Senior 2D Motion Designer

CD PROJEKT RED

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

CD PROJEKT RED is looking for a Senior 2D Motion Designer to join its Motion Design & 3D team in Warsaw. The role helps shape the motion design language across trailers, promotional videos, and marketing assets for the company’s games and franchises. The designer collaborates with the Team Lead, Motion Designers, Graphic Designers, and Video Editors to create promotional media, and applies senior-level motion design expertise to build visual narratives that support and elevate the company’s intellectual properties globally. The position involves end-to-end creation of 2D and 3D animations, developing style frames and storyboards to establish visual direction, and building scalable animation templates for global releases. The role also contributes to a collaborative and inclusive team culture. The position offers an estimated gross monthly pay range of 14,800–20,400 PLN, with final offers dependent on job-related factors such as experience and qualifications. The contract type is an employment contract (Umowa o pracę).

Requirements

At least 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.
Proven ability to create storyboards, style frames, and visual look-development treatments to help define campaign directions early.
Experience in color correction, VFX, and post-production.
Experience setting up scalable project files, modular templates, and typography systems for multilingual global releases across varied aspect ratios.
Deep understanding of game development marketing formats, including gameplay trailers, social teasers, and localized ads, and of maintaining visual consistency across distinct gaming franchises.
Ability to manage time during fast-paced production cycles while prioritizing quality and technical precision.

Nice To Haves

Ability to write custom ExtendScript/JavaScript or use After Effects Expressions to automate repetitive versioning tasks, optimize workflows, and accelerate multilingual localization.
Experience using AI tools to optimize workflows.

Responsibilities

Create high-quality 2D and 3D animations from end to end, tailored to project goals.
Develop style frames, storyboards, and look-development treatments to define the visual direction of complex, high-stakes projects.
Build flexible animation templates and design systems that scale across multiple languages, complex typography formats, and varied aspect ratios.
Promote a collaborative, positive, and inclusive creative environment where team members feel supported and valued.
Collaborate with the Team Lead, Motion Designers, Graphic Designers, and Video Editors on promotional media for the company’s games and franchises.

Benefits

Relocation package, including a flight ticket, company apartment for the first month, and support with relocating pets, family, and belongings.
Relocation assistance with legalization processes and tax settlements.
Polish lessons for foreign employees and their spouse or partner.
20 to 26 days of paid holiday per year and paid sick leave.
Private medical healthcare plans with dental care and unlimited rehabilitation, also accessible to partners and relatives.
Life insurance and pension plans.
Company-covered annual cancer-prevention screenings.
Free psychological and psychiatrist care and well-being initiatives.
Sports card providing access to sporting and fitness facilities.
One extra day off for employees who menstruate and experience period pain.
Support for working parents, including childcare benefits and family-friendly events.
Summer program for children aged 5–12, majoritively paid by the company.
Welcome pack.
Trainings, lectures, courses, workshops, knowledge-sharing initiatives, online tutorials, and e-learning classes.
Cafeteria platform subscription benefits, additional medical packages, shop and cinema vouchers and codes, and public transport reimbursement.
Gifts for newborns and company swag.
Dog-friendly office.
Regular social events.
Canteens with healthy selections.
Electric car charging points and campus green zones.
Bicycle parking, bicycle repair equipment, and showers.
Onsite gym with a climbing wall, Gym Assistant support, yoga, and boxing classes.
Casual dress code.