Senior CGI Artist

Hogarth is the Global Content Experience Company. Part of WPP, Hogarth partners with one in every two of the world’s top 100 brands including Coca-Cola, Ford, Rolex, Nestlé, Mondelez and Dyson. With a breadth of experience across an extensive range of sectors, Hogarth offers the unrivaled ability to deliver relevant, engaging, and measurable content across all channels and media - both established and emerging. The number of channels at our fingertips; the need for speed; and the drive for mass personalisation, all mean that brands need different solutions.  Our global team of over 7,500 craft and technology experts brings together creative, production and innovation to help clients navigate this exciting and ever-changing world of today’s content experience.

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities. Working at WPP means being part of a global network of more than 100,000 talented people dedicated to doing extraordinary work for our clients. We operate in over 100 countries, with corporate headquarters in New York, London and Singapore. WPP is a world leader in marketing services, with deep AI, data and technology capabilities, global presence and unrivalled creative talent. Our clients include many of the biggest companies and advertisers in the world, including approximately 300 of the Fortune Global 500. Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow.  

Hogarth is looking for a Senior CGI Artist 

What does a Senior CGI Artist do at Hogarth?

The CGI Senior Artist will be essential in creating exceptional photorealistic visual content for our clients, leveraging the latest 3D software and techniques.  They will excel in lighting products (both still and moving), consistently achieving high-fidelity results. As a champion of high-end CGI product visualization, they will master studio lighting using HDRI techniques as well as full HDRI environment lighting. They will be capable of compositing render passes into a final asset and adding the final flourishes. Building strong relationships with art directors is crucial, alongside developing advanced CGI lighting skills with top tier render engines. The ideal candidate will have a strong desire to learn new industry-standard 3D software and possess expert proficiency in 3DS Max, Houdini, V-Ray, Photoshop, and Nuke.

Duties:

• Use industry standard 3d software (Houdini/Max/Maya/v-ray) to light and render master-models for our automotive clients to and outstanding quality.
• Understand the nuances of automotive lighting and have an appreciation of how a car should look and feel in all types of different scenarios from Studio to multiple environments and beyond, static and in full motion
• Collaborate with our in-house pipeline team to organize, USD files, lit and rendered files and outputs including complex 3D scenes and USD files for client content.
• Proficiency in Photoshop, Nuke and DaVinci Resolve, for high-quality look development and pre-comps for both still imagery and motion shots.
• Work closely with creative and art directors, as well as directors from various in-house and external agencies.
• Understand and follow all production workflows and procedures, ensuring assets meet specifications through quality checks

Requirements:

Bring CGI visuals to life with industry-leading 3D software like Houdini, 3ds Max, Maya, and V-Ray to create stunning, photorealistic renders that exceed client expectations. Work together with our in-house pipeline team to seamlessly manage and deliver polished 3D assets that drive product storytelling to the next level. With expert skills in Nuke, DaVinci Resolve, and Photoshop, you’ll elevate look development, create impactful pre-comps, and contribute to final compositions with a sharp eye for detail and deep CGI lighting expertise, while continuously improve our production pipeline and ensuring top-tier, efficient results for every project.

Skills:

• Relationship Building:Building strong relationships with art directors
• Collaboration:Working closely with creative and art directors, as well as directors from various in-house and external agencies
• Communication
• Organization
• Following Procedures:Understanding and following all production workflows and procedures
• Quality Checks:Ensuring assets meet specifications through quality checks

We are a 100% open and diverse company, which is why we want our talent to be recognized for their skills and competencies applicable to this open position. We are committed to inclusiveness and celebrating diversity.

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