Senior 3D Artist

Company description About Team One: Team One is Publicis Groupe’s fully integrated media, digital, and communications agency built to help premium brands thrive in a rapidly evolving world

We’re known as the ‘architects of aspiration’ helping luxury brands reach modern affluents and next-gen consumers through culturally fluent strategies and experiences, unmatched access, and the agility to move at the speed of culture

We’re a team of 400+ creators, doers, and difference-makers across six North American offices—Los Angeles (our HQ), Dallas, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, and Boise

Together, we’re proud partners to iconic brands, including Lexus and the Lexus Dealer Association, Marriott International, The Ritz-Carlton, Barclays, The RealReal, HKS Architects, Metabo HPT, KB Home, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Moėt Hennessy, Citi., and Cathay Pacific Airlines

We take pride in our industry-shaping creativity, connection, and exceptional culture that have been recognized with honors like Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators and Ad Age’s Best Places to Work

Overview About this Position: The Sr. 3D Artist will drive the creation of high-end, photoreal automotive content across cinematic, real-time, and still imagery pipelines

This role is responsible for crafting premium visual storytelling for global automotive brands spanning virtual photography, cinematic sequences, and environment creation while operating within a scalable, production-ready Unreal Engine pipeline

The ideal candidate brings proven industry experience, a strong portfolio of shipped work, and the ability to collaborate closely with creative leadership in a live, iterative production environment

What You’ll Do: Real-Time Mastery: Author and maintain clean, modular Unreal scenes using Master/Sub-Sequences and Level Streaming

Infrastructure & Standards: Operate within Perforce-managed environments, adhering to version control and publishing standards

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with teams to ensure assets, materials, and lighting scale across multiple vehicles and productions

Asset Pipeline: Utilize Maya for expert asset prep, scene setup, and pipeline integration

Creative Execution: Partner with directors and producers to execute evolving briefs and provide artistic/technical guidance

Production Agility: Operate effectively in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with incomplete product data

Scalability: Contribute to best practices for a scalable, multi-vehicle production pipeline

What You Bring: Automotive Expertise: Proven experience in high-end automotive, product, or cinematic visualization

Advanced Unreal Proficiency: Expert knowledge of Sequencer, Lumen, path tracing, lighting, and rendering

Technical Toolkit: Strong Maya skills and deep understanding of real-time vs. offline rendering workflows

Pipeline Literacy: Experience working within version-controlled pipelines (Perforce preferred)

Artistic Eye: Strong grasp of lighting, composition, material realism, and cinematic storytelling

Direct Review Experience: Proven ability to iterate with creative leadership in live review settings

Even better if you bring: Specialized Rendering: Familiarity with Substrate materials, advanced shading, and master material systems

Optimization & Scale: Experience building scalable environments and reusable assets with a focus on real-time optimization

Post-Production: Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite for final image polish and delivery

Why It’s Great to Work Here: We live by our C.O.R.E. values: Collaborative - We work together to get better stuff done than we could alone

Optimistic - Honest and confident in our quest forward; believing the impossible is possible

Results-driven - Creativity is always in service of results and never for its own sake

Entrepreneurial - Build something new

Shoot for the moon

We offer comprehensive

and ‘work perks’ like great options for medical / dental / vision insurance, 401(k) with company matching, unlimited PTO, generous paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement, family forming assistance reimbursement, pet adoption assistance + “pawternity” leave, etc

We have a hybrid work schedule (3 days a week in office / 2 days from wherever your heart desires)

We’re part of Publicis Groupe which is a huge global network, so there are many resources that come with that like Business Resource Groups for a variety of communities like Publicis Parents, VivaWomen, Egalité, etc

We give back to our communities with our annual Day of Good and volunteer opportunities throughout the year

We love to grow our talent and promote from within whenever possible, and we offer professional development trainings and regular structured performance reviews

We have a lot fun

We have a whole committee called “Team Fun” that plans parties and events for us to celebrate birthdays, holidays, cultural moments, etc

Some recent fun events include a flower bouquet bar, origami lessons, and hearing from creative entrepreneurs at our Moonshot speaker series

Additional information Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger

It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization

We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive

Our

package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [email protected]

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines

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Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party

administration system once certain criteria have been met

Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met

For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off

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