Lead CGI Art Director | Product Visualization & Realism

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 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.