Freelance CG Artist: Product Renders & Motion

Kirin; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Kirin seeks freelance CG artists to craft photorealistic renders and motion assets for a smart ring and related consumer devices. You will translate CAD/CMF references into polished visuals for web, ads, and investor materials, working from loose direction with speed and taste.

You should have a strong product rendering and video portfolio, comfortable turning imperfect inputs into premium outputs, and be proficient with Blender, Cinema4D, KeyShot, Redshift, Octane, V-Ray, After Effects, and

Qualifications

• Strong portfolio of product rendering work, ideally consumer electronics, wearables, jewelry, watches, or small hardware.

Responsibilities

• Create photorealistic renders of a small consumer hardware product, primarily a smart ring.
• Produce product images and videos for website, ads, social, pitch decks, and internal design reviews.
• Create short product videos, turntables, motion tests, launch visuals, and social/ad clips.
• Animate camera moves, product reveals, material transitions, LED states, charging moments, and simple interaction concepts.
• Build realistic material studies across ceramic, metal, resin, glass, plastic, LED, and charging/contact details.
• Create multiple CMF and finish explorations quickly from loose references.
• Work with CAD/STP files, product photos, factory drawings, and reference images.
• Set up clean lighting, camera angles, surfaces, and compositions that make a small wearable product feel premium.
• Deliver organized source files and export-ready still/video assets in clean, reusable formats.
• Iterate quickly based on feedback from product, marketing, and hardware teams.

Skills

Portfolio rendering

Product video/animation

Lighting and materials

CAD/CMF references handling

Imperfect input adaptation

Fast turnarounds

Tools

Blender

Cinema4D

KeyShot

Redshift

Octane

V-Ray

After Effects

Premiere

DaVinci Resolve

Job description

Kirin seeks freelance CG artists to craft photorealistic renders and motion assets for a smart ring and related consumer devices. You will translate CAD/CMF references into polished visuals for web, ads, and investor materials, working from loose direction with speed and taste.

You should have a strong product rendering and video portfolio, comfortable turning imperfect inputs into premium outputs, and be proficient with Blender, Cinema4D, KeyShot, Redshift, Octane, V-Ray, After Effects, and