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.Monks is seeking a talented and experienced Lighting / Shading Artist to join our team. We are looking for an experienced, team-oriented, self-motivated artist to join our growing visualization team. You are not only characterized by an excellent eye for details but also by your profound technical knowledge of Maya and Arnold render. Experience as a photographer or DOP are a big plus. If you are also familiar with complex CGI pipelines and can work independently in a structured way, even better!
Key Responsibilities:
- As an experienced Lighting / Shading Artist you are working on demanding projects for
premium customers with the highest demands on quality and aesthetics. - You create, manage and optimize your 3D assets for high end stills and cinematics that meet the high-performance requirements of real time applications simultaneously.
- You set up and optimize your shaders and lighting.
- You are responsible for assuring the best visual and technical quality of your created assets.
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- You proactively support the development of our CG pipeline and workflows even further.
- You push the envelope constantly in terms of innovation and AI. Exploring new ways of getting results.
- As a team player you are working together with a growing number of dedicated and highly motivated CG Artists.
Requirements:
- At least 4 years of production experience.
- Additional knowledge of scripting is very welcome.
- Used to deal with complex CGI pipelines.
- Interest in high-quality visualizations.
- Comfortable working in long term at scale production as well as short smaller projects.
- Good communication and collaboration skills to work effectively within a team.
- Good written and verbal english is mandatory.
- Experience within automotive projects is a plus!
About Monks
Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry’s best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world’s trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.
Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek’s Fastest Growing lists (2019-23), ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-23) and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). In addition to being named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-24), won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.
We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.