Senior 3D Artist
Los Angeles, CA - USA
Job Summary
About Team One:
Team One is Publicis Groupes fully integrated media digital and communications agency built to help premium brands thrive in a rapidly evolving world. Were known as the architects of aspiration helping luxury brands reach modern affluents and next-gen consumers through culturally fluent strategies and experiences unmatched access and the agility to move at the speed of culture.
Were a team of 400 creators doers and difference-makers across six North American officesLos Angeles (our HQ) Dallas New York Chicago Atlanta and Boise. Together were proud partners to iconic brands including Lexus and the Lexus Dealer Association Marriott International The Ritz-Carlton Barclays The RealReal HKS Architects Metabo HPT KB Home Hewlett Packard Enterprise Moėt Hennessy Citi. and Cathay Pacific Airlines.
We take pride in our industry-shaping creativity connection and exceptional culture that have been recognized with honors like Fast Companys Best Workplaces for Innovators and Ad Ages Best Places to Work.
About this Position:
TheSr. 3D Artistwill drive the creation of high-end photoreal automotive content across cinematic real-time and still imagery pipelines. This role is responsible for crafting premium visual storytelling for global automotive brands spanning virtual photography cinematic sequences and environment creation while operating within a scalable production-ready Unreal Engine pipeline.
The ideal candidate brings proven industry experience a strong portfolio of shipped work and the ability to collaborate closely with creative leadership in a live iterative production environment.
What Youll Do:
- Real-Time Mastery: Author and maintain clean modular Unreal scenes using Master/Sub-Sequences and Level Streaming.
- Infrastructure & Standards: Operate within Perforce-managed environments adhering to version control and publishing standards.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with teams to ensure assets materials and lighting scale across multiple vehicles and productions.
- Asset Pipeline: Utilize Maya for expert asset prep scene setup and pipeline integration.
- Creative Execution: Partner with directors and producers to execute evolving briefs and provide artistic/technical guidance.
- Production Agility: Operate effectively in fast-paced ambiguous environments with incomplete product data.
- Scalability: Contribute to best practices for a scalable multi-vehicle production pipeline.
What You Bring:
- Automotive Expertise: Proven experience in high-end automotive product or cinematic visualization.
- Advanced Unreal Proficiency: Expert knowledge of Sequencer Lumen path tracing lighting and rendering.
- Technical Toolkit: Strong Maya skills and deep understanding of real-time vs. offline rendering workflows.
- Pipeline Literacy: Experience working within version-controlled pipelines (Perforce preferred).
- Artistic Eye: Strong grasp of lighting composition material realism and cinematic storytelling.
- Direct Review Experience: Proven ability to iterate with creative leadership in live review settings.
Even better if you bring:
- Specialized Rendering: Familiarity with Substrate materials advanced shading and master material systems.
- Optimization & Scale: Experience building scalable environments and reusable assets with a focus on real-time optimization.
- Post-Production: Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite for final image polish and delivery.
Why Its Great to Work Here:
- We live by our C.O.R.E. values:
- Collaborative -We work together to get better stuff done than we could alone.
- Optimistic -Honest and confident in our quest forward; believing the impossible is possible.
- Results-driven -Creativity is always in service of results and never for its own sake.
- Entrepreneurial -Build something new. Shoot for the moon.
- We offer comprehensive benefits and work perks like great options for medical / dental / vision insurance 401(k) with company matching unlimited PTO generous paid parental leave tuition reimbursement family forming assistance reimbursement pet adoption assistance pawternity leave etc.
- We have a hybrid work schedule (4 days a week in office / 1 day from wherever your heart desires).
- Were part of Publicis Groupe which is a huge global network so there are many resources that come with that like Business Resource Groups for a variety of communities like Publicis Parents VivaWomen Egalité etc.
- We give back to our communities with our annual Day of Good and volunteer opportunities throughout the year.
- We love to grow our talent and promote from within whenever possible and we offer professional development trainings and regular structured performance reviews.
- We have a lot fun! We have a whole committee called Team Fun that plans parties and events for us to celebrate birthdays holidays cultural moments etc. Some recent fun events include a flower bouquet bar origami lessons and hearing from creative entrepreneurs at our Moonshot speaker series.
Our Publicis Groupe motto Viva La Différence means were better together and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities across all facets of intersectionality and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.
Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage dental vision disability 401K as well as parental and family care leave family forming assistance tuition reimbursement and flexible time off.
If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically please contact
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
Publicis Media is one of the four solutions hubs of Publicis Groupe ([Euronext Paris FR0000130577, CAC 40], alongside Publicis Communications, Publicis.Sapient and Publicis Healthcare. Led by Steve King, CEO, Publicis Media is powered by its five global brands, Starcom, Zenith, Spark ... View more