Houdini 3D Artist: Photoreal Product Visualization

Plan.Net CreativeNest South Africa; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 640,000; Full time

Job summary

Plan.Net CreativeNest South Africa is seeking a skilled 3D Artist specializing in Houdini and photorealistic product visualization to join our expanding creative production team. You will create high-quality 3D product stills and animations, focusing on technical and industrial products, and collaborate with art directors, producers and international teams in a USD-based production pipeline.

Proficiency in Houdini, USD, lighting and shading, with a strong photographic eye and excellent English

Qualifications

• Proven experience with SideFX Houdini in procedural 3D production and product visualization.
• Strong working knowledge of USD including layers, references, variants and scene composition.
• Expertise in studio/product lighting, reflections, contrast and color for photorealistic results.
• Excellent English communication, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality photorealistic product stills and animations from data prep to final delivery.
• Develop realistic 3D visualizations of technical/industrial products, showing materials and function.
• Prepare, optimize and convert CAD/engineering data for visualization.
• Maintain consistent naming, clean scenes and reliable version control across projects.
• Collaborate with art directors, producers and international teams to translate briefs into visuals.

Skills

SideFX Houdini

USD (Universal Scene Description)

Photorealistic rendering

Lighting & shading

English communication

Independent with teamwork

Tools

ftrack

Solaris / LOPs

Nuke

Python or VEX

V-Ray / Karma

MaterialX

Job description

Plan.Net CreativeNest South Africa is seeking a skilled 3D Artist specializing in Houdini and photorealistic product visualization to join our expanding creative production team. You will create high-quality 3D product stills and animations, focusing on technical and industrial products, and collaborate with art directors, producers and international teams in a USD-based production pipeline.

Proficiency in Houdini, USD, lighting and shading, with a strong photographic eye and excellent English