Careers

Currently we are looking for:

Ref #	Position	Project	Location
CI-PL-WAW-CD-2012	Creative Director	Unanounced F2P game	Warsaw, Poland
CI-PL-WAW-TD-2012	Technical Director	Sniper 3	Warsaw, Poland
CI-PL-WAW-SLD-2012	Senior Level Designer	Sniper 3	Warsaw, Poland

CI-PL-WAW-3D-2012	3D Character Artist	RPG	Warsaw, Poland
CI-PL-WAW-ANI-2012	Animator	RPG	Warsaw, Poland
CI-PL-WAW-CDIR-2012	Cinematic Director	RPG	Warsaw, Poland
CI-PL-WAW-OC-2012	Outsource Coordinator	RPG	Warsaw, Poland

 

Why us?

City Interactive is an exciting and demanding work environment, which guarantees the participation in projects aimed for all major world markets. We provide new challenges, creative projects and the possibility to work with true professionals, passionate about computer video games. Here with us you will have the once in a lifetime chance to get to know and participate in the process of creating computer games!

City Interactive is an employee-friendly company. We respect all obligations of the employer towards the staff. Our reliability in this respect is confirmed by among others the prestigious Solidna Firma certificate, which City Interactive received for the years 2005, 2006 and 2007!

We put especially great emphasis on atmosphere in the workplace. We employ people not only based on their qualifications, but also their personality. All the departments of City Interactive work towards the common goal in an atmosphere of goodwill and respect.

We take care of our employees, providing them with:

- An attractive recompense scheme, bonuses and awards for special achievements
- Full medical coverage - all employees have access to specialists and a wide range of medical services
- Sports activities compensation - City Interactive supports the health and well-being of its employees by giving them access to a swimming pool, a gym and fitness classes

If you want City Interactive to become your workplace, where you would be able to explore your potential to the full, check the Job Offers tab for current vacancies and send us your application at work@city-interactive.com

A typical recruitment process in City Interactive consists of the following stages*:

Stage I: Applications - all the CVs we receive are analysed by our HR department. We evaluate among others to what extent the information included in the CV is compatible with the requirements specified in the advertisement. This initial stage ends with selecting a few people who are then invited for an interview.

Stage II: An interview with a member of our HR department. During this meeting we try to confirm the candidate's abilities, as well as take a close look at his or her personality. We pay special attention to the question of whether the candidate will fit in with our team. In some cases we decide to introduce additional elements of the recruitment process, such as a sample, a case study or tests.

Stage III: A meeting with our HR manager and someone from the appropriate department (usually the prospective direct superior). Sometimes the chairman of City Interactive takes part in this meeting too, seeing as this stage is designed as a final verification of the candidate. Only 2 or 3 people receive an invitation to this stage of the recruitment process.

Stage IV: Choosing the candidate - we make the final decision. All the interviewees are informed about the results of the recruitment.

Stage V: Conditions and requirements - most of these were already mentioned during the recruitment process (such as recompense, duties, type of employment, date of employment commencement). This meeting is only supposed to confirm all previous arrangements, clear any remaining doubts, answer all the candidate's questions and specify all final details.

Stage VI: Introduction to the company - in the first days the employee is introduced and trained in the scope of his or her duties, getting to know the team, the company structure as well as the rules and regulations.

* Depending on the post and the work specific the recruitment process may diverge from the above outlined stages.

 

Current Openings

 

Creative Director (Unannounced F2P FPS)
ref: CI-PL-WAW-CD-2012

The Creative Director is working closely with Executive Producer, Art Director and other team leads, and is responsible for creating and executing the overall vision for the game.

Responsibilities

• Direct the overall look and feel of the project with the focus of convincing character development, visuals, and addictive gameplay
• Collaborate with the entire development to deliver on a unique gaming experience 
• Set clear creative goals and deliverables; lead and focus efforts across the design team to ensure a consistent  and solid experience across the game and service
• Anticipate threats to quality and innovation and work effectively with the team leads to mitigate
• Build and maintain a collaborative relationship with all the departments that ensures a best-in-industry production process

Qualifications and Skills

• 3+ years of professional game development experience with 2+ years as Creative Director or Lead Game Designer
• Experience working with F2P client base
• Good understanding of the bigger picture of game development
• Capable of providing focused and inspiring creative leadership
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, organizational and problem solving skills
• Ability to communicate well with many external partners to facilitate the sharing of ideas and services
• Ability to work well under pressure and with deadlines

 

Send your resume to work@city-interactive.com and include the reference number in the subject of the email.

 

Technical Director (Sniper 3)
ref: CI-PL-WAW-TD-2012

The Technical Director is responsible for assessing and validating the technical development of all company projects, but with primary focus on development using CryEngine.

Responsibilities

• Works closely with the Head of Development, PMO Manager and Producers to maximize the success of all projects
• Reviews and provides feedback to the Producers on all Technical Designs and ongoing technical deliverables for all milestones
• Represents development concerns for all projects during all stages from pre-production, development, milestone review meetings and certification

• Analyses technical pipelines, processes, budgets, resource plans and development staff through company studio visits and through the assessment of builds and documentation
• Collaborates across internal divisions to ensure that teams are implementing the optimal technical solutions,
• Identify tools, programs, 3rd party software and/or hardware that could be helpful to the development and make recommendations as necessary to assist in achieving success
• Establish, maintain and enhance company relationships with inside and outside technology , development partners and third party vendors
• Mentor internal staff and act as a role-model for all development staff by emphasizing project goals and maintaining core focus
• Create a positive, forward-focused work-environment that indentifies and prioritizes issues for solution

Qualifications and Skills

• 5+ years of professional engineering experience with 2+ years as team lead or technical manager
• Expert knowledge of C/C++ development
• Experience developing for consoles (PS3 and Xbox 360)
• Familiarity with leading 3D-engines, tools and pipelines (e.g., CryEngine, Unreal, etc.)
• In-depth knowledge of core videogame technologies and including rendering, streaming, memory management, threading/multi-core development, optimization techniques, tools development, AI, game-play systems, etc.
• Excellent leadership, communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
• Ability to communicate well with many external partners to facilitate the sharing of ideas and services
• Ability to work well under pressure and with deadlines

 

Send your resume to work@city-interactive.com and include the reference number in the subject of the email.

 

Senior Level Designer (Sniper 3)
ref: CI-PL-WAW-SLD-2012

The Senior Level Designer is responsible for design and implementation of the gameplay within levels by content creation, interface and development abilities as part of a group dedicated to making high quality gaming experiences.

Responsibility

• Designs and implements high quality levels while following the game’s vision
• Writes game scripts, design documents and develops prototypes (vertical slices) at a level that meets and exceeds direction by Creative Director
• Communicates ideas with various project development roles to request feedback and ensure support
• High level of ownership over own work and ability to work independently
• Assists in resolving complex technical issues
• Utilizes independent judgment when determining course of action, based on the experience
• Able to relate personal experience as well as ideas to help provide insight on designs
• Anticipates, identifies and articulates problem areas and develops preventative solutions
• Mentor internal staff and act as a role-model for all level design team by emphasizing project goals and maintaining core focus

Qualifications and Skills

• 3+ years of design experience on highly rated FPS games
• Familiarity with leading 3D-engines, tools to create maps and scripts (e.g., CryEngine, Unreal, etc.)
• Excellent leadership, communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
• Ability to communicate well with many external partners to facilitate the sharing of ideas and services
• Ability to work well under pressure and with deadlines

 

Send your resume to work@city-interactive.com and include the reference number in the subject of the email.

 

3D Character Artist
ref: CI-PL-WAW-3D-2012

We are seeking professionals for the upcoming Action-RPG project being built for XBOX360®, PlayStation® 3 and PC. Join the creative powers of our RPG team created and led by Tomasz Gop (one of the brains behind success of Polish RPGs) and the development veterans at Deck 13 Interactive (over dozen recognizable projects including Ankh, Jack Keane and Venetica). 

The ideal candidates should possess artistic sensitivity allowing them to create game assets, which conform to our artistic direction. A thorough knowledge of form, color and light (both in 2D and 3D) is essential. The candidates should have group work skills and a background in different areas of art including modeling, drawing and texture creation, as well as be well-versed in relevant tools, such as 3DS Max or Adobe Photoshop

Duties:
• Character creation from scratch to finished in-game models.
• Following the general artistic vision of the project and keeping its consistency.
• Helping out with reviewing the work of outsource vendors.

Requirements:
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in the gaming industry – character modeling and texturing for current-gen games.
• Experience in realistic style modeling and texturing of game characters.
• Superior eye for light, composition, color and detail (both in 2D and in 3D).
• Ability to shape natural and anatomically correct character models.
• Ability to get into the stylistics and the general theme of the game.
• Ability to carry an idea from the simple reference to the finished object.
• Good communication skills, motivation and team-oriented approach to work.
• Passion for games and game-related topics.
• Ability to work in Warsaw at the company’s headquarters.

Additional skills:
• Has shipped at least one AAA title for consoles and/or PC.
• A passion for Role-Playing games.
• Knowledge of Zbrush.

We offer:
• Attractive salary.
• Interesting and creative work within fast growing video game company.
• Great team spirit.
• Social benefits scheme.

Send your resume to work@city-interactive.com and include the reference number in the subject of the email.

 

Animator
ref: CI-PL-WAW-ANI-2012

We are seeking professionals for the upcoming Action-RPG project being built for XBOX360®, PlayStation® 3 and PC. Join the creative powers of our RPG team created and led by Tomasz Gop (one of the brains behind success of Polish RPGs) and the development veterans at Deck 13 Interactive (over dozen recognizable projects including Ankh, Jack Keane and Venetica). 

We are now recruiting full-time professionals for our Warsaw-based part of the team. The ideal candidates should possess skills and sensitivity allowing them to create game assets, which conform to our artistic direction. A thorough knowledge of motion, form and composition is essential. The candidates should have group work skills and a background in different areas of technical art including modeling, skinning and animation, as well as be well-versed in relevant tools, such as 3DS Max or Motion Builder.

Duties:
• Character animation from ideas and references to in-game working sets.
• Motion-Captured animation processing and importing.
• Following the project’s artistic vision and keeping its consistency.
• Helping out with reviewing the work of outsource vendors.

Requirements:
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in the gaming industry – current-gen games and cinematics.
• Understanding of personality and character creation using animation.
• Ability to present emotions with moves.
• Perfect sense of motion, composition and form within consequent style.
• Attachment to detail.
• Ability to get into the stylistics and the general theme of the game.
• Ability to carry an idea from the simple reference to the finished object.
• Good communication skills, motivation and team-oriented approach to work.
• Passion for games and game-related topics.
• Ability to work in Warsaw at the company’s headquarters.

Additional skills:
• Has shipped at least one AAA title for consoles and/or PC.
• A passion for Role-Playing games.

We offer:
• Attractive salary.
• Interesting and creative work within fast growing video game company.
• Great team spirit.
• Social benefits scheme.

Send your resume to work@city-interactive.com and include the reference number in the subject of the email.

 

Cinematic Director
ref: CI-PL-WAW-CDIR-2012

We are seeking professionals for the upcoming Action-RPG project being built for XBOX360®, PlayStation® 3 and PC. Join the creative powers of our RPG team created and led by Tomasz Gop (one of the brains behind success of Polish RPGs) and the development veterans at Deck 13 Interactive (over dozen recognizable projects including Ankh, Jack Keane and Venetica). 

We are now recruiting full-time professionals for our Warsaw-based part of the team. The ideal candidates should possess skills and sensitivity allowing them to create game assets, which conform to our artistic direction. A thorough knowledge of characters, environments and animations is essential. The candidates should have group work skills and a background in different areas of technical art including animation and cinematic direction, as well as be well-versed in relevant tools, such as 3DS Max or Motion Builder.

Duties:
• Cinematic creation from scratch – story-board, animatic, importing motion-capture animations and ready in-game scene.
• Following the general artistic vision of the project and keeping its consistency.

Requirements:
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in either gaming or cinema industry – camera, character and environment animation.
• Understanding of personality and character creation using cinematic language.
• Ability to present emotions with character and camera moves.
• Perfect sense of motion, light, composition and form within consequent style.
• Attachment to detail.
• Ability to get into the style and general theme of the game.
• Ability to carry an idea from the simple reference to the finished cinematic sequence.
• Good communication skills, motivation and team-oriented approach to work.
• Passion for games and game-related topics.
• Ability to work in Warsaw at the company’s headquarters.

Additional skills:
• Has shipped at least one AAA title for consoles and/or PC.
• General interest in Role-Playing games.

We offer:
• Attractive salary.
• Interesting and creative work within fast growing video game company.
• Great team spirit.
• Social benefits scheme.

Send your resume to work@city-interactive.com and include the reference number in the subject of the email.

 

Outsource Coordinator
ref: CI-PL-WAW-OC-2012

We are seeking professionals for the upcoming Action-RPG project being built for XBOX360®, PlayStation® 3 and PC. Join the creative powers of our RPG team created and led by Tomasz Gop (one of the brains behind success of Polish RPGs) and the development veterans at Deck 13 Interactive (over dozen recognizable projects including Ankh, Jack Keane and Venetica). 

We are now recruiting full-time professionals for our Warsaw-based part of the team. The ideal candidates should possess skills and sensitivity allowing them to coordinate the creation of game assets, which conform to our artistic direction. An advanced knowledge of characters, environments and animations is essential. The candidates should have very good communication and coordination skills, experience related to technical aspects of game asset creation (2D, 3D, animation) as well as be well-versed in relevant tools, such as 3DS Max/Maya, Motion Builder and Adobe Photoshop.

Duties:
• Outsource asset production pipeline coordination and management.
• Ensuring the artistic consistency of outsourced game assets.
• Keeping up-to-date vendor and asset progress database.

Requirements:
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in the gaming industry – asset management and/or art related background.
• Understanding of asset creation pipelines.
• Sense of artistic value and form within consequent style.
• Attachment to detail.
• Perfect communication skills, especially written.
• Command of English.
• Passion for games and game-related topics.
• Ability to work in Warsaw at the company’s headquarters.

Additional skills:
• Has worked on AAA PC or console titles.
• A passion for Role-Playing games.

We offer:
• Attractive salary.
• Interesting and creative work within fast growing video game company.
• Great team spirit.
• Social benefits scheme.

Send your resume to work@city-interactive.com and include the reference number in the subject of the email.