CG Art Director

INDG|Grip; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

INDG is seeking a 3D Art Director to lead CGI stills, animations, and interactive product experiences for global brands in Amsterdam. You will bridge creative intent with CGI execution, defining lighting, framing, rendering, and delivery across formats.

You will shape product storytelling around realism, materials, and brand intent while coordinating with producers, project managers, and CGI teams to balance timelines, costs, and quality.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in art direction in CGI, product visualization, or agency environments.
• Strong portfolio or reel showing product-focused CGI work.
• Hands-on understanding of 3D pipelines, virtual production, lighting, rendering, and compositing.
• Experience working directly with brands, stakeholders, Producers, and CGI teams.
• Healthcare or consumer electronics experience is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Own the Creative Direction: translate briefs into clear visual concepts, build mood boards and storyboards, define look for stills, animations, and interactive outputs.
• Direct CGI Production: lead virtual shoots, review renders, give precise feedback for shaders, lighting and scene setup, maintain production control.
• Protect Quality at Scale: ensure consistency across variants and channels, balance visual ambition with timelines and costs, work with producers and CGI teams.
• Collaborate across teams to ensure final output works as both image and system.
• Tell product storytelling through realism, materiality, and brand intent.

Skills

CGI art direction

Virtual shoot direction

Product storytelling

Look development

Visual QA

Creative feedback

Client presentation

Production-aware decision making

Job description

INDG is looking for a 3D Art Director to lead the visual direction of CGI stills, animations, and interactive product experiences for global brands.

You will connect creative intent with CGI execution. The role sits between product storytelling, visual quality, and scalable digital twin production. You will define how products are lit, framed, rendered, animated, reviewed, and delivered across formats.

What You Will Do

Own the Creative Direction

• Translate briefs into clear visual concepts.
• Build mood boards, references, storyboards, sketches, and pitch direction.
• Define the look and feel for stills, animations, and interactive outputs.
• Shape product storytelling around realism, function, materiality, and brand intent.

Direct CGI Production

• Lead virtual shoots across lighting, camera, composition, materials, and animation.
• Review renders and identify issues in shaders, reflections, scene setup, comp, or product accuracy.
• Give CGI teams precise feedback they can act on.
• Keep the work visually strong without losing production control.

Protect Quality at Scale

• Maintain consistency across product variants, channels, and deliverables.
• Balance visual ambition with timelines, scope, render cost, and review cycles.
• Work closely with Producers, Project Managers, creative technologists, and CGI teams.
• Make sure the final output works as both image and system.

Who You Are

You sit between art direction, CGI production, and product storytelling.

You Have

• 5+ years in art direction, ideally in CGI, product visualization, digital production, or agency environments.
• A strong portfolio or reel showing product-focused CGI work.
• Hands‑on understanding of 3D pipelines, virtual production, digital lighting, materials, rendering, and compositing.
• Experience working directly with brands, stakeholders, Producers, and CGI teams.
• Healthcare or consumer electronics experience is a strong plus.

You Think

• Visual quality comes from systems, not last-minute polish.
• Strong product imagery needs realism, consistency, and technical control.
• Good direction gives artists usable decisions, not vague taste feedback.
• Scalable production matters as much as the hero frame.

Your Skills Are

• CGI art direction
• Virtual shoot direction
• Product storytelling
• Look development
• Visual QA
• Creative feedback
• Client presentation
• Production-aware decision making

Why Join INDG

• INDG has 20+ years of experience in CGI, 3D, digital twins, and visual production systems.
• Grip orchestrates AI-assisted workflows and production-grade visual output.
• Global brands trust INDG to represent products with accuracy, consistency, and craft.
• You will shape how healthcare and consumer electronics products become scalable digital assets.