Switzerland - Zurich (Hybrid)
On is looking for a 3D Design Modeller to support their product design teams from early ideation phase to final design review. Your vision and expertise as a technical artist will empower designers, accelerate decisions, and shape the evolution of their performance-driven products.
Leverage 3D Design during exploration and ideation to support creative direction and bring the vision to life
Build comprehensive 3D concepts encompassing both bottom units and upper builds
Produce high-fidelity renders and 3D prints to enhance design review meetings
Prepare clean, optimized, and watertight 3D files for digital simulation and prototyping
Translate input from design and engineering into actionable assets, partnering with designers to streamline the tech packing process
Iterate fast, learn faster, and contribute ideas that improve both product quality and digital workflows
Act as a digital champion - stay ahead of digital trends, mentor design teams, and continuously optimize 3D pipelines
United States - Cary, NC
Epic is looking for a Technical Artist with a strong focus on material creation to join the Fortnite team. You’ll be responsible for building visually rich, performant materials for characters and character accessories, using Unreal Engine and industry-standard texturing tools to deliver a wide range of effects.
Create high-quality, game-ready materials for characters and other cosmetics
Build materials that leverage procedural textures and custom material logic to achieve distinctive visual effects
Generate textures and bake data using tools such as Substance Designer, Substance Painter, and Houdini
Develop reusable material frameworks and workflows that enable tech artists and artists of other disciplines to efficiently create unique assets
Collaborate with character artists, tech artists, and engineers to integrate materials with geometry, effects, and Blueprints
Optimize materials and textures to meet performance, memory, and scalability targets across multiple platforms
Contribute to improving Unreal Engine material pipelines and best practices
United States - Warren, MI (On-site)
The Senior Design Sculptor – Digital Technical is a studio expert responsible for developing high-quality digital surfaces that bring advanced design concepts to life. You’ll guide sculpting teams across multiple programs, ensuring alignment with aesthetic targets, engineering requirements, and global modeling standards.
Develop high-quality aesthetic digital surfaces that meet Design intent, engineering requirements, and GVDP quality standards
Execute digital models to program timelines while ensuring accuracy, surface integrity, and data readiness for release
Mentor sculpting teams on modeling techniques, best practices, and new digital tools to elevate studio capability
Collaborate with design and engineering stakeholders to resolve technical challenges and influence 3D solutions
Lead and participate in peer reviews, providing expert feedback on surface construction and continuous improvement
Contribute to digital SMS forums, helping shape training strategies, workflow enhancements, and process alignment
Reinforce studio data management standards and corporate systems (e.g., Teamcenter, SharePoint) across teams
United States - Warren, MI (On-site)
The General Motors Design Visualization Foundations team is seeking Visualization Artists to join the team creating compelling visualization assets and experiences for the Design Studios. You’ll be part of a group of highly skilled visualization artists embedded in the Design studios in Warren, acting as mentor for best practices and a bidirectional conduit for innovation between the Design Studios and the Visualization teams.
Act as the single point SME embedded in the studios and linked to the core Visualization teams to identify efficiencies in studio deliverables
Collaborate with designers, sculptors and studio engineers to identify opportunities for efficiencies, data prep standards, troubleshooting hardware and software and drive for continuous improvement
Support VR, MR, AR Tablet review set up across multiple software and hardware
Support traditional and AI enabled animations
Support Market Research virtual clinic support, industry events, and Executive and Senior Leader Reviews
Bangladesh - Dhaka (On-site)
CLO Virtual Fashion is the creator of CLO and Marvelous Designer, the top 3D garment design programs used in fashion, film, and game development. You are the liaison between users and their software development team, assisting clients in translating the flexibility and functionality of CLO into real solutions for their unique challenges.
Spearheading 3D adoption strategy and implementations for the industry
Devising the Digital Transformation journey of their clients
Implementing seamless adoption and retention strategies for clients
Collaborating with the global teams to bring new projects, events, and ideas to life
Driving user engagement: content creation, workshops, events and more
Ensuring constant product innovation and version stability
Innovating with developers to research use cases, understanding and highlighting industry requirements to pitch new functions and applications for development
United States - Texas (Remote, Contract) - $25/hr - $27/hr
A 12-month contract through staffing agency Mindlance for a 2D artist/data imagery editor (3D) supporting a major US tech client — and they’re hiring 100 candidates. Candidates must be located in Texas.
Efficiently identify and correct issues by annotating 2D imagery
Optimize existing processes in order to meet client’s goals
Skillfully analyze and remedy deficiencies by marking 3D generated data
Communicate effectively in a team environment in order to increase productivity
Use comparative analysis to establish conformity throughout projects
Self QA assigned tasks prior to completion
United States - Redmond, WA - $155,000 - $205,000
General Robotics is building the future of general robot intelligence. They’re seeking a 3D Technical Artist/Creative Technologist to be the expert responsible for onboarding new robots to the AirGen and GRID platforms, customizing implementations to specific use cases, and ensuring their AI-powered autonomous systems perform flawlessly in high-fidelity virtual environments.
Develop workflows to onboard robotic CAD and high-fidelity models into Unreal Engine (AirGen) and Isaac Sim, ensuring physical accuracy, proper kinematics, and performance optimization for real-time sensor simulation
Develop custom tools and simulation scenarios tailored to specific customer use cases, including sensor modeling (Lidar, Depth, RGB) and drone flight environments
Build and develop pipelines for generating high-quality, large-scale synthetic datasets to train computer vision and AI models for autonomous navigation
Develop 3D scanning and photogrammetry workflows to create digital twins of real-world environments and assets for high-fidelity simulation
Work closely with Robotics Engineers, Perception Teams, and Simulation Engineers to ensure the visual and physical fidelity of digital environments matches real-world sensor data
United States (Remote)
POLYWOOD is looking for an exceptional Real-Time 3D Visualization Artist who can combine technical expertise with artistic vision to create breathtaking, photorealistic outdoor environments using Unreal Engine. Create digital imagery so realistic people will question whether it’s a photograph.
Create photorealistic product imagery using Unreal Engine
Build highly realistic outdoor environments that showcase POLYWOOD products in authentic settings
Import, optimize, and prepare SolidWorks CAD models for visualization
Develop realistic lighting, materials, textures, vegetation, and environmental effects
Produce lifestyle imagery for POLYWOOD.com, retail partners, product launches, and marketing campaigns
Create scalable visualization assets that support multiple product styles, colors, and configurations
Collaborate with Product Development, Engineering, Marketing, Creative, and Digital teams to bring products to life
United States - Brooklyn, NY (Remote) - $85K - $110K plus bonus
THE·TEAM operates at the epicenter of sports, music and entertainment, and is seeking a strong 3D Designer who is passionate about people, driven by design, and inspired to innovate. From sports sponsorships to fashion launches and beyond, you’ll tackle a range of exciting experiential projects.
Work simultaneously on multiple projects throughout the entire design process from initial concept development through final execution
Create and oversee materials for client campaigns, liaising with third party vendors as required
Collaborate on creative and production timelines to incorporate 3D design deliverables within the overall project timeline
Present work internally to team, substantiate creative decisions, and take feedback and amends in good spirits
Typical work includes iterative concept studies, schematic spatial layouts, 3D renderings, detailed production drawings and elevations, material studies and specifications, design presentation and digital assets
Stay abreast of the latest design trends, technologies, and software to enhance design capabilities
United States - Naples, FL
Arthrex, a global medical device company and leader in orthopedics, is searching for a 3D Artist for their 3DAnatomy team. You’ll collaborate in the production process of anatomically accurate 3D medical models, from conception to delivery, to create high quality 3D printed models for use in demonstrations, training and prototyping.
Create and edit technically accurate medical 3D models and textures for Medical Education materials targeted for orthopedic surgeons
Collaborate in all phases of the 3D model creation process including anatomical sculpting and texturing, with emphasis on 3D content creation for 3D printing and other rapid creation processes
Utilize industry standards of SFX techniques and workflows to create 3D molds for casting realistic soft-tissue anatomy
Review medical education documentation, and live or recorded surgical procedures to better understand the critical anatomy and design features required for each project
Examine medical data in the form of radiographs, CT scans, MRI scans, and other relevant data to better understand clinical presentation of pathologies
Observe surgical demonstrations including cadaver dissections
United States - Lakeland, FL (can sit in any RK&K office) - $105,678 - $136,935
RK&K is seeking a creative and motivated individual to join their growing team as a Senior 3D Specialist - Graphics. You’ll develop high-quality 3D models, renderings, animations, and interactive visualizations that communicate civil engineering projects to clients, stakeholders, and the public — from small site developments to large-scale transportation infrastructure.
Develop 3D models, renderings, and animated visualizations from engineering, landscape, and architectural plans, drawings, and technical documentation
Produce large-scale roadway and interchange animations featuring moving traffic, pedestrians, and other dynamic elements
Import, clean, and integrate CADD/GIS/modeling data into visualization workflows
Perform post-production and final video editing for animations, site visit footage, and drone video, including compositing, color correction, graphics, titles, and preparation of polished deliverables
Manage multiple projects simultaneously, balancing deadlines across projects of varying size and complexity
Collaborate with engineers, designers, project managers, and/or external clients to ensure technical accuracy and visual clarity
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Hello! Michael Tanzillo here. I am the Head of Technical Artists with the Substance 3D Growth team at Adobe. Previously, I was a Senior Artist on animated films at Blue Sky Studios/Disney with credits including three Ice Age movies, two Rios, Peanuts, Ferdinand, Spies in Disguise, and Epic.
In addition to his work as an artist, I am the Co-Author of the book Lighting for Animation: The Visual Art of Storytelling and the Co-Founder of The Academy of Animated Art, an online school that has helped hundreds of artists around the world begin careers in Animation, Visual Effects, and Digital Imaging. I also created The 3D Artist Community and this newsletter.
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