Senior 3D Artist

Company description

About Team One:

Team One is Publicis Groupe’s fully integrated media, digital, and communications agency built to help premium brands thrive in a rapidly evolving world. We’re 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.

We’re a team of 400+ creators, doers, and difference-makers across six North American offices—Los Angeles (our HQ), Dallas, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, and Boise. Together, we’re proud partners to iconic brands, including Lexus and the Lexus Dealer Association, Marriott International, The Ritz‑Carlton, Barclays, The Real Real, 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 Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators and Ad Age’s Best Places to Work.

About this Position:

The Sr. 3D Artist will 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 You’ll 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 It’s 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 (3…