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Job DescriptionCD PROJEKT RED is looking for a Lead UX Designer to define the overall user experience — visual, interactive, and workflow design — of Project Sirius, a multiplayer game set in The Witcher universe.
This role’s primary focus is on ensuring an inclusive, intuitive, immersive, rewarding, and memorable experience. To achieve this requires working in a truly cross-departmental environment and constantly researching, observing, and iterating on the user’s experience in UI navigation, game flow, and moment-to-moment interactive clarity. The person in this role will report to the Design Director.
(This position requires working in our Warsaw Studio. Hybrid working mode available)
Daily Responsibilities:
- Collaborate closely with the Lead UI Artist to develop UI screens and layouts that support cohesive and accessible user experiences.
- Lead the UX design of layouts and interaction guidelines for user interfaces, game menus, and overall player journeys.
- Build, support, and guide a team of UX designers while establishing inclusive best practices and methodologies.
- Design and prototype layouts, navigation structures, and usability systems.
- Define goals for, and participate in, playtests to refine the UX based on player feedback and observed behaviors.
- Work closely with UX Researchers to translate user research, marketing insights, and community feedback into thoughtful, player-centered design.
- Produce and maintain design documentation and collaborate with Production to ensure implementation aligns with timelines and resources.
- Communicate openly with teammates to gather feedback and continuously refine your work.
- Approximately 5+ years of experience in UX Design, including some leadership responsibilities.
- Shipped at least one AAA title.
- Deep knowledge of current game titles and industry best practices to inspire and communicate original ideas.
- Comfortable working both independently and collaboratively to deliver meaningful outcomes.
- Proficiency with industry-standard prototyping tools (e.g. Figma, Sketch, Creative Cloud) and collaboration tools (e.g. Miro).
- Strong understanding of UI/UX best practices and information architecture.
- Interest in implementing and refining UX features in Unreal Engine.
- Clear and thoughtful communication skills, in both verbal and written formats.
- Open to giving and receiving feedback that strengthens both the project and the team.
- Demonstrates curiosity, kindness, and a collaborative, problem-solving mindset.
Nice to Haves
- Experience as a UX Designer on a multiplayer game.
- Experience creating prototypes and wireframes in Unreal Engine.
Candidates should include a portfolio in their application.
Additional InformationWork model
- Office-First: working primarily in the Warsaw studio in a hybrid mode.
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.
