Senior 2D Motion Designer (Gamedev)

Location: Warsaw, Poland. Office-first work requires at least 10 days per month in the Warsaw office; remote-first work is available from locations within +/- 3 hours of Warsaw. Relocation support is available.

Salary: 14,800–20,400 PLN gross monthly.

Company

CD Projekt RED creates story-driven role-playing games and promotional media for its game franchises.

What you will do

• Create high-quality 2D and 3D animations for trailers, promotional videos, and marketing assets.
• Develop style frames, storyboards, and visual look-development treatments for complex, high-stakes projects.
• Build flexible animation templates and design systems for multiple languages, typography formats, and aspect ratios.
• Collaborate with the Team Lead, Motion Designers, Graphic Designers, and Video Editors on high-impact promotional media.
• Support visual consistency across game franchises and contribute to a collaborative, inclusive creative environment.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in motion design.
• Advanced mastery of After Effects and additional knowledge of third-party plugins from Maxon Suite.
• Knowledge of 3D software such as Cinema 4D, Blender, or Maya, including rendering with Octane or Redshift, texturing, and lighting.
• Strong foundation in graphic design, layout, composition, color theory, and typography using Adobe Creative Cloud, including Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Experience creating storyboards, style frames, and visual look-development treatments for campaign direction.
• Experience with color correction, VFX, and post-production.
• Experience setting up scalable project files, modular templates, and typography systems for multi-language global releases across various aspect ratios.
• Deep understanding of game development marketing formats, including gameplay trailers, social teasers, and localized ads, and of maintaining visual consistency across gaming franchises.
• Ability to manage time during fast-paced production cycles while maintaining quality and technical precision.

Nice to have

• Experience with After Effects scripting and automation, including ExtendScript, JavaScript, or Expressions, for versioning and multi-language localization workflows.
• Experience using AI tools to optimize workflows.

Culture & Benefits

• Employment contract with 20–26 days of paid holiday and paid sick leave.
• Relocation package covering flights, first-month accommodation, pets, family, belongings, legalization, and tax settlements.
• Polish lessons for employees and their spouses or partners.
• Private medical care, dental care, rehabilitation, life insurance, preventive screenings, and mental health support.
• Training, lectures, courses, workshops, knowledge sharing, online tutorials, and e-learning.
• Dog-friendly office, social events, sports facilities, gym, climbing wall, yoga, boxing classes, bicycle facilities, and a casual dress code.