3D Animator / Generalist

3D Animator / Generalist

Location: Letchworth, Hertfordshire
Salary: £25 – 28k, DOE
Hours: 37 hours per week, with possible overtime
Contract: Permanent

Sonovision is looking for experienced 3D modellers and Animator to support our expanding 3D and Immersive design teams. The candidate should have a strong portfolio, showing a range of 3D modelling and animation and have a good creative design eye with excellent attention to detail that is self-motivated and proactive. This role would be ideally suited to a Product/Industrial/Engineering/3D designer looking to pursue a career in 3D modelling and animation.

You will be working alongside our in-house design studio and immersive design teams, creating a range of 3D product animations and scenarios which will include lighting and texturing scenes to low-poly modelling for use in gaming engines. The individual will work from briefs and storyboards and potentially would need to meet face to face with our design teams at the briefing stage. The candidate must have a solid knowledge of 3D Studio max 2017 and/or 2018 and Vray and an interest in creative design would be beneficial. Users of Maya are also welcome to apply.

Sonovision UK provides a full range of Technical Publications, Graphic Design and E-learning solutions to multi-national companies world-wide. Our Design Studio provides a broad range of creative print and digital design services along with video production and editing. Working with our 3D modellers and animators, we develop product visualisations and walk through animations for marketing and E-learning material making us a unique design agency.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Creating a variety of 3D product animations and real-life scenarios, developing realistic lighting scenes,
• texturing and creative animation sequences.
• Involvement in the full project lifecycle – from brief and pitch to delivery.
• Working from scamps, storyboards or customer briefs.
• Proactive in asking questions directly to team members and clients.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• Staying on track with emerging digital trends and culture.
• Articulating and presenting creative ideas/treatments to teams and clients.

Skills required for this role:

• Expertise in 3D Studio Max 2017 and/or 2018, Vray and Arnold rendering engines.
• Ability to model, texture, light, animate and render scenes and products to a high standard.
• Able to build/manipulate 3D engineering products models.
• A technical understanding of engineering products, and how they operate.
• Knowledge/understanding of Gaming environments can be beneficial but not essential.
• High attention to detail.

Desirable skills required for this role:

• Knowledge of Cinema4D for Motion Graphics
• Knowledge of Allegorithmic Texturing Packages
• An understanding of Modelling for use in Games/VR
• An understanding of the Unity and/or Unreal Game Engines is beneficial but not essential to the role.

The right candidate will have the following skills and background:

• Attention to detail.
• Excellent communications skills - verbal, written.
• Ability to multi-task under pressure whilst maintaining a calm, professional attitude.
• High level organisation, prioritisation and time management skills.
• Effective people and project management skills.
• Team oriented with ability to work autonomously and take the lead in multiple design projects at once.
• Resourceful with aptitude for practical and innovative problem solving.
• Open to providing and receiving feedback.
• Creativity and ability to deliver artistically impactful work on time.

Please note, candidates must successfully undergo UK Security Vetting before they can be appointed.

The level of security needed is Security Check (SC).

If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience click here today forwarding an up to date copy of your CV for consideration in the first instance!

No Agencies please.