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Squint/Opera is looking for an experienced 3D artist to join its team in London.

You:

• highly skilled in all aspects of 3D with strong artistic flair
• comfortable leading small teams productively, including guiding more junior artists
• strive for excellence in your work
• have a passion for architecture and other areas of design with experience in high-end rendering techniques and post-production workflow for stills and film
• have a good understanding of set extension and the process of incorporating 3D in live action
• vital to have a good eye for image composition, light moods, style and a natural visual storytelling ability
• ability to work within a creative team where all opinions are valued and respected
• understand and actively contribute to creating effective workflows, understanding the value of creating – efficient clean models/scenes/shots that can be handed off to another 3D team member without frustration
• ability to work on tight deadlines
• creative problem-solving ability and multitasking, especially within complex 3D scenes
• eager to learn new software and tools, and able to assess every new challenge with an open mind and creativity.

Responsibilities:

• modelling/texturing/lighting/rendering and animation of 3D architectural scenes
• camera setup for architectural CGIs
• reporting to head of 3D
• acting as the lead 3D artist on stills and/or animation projects
• taking responsibility for all 3D elements of a project for its duration, ensuring quality or workflow and result
• leading and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team of 3D artists and maintaining quality throughout the project

Experience:

• extensive, proven experience working with 3ds Max and V-Ray for both stills and animations
• experience working in architectural visualisation
• experienced in Photoshop
• additional 3D skills (particles, dynamics, etc.) would be beneficial
• basic compositing skills (Nuke, After Effects, Fusion)
• real-time experience and low poly assets workflow beneficial

Perks:

• friendly comfortable and sociable work atmosphere in an open-plan studio
• an open, creative learning environment
• SPS scheme
• Friday beers
• a massive render farm at your disposal

The application:

• please include a CV, your portfolio/showreel and any links to your work online
• if some of the work in your portfolio was done by a group of people please list your direct contributions to the final piece
• submit your application by clicking the ‘apply’ button below

www.squintopera.com

• Applications have closed.