Senior Cinematic Designer

Summary

Join CD PROJEKT RED's Boston office as a Senior Cinematic Designer for Project Orion, the next Cyberpunk game. You'll craft interactive cinematic sequences, collaborating with storytellers to create emotionally compelling and action-packed experiences. This role requires extensive experience in AAA game development, narrative design, cinematography, and acting. The position offers a flexible work arrangement (onsite or fully remote) and a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, paid time off, 401k matching, and professional development opportunities. The company fosters a casual and dog-friendly work environment with a diverse international team. Apply if your passion for cinema and narrative design matches your skills in visual scripting and camera work.

Requirements

• Deep understanding of what creates great storytelling and how to use means of expression to create coherent and memorable scenes and sequences
• Perfect understanding of acting including posing and timing
• Experience with narrative design and interactive storytelling, using visual scripting
• Great knowledge of cinematography and editing
• Experience directing and/or acting
• Experience with working with a screenplay
• Minimum 8 years of AAA games development experience (doing long-form projects from inception to completion)
• Self-motivated team player
• Experience in using game engines: Unreal (preferably), Unity, Godot, REDkit etc
• Technical problem-solving
• Quick to adapt to company proprietary software
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Responsibilities

• Create compelling scenes with excellent pacing, acting, cinematography, editing and timing
• Script and implement seamless, in-game sequences
• Communicate with Designers, other departments and Leads to improve readability of visual storytelling and establish perfect continuity of the story with gameplay
• Set up actor staging and cameras using custom and library animations
• Work on mocap stage with actors, helping Cinematic Director with mocap-shoot preparation
• Complete tasks on time in high quality
• Follow and maintain pipelines and technical requirements

Preferred Qualifications

• Genuine interest in the genre
• Experience with MotionBuilder/Maya
• Experience working with animation

Benefits

• Company paid medical healthcare (dental vision & mental)
• Paid Leave — 20 days of holiday for every team member per year (26 days after two years)
• No dress-code — we like to keep it casual
• 401K with employer matching
• Gym Membership Reimbursement
• Flexible working hours
• Trainings, lectures and courses — internal workshops, knowledge-sharing initiatives, online tutorials, and e-learning classes are all available. There’s always something to learn!
• Merch — regular chances to nab some cool swag!
• A welcome pack filled with goodies — to help you feel right at home once you join the team
• Dog-friendly office — dog owner? Bring your pooch with you and look after them while working! There’s always a furry friend or two to meet at the studio
• Truly international working environment — a chance to meet and work with a diverse selection of people from all around the world