Lead 3D Generalist & Technical Artist (Remote)

Placements24; Mtubatuba Local Municipality; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote work

Flexible schedule

Competitive compensation

Professional development

Job summary

Placements24 seeks a Lead 3D Generalist & Technical Artist for a fully remote role in the digital arts space. You will guide a distributed team, build efficient pipelines, and push high-fidelity assets for real-time virtual production projects.

Ideal candidates have strong portfolios across modeling, texturing, shading, lighting, and optimization, with hands-on experience in Unreal Engine and scripting to automate workflows.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as Lead or Senior Technical Artist in real-time/virtual production.
• Portfolio showcasing modeling, texturing, shading, lighting for real-time workflows.
• Experience with Unreal Engine or Unity and performance profiling.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of 3D artists and technical artists.
• Develop and maintain real-time asset pipelines for environments and characters.
• Create high-quality models, textures, and shaders optimized for virtual production.
• Implement materials, lighting, and rendering techniques in real-time engines.
• Troubleshoot complex technical art issues and ensure asset integration.

Skills

3D Generalist

Technical Artist

Unreal Engine

Python scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Graphics

Tools

Maya

3ds Max

Blender

Substance Painter

Mari

Job description

Placements24 seeks a Lead 3D Generalist & Technical Artist for a fully remote role in the digital arts space. You will guide a distributed team, build efficient pipelines, and push high-fidelity assets for real-time virtual production projects.

Ideal candidates have strong portfolios across modeling, texturing, shading, lighting, and optimization, with hands-on experience in Unreal Engine and scripting to automate workflows.