Senior Gameplay Animator — 2-Year Contract (Remote)

CD PROJEKT RED Group; Warszawa; Hybrid; PLN 212,000 - 330,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation package

Private medical healthcare

Life insurance

Annual health screenings

Gifts and swag

Dog-friendly office

Social events

Gym & fitness facilities

No dress-code

Job summary

CD PROJEKT RED is seeking a Senior Gameplay Animator for a 2-year fixed-term contract to collaborate with Gameplay Designers, Programmers and Technical Animators, crafting lifelike animations for the Player and playable Horse. You’ll plan animation sets that align with the game’s vision.

Based in Warsaw, the role blends Office-First work with the possibility of remote work from within Europe. You’ll contribute to animation workflows, motion capture pipelines, and gameplay systems development, in

Qualifications

• Strong experience with motion capture data and key-frame animation.
• Both Technical and Artistically oriented.
• Strong understanding of animal locomotion biomechanics, with a particular focus on horse movement.
• Proven experience animating animals and/or creatures.
• Production proven game experience with at least one title released.
• Good grasp and understanding of gameplay design.
• Very good communication and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver in-game animations using Maya, MotionBuilder, and Unreal Engine.
• Establishing and maintaining animation asset creation workflows, folders, naming conventions and other engine-related organizational structures.
• Co-developing multiple playable and non-playable animation systems, including MotionMatching Systems, Blendspaces, animation graphs, procedural animation setups, and engine-specific auxiliary data.

Skills

Motion capture

Key-frame animation

Technical

Artistic

Animal locomotion

Horse movement

Animal animation

Game production

Gameplay design

Communication

Problem-solving

Tools

Autodesk Maya

MotionBuilder

Unreal Engine

Job description

CD PROJEKT RED is seeking a Senior Gameplay Animator for a 2-year fixed-term contract to collaborate with Gameplay Designers, Programmers and Technical Animators, crafting lifelike animations for the Player and playable Horse. You’ll plan animation sets that align with the game’s vision.

Based in Warsaw, the role blends Office-First work with the possibility of remote work from within Europe. You’ll contribute to animation workflows, motion capture pipelines, and gameplay systems development, in