video games;

• Previous experience in 3D application (3dsmax, Blender, Maya, etc) 

• Previous experience working with these engines: Unity, Unreal Engine. 

• 2D skills / experience.

Additional Information

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU

Benefits

• 2 months/year full remote work from anywhere;
• MyBenefits platform - 45 RON/day;
• Extra days off for seniority, birthday and company anniversary;
• Short Fridays, so you can start your Weekend at 4PM;
• Medical subscription with Regina Maria;

Life at Gameloft

• Hybrid work model (3 days/week from the office);
• Free coffee, fruits, and relaxation areas;
• Inclusive and international work environment;
• Supportive team culture and open communication style;

How to proceed

Want to be part of a creative, collaborative, and multicultural environment alongside talented industry professionals? Apply now and if your experience matches the role, one of our recruiters will contact you to share more details about the opportunity and guide you through the next steps of the recruitment process.