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 a Senior UI Designer to join the team for project Orion, the next game in the Cyberpunk universe. This role will blend the creative and functional sides of UI design, focusing on developing intuitive, player-centric interfaces that elevate gameplay and immersion. Join CD PROJEKT RED in shaping a world where UI design not only complements gameplay but transforms it. Bring your creativity to help build an immersive player experience for Orion.
Daily responsibilities
- Design player-focused UI solutions, develop user flows, wireframes, and prototypes that are highly functional, easy to navigate, and visually engaging.
- Balance functionality and aesthetics to ensure that UI design aligns with gameplay mechanics and enhances the player experience, by maintaining a consistent visual language.
- Lead cross-functional collaboration. Work closely with UX designers, game designers, and developers to ensure that UI design supports gameplay goals and technical feasibility.
- Drive innovation in interaction design.
- Ensure technical implementation readiness. Partner with engineering teams to oversee the implementation of UI designs and troubleshoot any integration challenges.
- Create and maintain detailed design documentation and style guides to facilitate clear communication across the development team.
Qualifications
- Proven experience in UI design at least 5+ years of experience in game UI design. A track record of creating user-friendly and innovative UI solutions.
- Advanced design skills. Expertise in using design tools such as Figma, Adobe XD, Photoshop & Illustrator, or similar, for wireframing, prototyping, and visual design.
- Deep understanding of game development. Familiarity with how UI integrates into gameplay and experience collaborating with cross-functional teams.
- Ability to clearly present ideas, lead discussions, and manage feedback constructively.
- Knowledge of the Cyberpunk genre. Appreciation for the thematic elements of cyberpunk and its design, with the ability to infuse these elements into UI work.
- Willingness to learn new tools and skills.
- Strong attention to detail and quality.
- Excellent communication skills: we have a multilingual and multicultural working environment and the ability to communicate across language and time zone barriers is essential.
- Ability to write UI logic using a scripting language.
- Experience with Unreal Engine. Understanding of UI implementation, blueprints, and materials.
Nice to Have
- Proficiency in using 3D software like Cinema 4d, Blender, 3DS Max etc.
- Passion for innovative UI, Insight into modern UI trends in games and a keen interest in pushing creative boundaries.
Candidates should include a portfolio in their application.
Additional Information
Working mode
In-office in a hybrid or full-time capacity in Warsaw, Poland.
Relocation is required.
Relocation support
- Relocation package – flight ticket, company apartment for your first month, relocating your pet, shipping your belongings: it’s all covered.
- Relocation assistance — processing your legalization operations for you, assistance with finding residence, tax settlements - all you need to feel right at home is taken care of.
- Polish lessons for foreign employees — and for your spouse or partner, too.
- Paid Leave — from 20 to 26 days of holiday for every team member per year, paid sick leave, and paid maternity & paternity leave.
Perks & Professional Growth
- Flexible working hours — start your workday anytime between 8:00 and 10:00 AM.
- Trainings, lectures and courses — internal workshops, external training for each employee, ‘Meet a star’ events, knowledge-sharing initiatives, online tutorials, and e-learning classes are all available. There’s always something to learn!
- REDs have access to the cafeteria platform through which they can receive subscription benefits, additional medical packages or vouchers and codes to shops and cinemas.
- 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
Health & Well-being
- Private medical healthcare — a selection of medical plans with dental care to choose from, which are also accessible for your partner and relatives.
- Health checks — tests and vaccinations at the studio as well as professional advice and guidance from a specialist doctor.
- Psychological care — free mental health support and various well-being webinars.
- Multisport card — gain access to a wide number of sporting and fitness facilities across the city.
Social Activities & 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.
- Social events — we host regular gatherings at the studio where we can all unwind, play games, and just have some fun together.
- Healthy selections — organic fruit, snacks, muesli, organic honey, vegan milk, and speciality coffee are all at your disposal around the studio. Enjoy!
- 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.
