3D Material & Shader Artist – Fabrics & Real-Time

DFS Group; Golborne; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

23 days holiday

Enhanced parental leave

Health cash plan

Employee Assistance Programme

Pension with company contributions

Life assurance

Sharesave scheme

Structured induction

Learning Hub and skills workshops

Leadership development and apprentices

30% colleague discount

Discounts and cashback at retailers

SmartTech scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Electric vehicle lease scheme

Volunteering day

Job summary

DFS Group Ltd is seeking a skilled 3D Material & Shader Specialist to manage a massive digital upholstery library. Focus on V-Ray rendering, shader networks, and efficient formats (glTF/USDZ) for web and AR across our distributed pipeline.

You will create, optimise and manage realistic PBR materials for furniture fabrics, refine V-Ray setups in 3ds Max or Maya, and collaborate with commercial teams to ensure color accuracy across platforms.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years specialised in technical art, shading, or PBR material authoring.
• Experience with high-end product visualisation or VFX.

Responsibilities

• Create realistic PBR materials for furniture fabrics (linens, bouclés, velvets, leathers, synthetics).
• Build and refine V-Ray materials to capture fabric textures and properties.
• Optimize materials for web, real-time 3D and AR platforms.
• Ensure materials look consistent across CGI, websites and AR experiences.
• Use Substance 3D Designer to create fabric variations.
• Support render farm workflows, troubleshoot material issues.
• Collaborate with commercial teams to colour-match digital fabrics with physical samples.

Skills

PBR materials

Technical art

V-Ray materials

Substance Designer

Substance Painter

3ds Max / Maya

Backburner rendering

Texture authoring

Tools

V-Ray

Substance 3D Designer

Substance 3D Painter

3ds Max

Maya

Job description

DFS Group Ltd is seeking a skilled 3D Material & Shader Specialist to manage a massive digital upholstery library. Focus on V-Ray rendering, shader networks, and efficient formats (glTF/USDZ) for web and AR across our distributed pipeline.

You will create, optimise and manage realistic PBR materials for furniture fabrics, refine V-Ray setups in 3ds Max or Maya, and collaborate with commercial teams to ensure color accuracy across platforms.