Real-Time Artist

Foster + Partners; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Personal travel insurance

Wellbeing support

Discount programmes

Catering on London campus

Regular social events

Sports activities

Job summary

Foster + Partners in London seeks a Real-Time Artist to join the Visualisation and Film team. You will help create immersive, interactive experiences that bring ambitious architectural ideas to life using Unity and emerging technologies, balancing visual excellence with performance.

You will collaborate with architects, designers and specialists across disciplines, developing workflows within Unity and immersive pipelines, and tackling complex technical challenges to deliver world-class

Qualifications

• Experience delivering real-time visualisation, VR or immersive content.
• Strong Unity experience including UI/UX and material development, and project work in VR/immersive contexts.
• Understanding of high-poly workflows and integration with architectural tools.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality real-time and immersive experiences for global architectural projects.
• Develop and refine workflows within Unity and immersive pipelines.
• Collaborate with architects, designers and specialists across disciplines.
• Troubleshoot and optimise performance-heavy scenes while maintaining visual quality.

Skills

Real-Time Viz

Unity UI/UX

VR Content

Performance Optimisation

Collaboration

2+ yrs experience

Attention to detail

Architectural context

Tools

Unity Engine

Rhino

Revit

Job description

Description

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Department: Visualisation

Location: London

Description

As a Real-Time Artist at Foster + Partners, you’ll be part of a world-class Visualisation and Film team creating immersive, interactive experiences that bring ambitious architectural ideas to life. Working across disciplines, from architecture to applied research, you’ll help shape cutting-edge real-time content using Unity and emerging technologies, balancing visual excellence with performance while collaborating with talented creatives across the practice.

This role is ideal if you want to:

• Create high-quality real-time and immersive experiences for visionary global projects.
• Work at the intersection of architecture, design, and emerging technology.
• Collaborate with architects, designers and specialists across multiple disciplines.
• Develop and refine workflows within Unity and immersive pipelines.
• Solve complex technical challenges while maintaining exceptional visual quality.
  
  

What you will bring to the team:

• Experience delivering real-time visualisation, VR or immersive content.
• Confidence working in Unity, including UI/UX and material development, and demonstrated experience building a VR or immersive project in Unity (or equivalent).
• Strong eye for detail, aesthetics and user experience.
• Ability to troubleshoot workflows and optimise performance-heavy scenes.
• Proactive and collaborative mindset with strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in real-time visualisation, games, film or similar.
• Understanding of high-poly workflows (e.g. Rhino, Revit integration).
  
  

What we offer:

We offer a benefits package designed to help you thrive professionally and personally. This includes: private medical insurance for you and your family; life assurance; personal travel insurance; access to a range of wellbeing support, comprising virtual GP services, mental health support and lifestyle coaching; as well as discount programmes for various retailers. On our London campus, we have subsidised catering facilities, and host regular social events, and sports activities, for everyone to enjoy.

To support you in building a meaningful career, the practice offers opportunities to develop both your technical and non-technical skills through continuous learning, professional development support, and knowledge sharing and insights from experienced colleagues.

If our designs spark your curiosity and you would like to contribute to solving complex challenges with local and global impact, we invite you to join our team. You’ll be challenged and inspired, collaborating on extraordinary projects in an environment designed to cultivate excellence.

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