Senior Previz Artist: Cinematic Gameplay Designer

Game Companies; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 174,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company-paid medical healthcare (dent/

401K with employer matching

LSA stipend for wellness and home/offf

Job summary

CD PROJEKT RED in Boston is seeking a Senior Previz Artist to help shape cinematic sequences for Cyberpunk 2. You will create previz that aligns with the director's vision, using staging, cameras, and editing to communicate emotion and action.

Join a collaborative team working across cinematic design, animation, and gameplay visualization in a hybrid in-office role in the Boston area.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience as a Previz Artist, Cinematic Artist, Layout Artist, or similar in games, film, or animation.
• Strong portfolio showing authored cinematic sequences with camera work, staging, composition, editing, and visual storytelling.
• Ability to take a sequence from script or brief to a complete previz communicating story, performance, pacing and tone.
• Experience creating and animating cameras for cinematic sequences.
• Hands-on experience with motion capture data and character animation.
• Understanding of acting with strong posing, timing, blocking and character performance.
• Strong command of cinematography and editing evidenced by past work.
• Experience visualizing gameplay or interactive sequences while respecting gameplay rules and design intent.
• Ability to iterate quickly on visual solutions while maintaining high quality.
• Ability to learn new tools and pipelines rapidly and apply them in production.
• Track record of ownership from initial brief to finished sequence.
• Ability to thrive in a demanding, iterative production environment.

Responsibilities

• Creating previz for gameplay, cinematic, and cutscene concepts to help teams visualize ideas.
• Creating placeholder character animation communicating action, timing, and intention.
• Establishing pacing, staging, composition, and camera work for visual direction in later design.
• Exploring and iterating on visual solutions as gameplay and narrative evolve.
• Collaborating with Cinematic Designers, Animators, Quest Designers, Writers, and Directors to convey intended experience.

Skills

Previz

Cinematic art

Layout art

Camera animation

Motion capture

Character animation

Cinematography

Editing

Game visualization

Iterative development

Ownership of sequences

Job description

CD PROJEKT RED in Boston is seeking a Senior Previz Artist to help shape cinematic sequences for Cyberpunk 2. You will create previz that aligns with the director's vision, using staging, cameras, and editing to communicate emotion and action.

Join a collaborative team working across cinematic design, animation, and gameplay visualization in a hybrid in-office role in the Boston area.