Unreal Artist

Cape Town. Posted 9 months ago

The role

This person will build interactive, live-navigable worlds for the built environment. They will create real-time assets, optimize geometry, and manage lighting and materials within Unreal Engine.

What you will do

Work within a team of artists, producers, and leads to improve processes and solve problems.
Build out built environment contexts including people, vehicles, urban surroundings, sound layout, and vegetation.
Create real-time assets optimized for real-time experiences.
Import and clean up complex geometry from Revit, Rhino, or 3ds Max using pipeline tools and workflows.
Implement LODs, nanite geometry, and texture atlasing for smooth frame rates.
Master Lumen and ray-tracing to simulate sun studies and interior artificial lighting.
Create high-quality, physically based rendering (PBR) materials.

Required qualifications

Unreal Engine 5 (Optimisation, Lumen, Nanite, PCG).
Proficiency in 3ds Max, Blender, Houdini or Maya.
Familiarity with Revit, Rhino, or SketchUp workflows.
Adobe Substance 3D Painter/Designer and Quixel Mixer.
3+ years of relevant experience with real-time 3D environments.
3–5+ years in architectural visualization or game environment art.
Strong understanding of architectural scale, construction details, and FF&E.
A Real-Time Reel showing interactive walkthroughs.
Strong creative background.
Strong communication skills.
Ability to communicate creative needs to technical personnel and vice versa.
Ability to understand conflicting viewpoints and resolve issues.

Nice to have

Passionate about real-time 3D, AR, VR, Games, Virtual Production
Approachable, flexible, adapts well to changing priorities
Perseverance when faced with difficulties

Before you apply

Submit a CV and a bespoke cover letter explaining how experience meets required and desirable criteria.
Share a portfolio of Design work outlining individual contributions.
Applications without Portfolios will not be considered.
Only applications from those with pre-existing work authorisation for SA will be considered.

About the company

Journey is a global design and innovation agency shaping the future through multidimensional experiences. Squint/Opera, a Journey studio, specialises in immersive, interactive experiences for architecture, urban planning, and cultural projects.