Lead Visualisation Artist

McLaren Racing; Bicester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive company in Bicester is seeking a Lead Visualisation Artist to create stunning images and animations using tools like Unreal and Blender. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in digital design and excellent communication skills, working closely with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative visualisations. The role offers a diverse working environment with opportunities for career development and a range of benefits.

Benefits

Structured career development framework

25 days' holiday plus bank holidays

Enhanced company pension scheme

Discretionary annual bonus award

Private medical insurance

Life assurance benefit

Qualifications

• Degree in Design or equivalent work experience in a Digital Design role.
• Understanding of design and brand creative values.
• Strong resilience to feedback and changes.

Responsibilities

• Create accurate images, animations & real-time experiences.
• Work with the Visualization Manager to maximize productivity.
• Oversee multiple projects concurrently.

Skills

Understanding vehicle design & development process

Expert in 3D visualisation tools (Vred, Blender, Unreal)

Strong communication skills

Robust problem-solving abilities

Ability to balance efficiency and quality

Education

Degree in Design or related Digital Content Creation

Tools

Photoshop

After Effects

Premiere

DaVinci

Job description

We're seeking a Lead Visualisation Artist to join our team, reporting to our Digital Visualisation Manager. You will be creating stunning images, animations & real-time experiences using industry standard tools like Unreal, Blender & Vred combining technical skills, creative aesthetic and brand values. You will need to be highly creative, detail oriented, with great communication skills, to work collaboratively with cross functional teams in a fast paced and people focussed culture. You will work in a diverse design team of designers, modellers and engineers, but closely alongside 'creative strategy', comprising of CMF/Graphics and UX design, to bring our designs to life.

What You'll Do

• Create accurate and detailed images, animations & real-time experiences ensuring the utmost efficiency & realism in content creation.
• Work closely with the Visualization Manager and design leadership to maximise productivity and impact, whilst keeping milestones, timescale and deadlines.
• Develop luxury creative style in collaboration with design teams, ensuring visual asset consistency across various mediums.
• Support the implementation of new techniques & technologies to add value to the Visualisation outputs.
• Prepare data from digital modelling and engineering for optimal performance and flexibility in both real-time and offline rendering.
• Create and iterate digital materials in close collaboration with CMF for accuracy across multiple render engines.
• Oversee multiple projects concurrently, adhering to set processes and timelines.
• Make accurate and descriptive visualisation content to aid design development, ensuring the right design decisions are made.
• Work with UX and design teams to help animate dynamic features like screen content, exterior lamp sequences, interior ambient lighting, and mechanical features like doors and spoilers etc.
• Work with 2D backplates and create environments to set the designs in context to a photorealistic level.

What You’ll Bring

• Understanding the vehicle design & development process to understand how and when digital visualization techniques add value.
• Understanding of the design and brand creative values so that content is created in line with the future strategic vision.
  Degree in Design or related Digital Content Creation field or equivalent work experience in a Digital Design related role.
• Ability to balance efficiency and quality to create the best content possible to visualize the needs of the customer and the decisions that need to be presented to senior stakeholders.
• Robust problem-solving abilities, with the capacity to iterate and refine content based on feedback and updates.
• Expert in industry-standard 3D visualisation tools such as Vred, Blender, Unreal, and 2D tools like Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere, DaVinci etc., A calm collected individual that thrives at a fast pace whilst being efficient with their time and workload.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with proven experience working effectively within cross-functional teams and being an excelling team player.
• Strong resilience to feedback, design direction changes and team support, being agile with time, working location and work travel.
• Flexibility: agile with working across multiple locations whether design offices or model workshops etc. Being clever with remote working parallel to reacting to the needs of the business week by week
  No restraints. No limitations. We don't simply push boundaries. We completely rethink them. McLaren Automotive exists to create breath-taking performance road cars.

It takes a community to do what we do. A diverse group of people with many areas of expertise, united by their passion to deliver visionary products and set new benchmarks. McLaren Automotive commits to equal opportunity for all. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion is at the heart of our impact, it drives our innovation and enables us to truly create something special. Join us on our journey.

Benefits

• Structured career development framework
• 25 days' holiday, plus bank holiday. Annual buy & sell up to five days
• Enhanced company pension scheme
• Discretionary annual bonus award
• Private medical insurance and health cash plan
• Life assurance benefit
• Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years' service
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• Generous parental leave policies
• A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice