Associate Artist, Game Capture, Marketing Creative - Activision

Activision • Santa Monica, CA

14d • $22 - $41 • Onsite

About The Position

As an Associate Artist, Game Capture, you will create high-quality gameplay capture and visual assets for Activision’s marketing initiatives, including trailers, cinematics, gameplay features, social media, and other marketing needs. You will learn and apply the in-game tools, development systems, and capture workflows used to create these assets while building the creative and technical judgment to contribute confidently across a range of projects. Within this role, you will independently execute assigned gameplay capture sequences and direct contained scenes with limited oversight. You will partner with a Capture Lead or Manager on complex, narrative, stylized, or long-form work, contributing to shot planning, scene development, and execution. Success means making sound creative and technical decisions, solving problems quickly, and delivering work that is visually strong, on-brand, and production-ready. At Activision, “Capture Director” is a project role, not a job title. In this role, you will use the in-game tools, development systems, and capture workflows used to create unique marketing assets, with access and capabilities similar to those used by game developers at our studios.

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.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with creative, production, and cross-functional partners.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while remaining focused, organized, professional, and composed under tight deadlines.
• Ability to receive and apply constructive feedback while confidently making decisions within an established creative direction.
• Self-directed and proactive, with the judgment to take ownership of assigned capture work and move it forward within scope.
• Strong creative instincts with the ability to translate direction into compelling visual execution.
• Calm, resourceful, and detail-oriented under pressure.

Nice To Haves

• 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.

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.
• Troubleshoot issues related to game builds, development tools, capture environments, workstations, and hardware to keep productions moving.
• Contribute to the development of capture techniques, workflows, and processes that improve creative quality and team efficiency.
• Maintain a high bar for craft, consistency, professionalism, and attention to detail across all assignments.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

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
• Relocation assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed