Senior Cinematic Designer — Real-Time RPG Storytelling

CD PROJEKT RED; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 119,000 - 196,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical healthcare

Mental health support

Vacation leave

401K with employer matching

Lifestyle Spending Account

Job summary

CD PROJEKT RED in Boston is seeking a Senior Cinematic Designer to shape cinematic storytelling for Cyberpunk 2. You will craft interactive scenes blending narrative and gameplay, with a strong eye for composition and pacing.

You will collaborate with writers, animators, and gameplay teams, participate in motion capture, and ensure high-quality real-time cinematic content that fits our art direction.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of cinematic development or related fields.
• Hands-on with real-time engines (Unreal or similar).
• Strong eye for cinematography, composition, camera language.
• Experience implementing cinematics in gameplay with Sequencer.
• Knowledge of facial animation and actor direction.
• Familiar with motion capture workflows.
• Excellent communication and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Create dynamic in-game cinematic sequences merging storytelling and gameplay.
• Focus on character staging, lighting, and composition.
• Use Unreal Sequencer and visual scripting to build non-linear scenes.
• Craft expressive facial performances with animation pipelines.
• Collaborate with writers, animators, quest and gameplay teams.
• Participate in motion capture sessions and shot design.
• Balance artistic vision with real-time performance and optimization.
• Maintain visual and narrative consistency with art direction.

Skills

Cinematic development

Unreal Engine

Cinematography

Storytelling pacing

Unreal Sequencer

Facial animation

Motion capture

Team collaboration

Blueprints

Character acting

Tools

Unreal Sequencer

Blueprints

Job description

CD PROJEKT RED in Boston is seeking a Senior Cinematic Designer to shape cinematic storytelling for Cyberpunk 2. You will craft interactive scenes blending narrative and gameplay, with a strong eye for composition and pacing.

You will collaborate with writers, animators, and gameplay teams, participate in motion capture, and ensure high-quality real-time cinematic content that fits our art direction.