Senior Gameplay Animator: Horse Animations & Motion Tech

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

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation package

Polish lessons

Private medical healthcare

Life insurance

Annual health screenings

Dog-friendly office

Gym and wellness programs

Casual dress code

Job summary

CD PROJEKT RED is seeking a Senior Gameplay Animator to join on a 2-years fixed term contract in Warsaw. You will collaborate with designers, programmers and technical animators to create lifelike animations for player and horse gameplay, shaping the game’s vision.

You will lead asset workflows, explore motion matching, blendspaces and animation graphs, and deliver high-quality animation across playable and non-playable characters. English fluency is required.

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.
• Fluent English.

Responsibilities

• Delivering in-game animations using Autodesk Maya, MotionBuilder and Unreal Engine as the main art creation and implementation tools.
• 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 such as notification and synchronization events, and additional data settings files.

Skills

Motion capture data

Key-frame animation

Animal locomotion

Gameplay design

English fluency

Tools

Autodesk Maya

MotionBuilder

Unreal Engine

Job description

CD PROJEKT RED is seeking a Senior Gameplay Animator to join on a 2-years fixed term contract in Warsaw. You will collaborate with designers, programmers and technical animators to create lifelike animations for player and horse gameplay, shaping the game’s vision.

You will lead asset workflows, explore motion matching, blendspaces and animation graphs, and deliver high-quality animation across playable and non-playable characters. English fluency is required.