Mid-Level 3D Generalist Artist

Mid-Level 3D Generalist

Iconographics LLC is a legal visualization firm looking for exceptional talent as the company grows. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of animation experience, with expertise in forensic and/or medical visualization, legal expert engineering and scientific consulting/testifying, or adjacent fields. We are looking for a self-driven and motivated to help create high-quality legal visualizations used for expert exhibits.  Compensation commensurate with skills and experience will be commission/salary based. Employer-provided health insurance and 401k; sick and vacation time paid.

This is a REMOTE POSITION.

Open to an initial contract period prior to a full-time offer.

Education and Experience:

• Minimum five year experience in 3D animation and collaborating within a pipeline
• Knowledge in Adobe Suite (after effects, photoshop and Indesign)
• Substance painter by Adobe (Required)
• Organic and hard surface modeling (Required)
• Maya Artist or Max Artist (Required) 
• Strong attention to detail, composition, scale, lighting, and realism 
• Ability to collaborate with creative teams while adapting to feedback and revisions in a fast-paced production environment 
• Ability to create clean, optimized geometry for production-ready assets 

Desired Skills:

• Preferably Render engine  knowledge V-Ray
• Strong experience with 3ds Max and modern 3D production workflows 
• Openness to learning new tools, programs, and adapting to evolving workflows 
• Experience with large-scale environmental modeling and texturing 
• Character animation experience preferred, including keyframe animation and motion refinement 
• Experience with real-time game engines such as Unreal Engine or Unity 
• Experience creating and working with procedural textures and materials 
• Solid understanding of UV mapping 
• Studio pipeline experience - Has worked with render farms
• Familiarity with high-resolution sculpting workflows in ZBrush 
• Experience with Dynamics/FX simulations such as cloth, particles, rigid bodies, smoke, or destruction effects 
• Familiarity with 3D scanning, drone data, and photogrammetry 
• Experience modeling from scan data, CAD references, and photogrammetry meshes 
• Rigging experience preferred, including skeletal setup, skinning, and control rig creation 
• Ability to troubleshoot technical issues and maintain efficient scene organization 

Responsibilities:

• Executing the tasks assigned to you in a timely manner
• Executing tasks accurately and researching any problem solving that might arise while working on a task  
• Working together as a team to complete projects timingly, accurately and polished
• Responsible for letting director know if behind on tasks and projects assigned
• Adhering to stylistic guidelines to maintain cohesion across the Iconographics team
• organizing and naming consistent to maintain cohesion across projects, ensuring seamless collaboration among team members