CGI & Generative AI Artist

Charlotte Tilbury Beauty; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

25 days holiday plus birthday

Pension and life assurance

Dog-friendly days

Product discount

Job summary

Charlotte Tilbury Beauty is seeking an exceptional CGI and Generative AI artist who blends luxury aesthetics with technical mastery to create high-end, photo-realistic assets. You will balance CGI and AI within the post‑production pipeline, delivering visuals that meet demanding beauty standards and fast workflows.

Using Houdini, Blender, Cinema 4D and generative AI, you will drive innovative workflows, contribute to creative ideation with stakeholders, and ensure polished, scalable content

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a CGI artist in an agency or post‑production studio.
• Proven experience with SideFX Houdini (SOPs, DOPs, VOPs, and Solaris/Karma or Arnold/Redshift).
• Deep understanding of generative AI tools and integrating them into a commercial pipeline.
• Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, After Effects).
• A strong eye for detail, texture, composition, movement, colour and lighting.

Responsibilities

• Produce engaging CGI/VFX/AI content to a highly creative and technical standard.
• Develop and implement cutting-edge Generative AI workflows using leading image, video and 3D AI tools.
• Take assets from conception to final, ensuring seamless blending between traditional 3D elements and AI-generated enhancements.
• Work within collaborative AI production environments to develop repeatable, scalable creative workflows.
• Write clean, optimised VEX and Python scripts to automate tasks within Houdini and bridge 3D assets with AI pipelines.
• Interpret briefs creatively and respond pro-actively to feedback.
• Work collaboratively with the in-house Creative Agency.
• Model, animate, simulate, texture, light, and render to a high standard.

Skills

CGI artist

Generative AI workflow design

Team collaboration

Creative ideation

Tools

SideFX Houdini

Blender

Cinema 4D

Unreal Engine 5

Unity

Nuke

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

About The Role

Charlotte Tilbury is looking for an exceptional CGI and Generative AI artist who combines world‑class artistic taste with deep technical expertise. Someone who can demonstrate exceptional visual skill and a strong understanding of luxury aesthetics, equally excited by creating beautiful imagery as they are by building smarter, faster creative workflows using emerging AI technologies.

You will be responsible for developing high‑end photo‑realistic assets while simultaneously maintaining the balance of CGI and AI in a seamless and fast integration to the post‑production pipeline.

Using mainly Houdini, Blender, Cinema 4D and generative AI, you will be highly competent in workflow and ensure consistency throughout the production to produce videos to high standards. You will need to be highly confident, creative in your approach, able to work under pressure and with a passion for the beauty and fashion world.

This is an opportunity to help define the future of creative production at one of the world's most innovative beauty brands. You'll work at the intersection of luxury beauty, CGI and Generative AI, partnering with world‑class creatives to pioneer new ways of producing beautiful, scalable content. You'll have the freedom to experiment, challenge established workflows and shape how emerging technologies are integrated into a global creative pipeline.

As a CGI & Generative AI artist, you will

• Produce engaging CGI/VFX/AI content to a highly creative and technical standard
• Develop and implement cutting‑edge Generative AI workflows using leading image, video and 3D AI tools (such as ComfyUI, Midjourney, Flux, Runway, Weave and emerging platforms)
• Take assets from conception to final, ensuring seamless blending between traditional 3D elements and AI‑generated enhancements
• Work within collaborative AI production environments to develop repeatable, scalable creative workflows
• Write clean, optimised VEX and Python scripts to automate tasks within Houdini and bridge the gap between 3D assets and AI generation pipelines
• Interpret briefs creatively and respond pro‑actively to feedback
• Work collaboratively with the in‑house Creative Agency
• Maintain an organised workflow/pipeline and working project for ease of collaboration
• Model, animate, simulate, texture, light, and render to a high standard
• Be involved in creative ideation, working with key stakeholders to achieve a high level of output

About You

• Previous experience as a CGI artist in an agency or post‑production studio
• Proven experience with SideFX Houdini (SOPs, DOPs, VOPs, and Solaris/Karma or Arnold/Redshift)
• Deep understanding of generative AI tools, and how to effectively integrate them into a commercial production pipeline
• Working knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, After Effects)
• A strong eye for detail, texture, composition, movement, colour and lighting
• Understand workflows for motion tracking and compositing
• Be flexible, pro‑active, and highly organised. Able to deal with changing deadlines and priorities
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a diplomatic and proactive approach
• Strong technical knowledge and up to date with the latest technology
• Be obsessed with staying up‑to‑date on the weekly shifts in the AI art landscape
• Experience with Unreal Engine 5, Unity, or Nuke would be an advantage
• Passionate about beauty and fashion

Why join us?

• Be a part of this values driven, high growth, magical journey with an ultimate vision to empower everyone, everywhere to be the best version of themselves
• We're a hybrid model with flexibility, allowing you to work how best suits you
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) with an additional day to celebrate your birthday
• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents and carers throughout their parenting and caring journey
• Financial security and planning with our pension and life assurance for all
• Wellness and social benefits including Medicash, Employee Assist Programs and regular social connects with colleagues
• Bring your furry friend to work with you on our allocated dog friendly days and spaces
• And not to forget our generous product discount and gifting

At Charlotte Tilbury Beauty, our mission is to empower everybody in the world to be the most beautiful version of themselves. We celebrate and support this by encouraging and hiring people with diverse backgrounds, cultures, voices, beliefs, and perspectives into our growing global workforce. By doing so, we better serve our communities, customers, employees and the candidates that take part in our recruitment process.