Art Director

Our client is the in-house creative studio of a leader in retail seeking a 3D Art Director, known as the 3D Technical & Aesthetic Director, for a 40 hours/week, 4-month assignment with possible extension that will be onsite 4 days/week in the San Bruno, CA office.

The 3D Art Director will choose environments, textures, surfaces and product types that will best render the most photorealistic tableaus, allowing 3D-based images to reside alongside traditional photography and create a seamless experience for the shopper. Communicating directly with 3D studio vendors, the ideal candidate will have experience working in photo studio-type settings and understand technical aspects around lighting, environments, styling, etc.

The 3D Art Director will:

- Provide 3D-specific aesthetic & technical direction that brings to life the editorial campaigns and merchandising of products and services

- Create mockups of products and/or scenes in Photoshop

- Provide creative and technical direction on scenes, products, objects and environments, to be rendered in 3D

- Mentor members of the 3D creative team to further their knowledge of 3D capabilities

- Partner with various clients from across the company's retail groups to fulfill their commerce goals

- Collaborate with 3D vendors to ensure your vision is being translated accurately to 3D

- Leverage curations provided by merchants and source furniture and decor ideas from existing products

- Oversee storytelling and functioning in a 3D technical sense and as the set designer, lighting designer, photographer and interior designer

- Gather requirements and product priorities from merchandising and marketing

- Collaborate with merchandising and marketing teams to ensure alignment on the creative vision as it relates to product representation

- Partner with 3D operations on 3D model requests

The 3D Art Director must have:

- 5+ years as an Art Director within retail home furnishings, consumer electronics, beauty or fashion and the design trade

- Experience working with photo studios, product rendering, set creation, scenes or environments

- Knowledge of 3D technical aspects and ability to communicate feedback to 3D studios and modelers

- Proficiency in Photoshop (to create mockups)

- Knowledge of the facets of commercial image creation, spatial computing and GenAi spaces

- Experience using a project management tool

Bonus:

- Experience in next-gen commerce (NGC)

- Proficiency in 3D software tools and formats

- Skills in Figma