Senior ArchViz & Unreal Artist, Auckland, New Zealand
placeAuckland, NZ
business_center7 years experience
110K — 140K annual
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Full-time
Title of Role:
Senior Arch Viz Unreal Artist
Position Overview:
Reporting to the Creative Director, as the Senior Arch Viz Unreal Artist, you will work closely with the Realtime Technical Art Director, art team and programmers to use the latest gaming technology to create interactive real-time visualisations of unbuilt architecture, master plans and city-scape digital twins within the Real Estate, Hospitality, eCommerce and Digital Twin Sectors.
Primary Goals of the Role:
1. PRODUCTION
- Creating and leading 3D Realtime scenes & environments.
- Developing 3D model assets & props for architecture, infrastructure & experiential projects,
- Lighting, texturing & optimising 3D Realtime scenes & environments.
- Managing Real-time projects independently.
2. MANAGEMENT & SUPPORT
- Managing & presenting in-progress & final work to clients.
- Managing, supporting, teaching intermediates, juniors & interns.
3. FUTURE WORK
- Work with the Sales team to scope & quote future projects.
- Create demonstrations, mock-ups and presentations for new project pitches to clients.
TEAM/ORGANISATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
What other areas of the company will this role interface with?
- Realtime Art Director or Realtime Technical Art Director
- Project team members
- Sales
Organisational Structure (Reporting to, management responsibilities, key stakeholder relationships, etc):
Real-time Technical Art Director, Head of Production, and Project team members. External relationships include Project Stakeholders & Contractors.
KEY OBJECTIVES - to achieve MAJOR GOALS
0-3 Months:
In this phase, we would like the ideal candidate to get the lay of the land and the project processes, which can connect the dots, contribute and provide feedback to the team, which generally only needs the complete wheel explained.
3-6 Months:
The candidate will have led his project at least once and reviewed it. They will have demonstrated their ability to work within a set timeline and budget, prioritise tasks, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and communicate effectively with the Realtime Technical Art Director.
6-12 Months:
Leadership and autonomy and working/adapting to changing project requirements - the ideal candidate must adapt to the evolving needs and priorities.
12 Months & Beyond:
There is a wide variety of options within the organisation, and most specifically, there is the opportunity to be earmarked for a leadership role to build your team beneath you in response to project demands - our client is doing a lot of different things with a wide variety of clients that are just ever increasing.
Key Challenges/Success Limitations/Obstacles:
- Work within a set timeline and budget: Ability to prioritise tasks and communicate effectively with the Realtime Art Director or Technical Art Director.
- Adapting to changing project requirements: the artist must adapt to the evolving needs and priorities.
THE BEST
What Do the Best Do?:
Flexible and the ‘leaning in’ - those who work rigidly will not work. Those who care about developing people beneath them will do very well.
REQUIRED CAPABILITIES
5 Critical Skills and Level of Experience
Certification or Qualifications
- Degree in the area of VFX, Technical Director or similar, and work experience
Preferred Work Experience
- At least 5-7 years of extensive hands-on experience creating high-quality 3D models, textures, lighting, and materials,
- Proven experience in delivering successful real-time 3D content & environments.
- An expert-level understanding of general real-time 3D rendering pipelines and workflows.
Learning Agility
- Ability to take on and utilise new tools as & when required.
- Actively keep up to date and seek out relevant technology and creative techniques.
Technology & Systems
- An excellent portfolio of work demonstrating an understanding of Autodesk 3dsMax.
- An excellent understanding of Unreal Engine.
Mindset & Attitude
- Manage projects independently.
- Strong ability to provide mentorship.
- Strong ability to problem solve and have the foresight to see issues before they arise,
- Strong ability to confidently work through complex projects unsupervised,
- Strong ability to reflect on challenging projects and turn them into learnings.
Communication
- Expert ability to communicate with the internal team,
- Masterful ability to communicate with clients and stakeholders,
- Proficient ability to teach concepts, processes & tools to artists from Intermediate to Interns,
- An Expert end-to-end understanding of the relevant workstream pipeline with the ability to provide feedback and suggestions to help achieve business goals.
Process/Delivery Management
- Self-directed to manage projects & teams independently.
- Strong ability to self-check projects & teamwork.
Which of these is most important to you?
QUALITY OF VISUAL PORTFOLIO & UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN, AS WELL AS EXPERIENCE AND DEPTH OF INTEREST WITH UNREAL ENGINE
Flexible on years of experience required?:
5-7, ideally, but they are open
Best cultural fit/character assets:
Dynamic, empathetic, calming, fluid, curious, adaptable and keen to contribute.
Company
***Please note FAST FORWARD, NZ acts as the Recruitment Partner for New Zealand-based clients in the Emerging Tech space ***
RELOCATION TO AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND IS REQUIRED FOR THIS ROLE
Qualifications
WORLD-CLASS QUALITY OF VISUAL PORTFOLIO & UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN, AS WELL AS EXPERIENCE WITH UNREAL
- Degree in the area of VFX, Technical Director or similar, and work experience
- At least 5-7 years of extensive hands-on experience creating high-quality 3D models, textures, lighting, and materials,
- Proven expertise in delivering successful real-time 3D content & environments.
- An expert-level understanding of general real-time 3D rendering pipelines and workflows.
- An excellent knowledge of Autodesk 3dsMax.
- An excellent understanding of Unreal Engine.
Specific domain/industry they should come from or have had exposure to:
Real estate, property, architectural or construction
Benefits
Wonderful international team, offices in Auckland, London and New York
Additional information
Relocation is necessary for this role as well as the need to secure a visa for New Zealand
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