Principal Cinematic Producer (Game Cinematics)

Location: United Kingdom, remote, with occasional travel to the UK office and UK-based shoots

Company

Firesprite is a game development studio within the PlayStation Studios family, creating immersive showcase titles for PlayStation platforms, including Until Dawn 2.

What you will do

• Manage the Cinematic pillar and oversee multi-disciplinary Feature Teams across the cinematic production pipeline.
• Develop the cinematic development strategy, roadmap, workflows, backlogs, and best practices from concept through final delivery.
• Ensure consistency, efficiency, quality, and milestone delivery in collaboration with Cinematic and Cinematography Directors.
• Coordinate with designers, programmers, audio teams, shoot teams, the Production Director, and Lead Producers to deliver narrative gameplay experiences.
• Maintain scope and capacity plans, set realistic targets, and manage outsourcing levels using accurate production data.
• Own Feature Team risk registers, report risks, and collaborate on mitigation strategies.

Requirements

• At least two years of games industry experience in an internal development environment in a Cinematic Production leadership role.
• At least one shipped PC and/or console title as a Senior Producer or Lead Producer.
• Excellent understanding of cinematic pipelines and the ability to create and maintain data-driven and data-informed cinematic production timelines.
• Ability to troubleshoot production challenges and devise creative solutions on the fly.
• Flexibility to adjust plans and processes in response to new challenges, feedback, or scope changes.
• Competence with industry-standard software such as JIRA.
• Confidence uniting Leads and Directors across departments around pragmatic, quality-focused solutions.
• Experience planning and working on motion capture shoots.
• Genuine interest in video games and commitment to creating engaging, immersive player experiences.

Nice to have

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification.
• Experience on multiple large-scale AAA games with 150+ people through all production phases from concept to release.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work is supported with occasional travel to the UK office and UK-based shoots.
• Work within the PlayStation Studios family on immersive, narrative-driven game experiences.
• Culture centered on adaptability, creativity, collaboration, inclusion, and mutual respect.
• Background checks are conducted at the offer stage for new employees.