Senior Visual Designer

Contract Length: 4 months

Location: Remote

Pay Rate: $90-$105 per hour

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Visual Designer with deep expertise in 3D design, animation, and world-building to create immersive visual experiences for live events and large-scale broadcast productions.

The ideal candidate is both a creative thinker and technical craftsman who can translate visual direction into sophisticated 3D environments, animation systems, and production-ready assets. This role requires someone who can take work from concept through final delivery while developing scalable tools and workflows that enable creative teams to work efficiently.

• Build and animate immersive 3D worlds and environments for live events and broadcast experiences.
  
• Translate creative concepts, brand direction, and visual identities into sophisticated 3D assets and experiences.
  
• Create high-end 3D design, animation, lighting, materials, environments, and final renders.
  
• Work directly within complex project files to build, maintain, and optimize production-ready 3D toolkits.
  
• Develop reusable 3D systems that enable other designers to build upon existing work.
  
• Deliver broadcast-ready creative while maintaining organized and efficient production workflows.
  
• Explore AI and emerging technologies to improve creative workflows, asset creation, and rendering efficiency.
  
• Collaborate with creative and cross-functional partners to develop and execute high-quality work.
  
• Share technical knowledge and help elevate the capabilities of the broader creative team.
  
• Take creative concepts beyond execution by developing new visual directions and possibilities.
  
• Troubleshoot technical and creative challenges throughout the production process.
  

• 10+ years of experience in 3D animation and design, ideally within broadcast, entertainment, cinematic, or similarly high-end creative environments.
  
• Mastery of Cinema 4D.
  
• Advanced knowledge of multiple render engines, such as Redshift and Octane.
  
• Strong portfolio demonstrating exceptional 3D world-building, animation, and visual craft.
  
• Proficiency in Houdini and simulation systems.
  
• Proven ability to transform a flat visual identity or design system into a dynamic three-dimensional world.
  
• Deep understanding of 3D pipelines, rendering, optimization, file structures, and final finishing for broadcast.
  
• Strong understanding of lighting, materials, environments, motion, rendering, and composition.
  
• Ability to work independently while communicating creative concepts and technical decisions effectively.
  
• Highly organized and disciplined when managing complex project files and production workflows.
  
• Strong creative judgment and problem-solving skills.
  
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced creative environment with evolving direction and high-pressure production timelines.
  

• Advanced particle simulations and procedural workflows.
  
• Experience building sophisticated 3D toolkits or systems for other artists.
  
• Experience leveraging AI to improve 3D asset creation or rendering workflows.
  
• Studio art direction experience.
  
• AR/VR or in-venue experiential design experience.
  
• Experience with live sports, broadcast, entertainment, or streaming.
  
• Experience developing reusable 2D/3D toolkits, layouts, styles, and components.
  

Bachelor's degree in design, animation, visual arts, or a related field preferred, or equivalent professional experience.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. We are a drug-free workplace.

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