Company Description
To create revolutionary, story-driven RPGs which go straight to the hearts of gamers — this is our mission. Want to dive deeper into our company’s culture? Explore our social media and check out our YouTube channel where we share behind-the-scenes insights and stories direct from our team members!
Job Description
CD PROJEKT RED is looking for an Expert VFX Artist to join our studio in Boston to work on Project Orion, the follow-up to Cyberpunk 2077 and the next major video game in the Cyberpunk franchise. This candidate will bring their years of expertise, stellar mentorship skills, meticulous attention to detail, and passion for creating world class assets to help drive the next generation of high fidelity VFX in games.
Responsibilities
- Create high-quality, real-time visual effects: explosions, fire, smoke, clouds, weapons FX, debris, and weather elements.
- Mentor VFX artists, fostering a culture of creativity, trust, and technical excellence.
- Collaborate across multiple disciplines to support gameplay, cinematics, and environments with best-in-class VFX.
- Drive innovation and research new workflows, tools, and techniques to push the boundaries of real-time VFX.
- Ensure VFX content is performant and within technical budgets.
- Populate environments with stunning and immersive VFX.
- Write and prepare briefs for outsourced work, provide feedback, and maintain quality standards.
- Partner with Directors and Production to strategically plan and estimate work, ensuring alignment with project goals and timelines.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in the gaming industry, with a focus on real-time VFX creation.
- Proven leadership experience, with a track record of mentoring and developing talent.
- Expertise in both real-time and baked simulations.
- Strong knowledge of VFX tools and pipelines (Houdini, Max, Maya, etc.).
- Solid understanding of PBR concepts, real-time rendering techniques, shaders, and lighting.
- Deep knowledge of performance and optimization for real-time VFX.
- Experience working independently to identify, own, and deliver high-impact work.
- Strong knowledge of SideFX Houdini
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and presentation skills.
- A strong portfolio that demonstrates mastery in VFX creation for games.
Additional Information
This position can be onsite in Boston or fully remote from the USA or Canada.
Health & Well-being
- Company paid medical healthcare (dental vision & mental).
- Paid Leave — 20 days of holiday for every team member per year (26 days after two years).
- No dress-code — we like to keep it casual.
- 401K with employer matching.
- Gym Membership Reimbursement.
Perks & Professional Growth
- Flexible working hours.
- Trainings, lectures and courses — internal workshops, knowledge-sharing initiatives, online tutorials, and e-learning classes are all available. There’s always something to learn!
- Merch — gifts for newborn rebels and regular chances to nab some cool swag!
- A welcome pack filled with goodies — to help you feel right at home once you join the team.
Life in the Office
- Dog-friendly office — dog owner? Bring your pooch with you and look after them while working! There’s always a furry friend or two to meet at the studio.
- Truly international working environment — a chance to meet and work with a diverse selection of people from all around the world.
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Top Skills
What We Do
CD PROJEKT RED is home to over 900 game-making professionals from all over the globe. We speak many different languages, but share one love — video games.
The studio’s portfolio largely comprises The Witcher series of role-playing games, including 2015’s The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which received over 250 Game of the Year awards. In 2020, the studio released its most recent game: Cyberpunk 2077 — a first-person RPG set in a futuristic, high-tech world. Other notable releases include Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales, and GWENT: The Witcher Card Game — in which players create decks of witcher-world warriors and fight epic card battles with other people around the globe.
Headquartered in Warsaw, Poland, CD PROJEKT RED has offices in Kraków and Wrocław, as well as in Los Angeles and Vancouver.
The studio is part of the larger CD PROJEKT S.A. Capital Group, which also includes Spokko, a mobile-focused developer responsible for The Witcher: Monster Slayer, and The Molasses Flood, a development studio in Boston, which is currently working on a game based on one of CD PROJEKT RED’s IPs.
As the company grows, the overall studio mission remains the same: we strive to create the best RPGs in the world, while always keeping gamers’ needs at the core.
