Senior Architectural CGI Artsit

Engine Recruitment Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Engine Recruitment Ltd is recruiting a Senior 3D Architectural CGI Artist for a renowned architectural visualisation studio in the UK. You will produce photoreal exterior imagery for luxury and commercial schemes, collaborating with architects and designers across all project stages.

The role is hybrid, UK-based (London or surrounding areas preferred) with a drive to deliver best-in-class visuals and storytelling, using 3DS Max, V-Ray, Photoshop, and AI tools.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional, commercial experience in architectural CGI
• 3ds Max and V-Ray proficiency
• Photoshop at an exceptional level
• Current commercially used AI image enhancing solutions

Responsibilities

• Produce best in class photorealistic exterior architectural imagery for high-end projects
• Collaborate with architects and designers across the planning and design cycle
• Communicate design intent and storytelling through imagery
• Contribute to early stage visual narratives and marketing visuals
• Review work and present to clients when required
• Deliver imagery that is accurate in composition, lighting and textures

Job description

Architectural CGI Artist – Senior
(Exceptional mid-levels considered)

Note: This role offers hybrid working. Candidates must be based in the UK, preferably in or around London.

We are partnered with a renowned architectural CGI firm with a strong quality over quantity, looking for standout Senior level 3D Architectural CGI Artists who are capable of producing best in class photorealistic exterior architectural imagery for a broad variety of architectural and built environment projects. This is anexteriors-first CGI position, working closely with the firms architectural cgi teams.

You will be collaborating on very high-end projects for both UK and international clients, working on schemes, across property, commercial design, luxury real estate, architecture and wider built environment schemes. You will play a key role in how projects are communicated in terms of composition, look and feal, so that they’re telling, stories, invoking a desired feel or emotion and desirability which will be experienced by clients and stakeholders.

This role requires you to be based in the UK, ideally in London or on the north, south or eastern sides of London or the Home Counties. We are considering UK-based residents only for this one and you will need a UK driving licence.

Role and responsibilities

• Work within a talented, design-led team of senior architectural CGI artists and architects, producing imagery, not just to the highest standard, but best in class for the industry.
• Create visuals that allow clients, stakeholders and wider project teams to fully understand and immerse themselves in the practice or developer proposals, clearly communicating design style, intent, spatial qualities and the experience of the architecture across projects far and wide.
• Demonstrate a proven track record of producing top-quality architectural and built environment imagery for commercial projects, ideally including international work.
• Collaborate closely with architects and designers, contributing to design development as well as final presentation imagery throughout every stage of the planning and design cycle, from early concept and feasibility through to detailed design and pre-delivery.
• Use tools such as 3DS Max, Photoshop, latest understanding and experience of AI, ability to review and present to clients on occasions.
• We are looking for strong communicators who are confident in their ability, self-motivated and committed to delivering the highest quality work at all times. The team values imagery that is rooted in design integrity, exacting measurements, geographic relevance and cultural accuracy, with compositions that set the scene, tell a story and enable viewers to fully imagine and engage with a project.

Our client has become renowned for the quality of its visual communication and does not settle for less. The team is continually raising the bar, pushing the limits of what is possible in architectural visualisation, and this is a key reason their clients return over and again.

Skills and experience

Candidates must have 5+ years of professional, commercial experience with all of the following:

• 3ds Max
• V-Ray
• Photoshop, exceptional level
• Current commercially used AI image enhancing solutions

Knowledge of the following would be beneficial:

• After Effects - a bonus.
• Premiere - a bonus.
• AutoCAD (or other CAD packages used in architectural practice)

The ideal candidates will come from a quality obsessed studio or practice studio environment, where they work on architectural and built environment projects at every stage of the planning and design cycle. Experience contributing to early stage visual narratives, planning imagery and final presentation or marketing visuals is particularly valuable.

We are open to a range of experience levels from very strong mid to upper seniors or lead artists, provided your portfolio demonstrates the quality and consistency required by our client.

Location and working pattern

WewelcomeapplicationsfromacrosstheUK,butyoumustbeabletoattendthestudiosoifyouareoutofLondonyouneedtolocatetoacommutabledistance potentially.Ifyouarepreparedtorelocatetowithinacommutabledistance that’s equally of interest. Youareencouragedtoapply regardless as there may be a solution that can be reached.Otherwise,anorth,eastorsouthLondonlocationisdesirable. We also have other roles for those this studio doesn’t suit.

Thisisafull-time,permanent hybridrolewithstandardworkinghoursof9:00-17:30.Allapplicationsarehandledinthestrictestconfidence.

Weareparticularlykeentohearfromexceptional mid-levelandproven upper-level senioror lead artistswithrelevantportfolioswhoareinterestedinworkingwithina respected architectural CGIenvironment.We also have similar opportunities at varying levels.

Youwillberequiredtoworkasa360-degreeartistinthisrole,contributingacrossthe full lifecycle of the project or development,tofinalpresentationimagery.