[Full Time Remote] - Hard Surface Modelers
If you're searching for a full-time, permanent work-at-home career, we’ve got an opportunity for you to join our fast-growing team! WebstaurantStore is looking for self-motivated and detail-oriented candidates to join our rapidly growing company as hard surface modelers. Successful candidates will demonstrate strong skills in modeling and texturing photo-realistic and realtime assets for our online 3D and virtual photography pipelines.
This team will see enormous growth in 2021 and beyond. As part of our open, respectful, and collaborative team, your primary responsibility will be creating high-fidelity textured models from 3D scan data and photo reference as well as prepping the models for upload to our web 3D platform. You will be expected to stay on task and show initiative while following our workflows and brand standards.
A link to an online portfolio showcasing your modeling and texturing skills should accompany your application. Please include 10-15 examples of your best work, including 3-5 texture sheets showing albedo, roughness, normal, and metallic maps.
As a Hard Surface Modeler you will:
- Create high-fidelity 3D models of our products (with UV layouts and PBR texture sets) suitable for photorealistic rendering using 3D scans, photographs, and CAD data as reference
- Optimize models to work within the constraints of our web viewer and AR platforms where necessary
- Provide accurate time estimates for tasks, including iteration and review time
- Collaborate with the Photography, Rendering, and Development teams to solve creative and technical problems and meet deadlines collaboratively
- Organize and upload files according to department standards
Desired Skills and Abilities:
- Attentive to detail, demonstrate flexibility, and take initiative
- Excellent interpersonal skills and effective communicator
- Organized, self-motivated, and solution-focused
- Hold themselves and others to high standards
Minimum qualifications:
- Demonstrated proficiency (via online portfolio) in realistic modeling and texturing; preference will be given to portfolios showing accurate models of real-world objects.
- Proficiency in Maya, Marmoset, Substance, Photoshop and related applications
- Experience working within a PBR pipeline and with UV unwrapping
Preferred qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in 3D Animation, Fine Art, or related field
- 2+ years professional experience in 3D asset production
- Experience with Unity or Unreal Engine
This is a full-time position with a competitive benefits package including health, dental and vision, 401k with match, and childcare FSA; and will remain permanently remote past the end of the pandemic. As a WebstaurantStore remote employee, you'll also enjoy the same training and support to be successful in your position as employees at our physical corporate locations. We stay connected through video meetings, training sessions, and collaborative forums, and provide opportunities for you to connect with other employees from across the country both professionally and personally.
NOTE: We are currently only able to consider candidates who are both authorized to work in the USA and who are legal residents of one of the following 16 US states: (AL, AZ, AR, DE, FL, GA, KS, KY, MD, MI, MS, NV, NC, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV, WI or WY). H-1B Visa sponsorship not available, W-2 only.
Please apply through the job posting on our website.