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Title: 3D Artist
Location: Remote US
Duration: 8 months + Extensions
Compensation: $50-80/hr
Work Requirements: US Citizen, GC Holders or Authorized to Work in the U.S.
HOW WE WORK
Our team is at the intersection between product and marketing, where a tremendous opportunity lies. We inspire through storytelling and enable through product. Our work takes shape through partnerships with product and marketing teams, helping them solve their people problems while achieving our brand goals. We're dedicated to our quest that bridges the gap between marketing and product to create in-product brand expressions.
ABOUT THIS ROLE
We are seeking a talented 3D Artist who can move fluidly between the worlds of product and marketing to bring the two closer together. This person will partner with design teams, marketers, and product teams to create hard surface modeling for industrial design assets. The ideal candidate excels in creating precise, visually compelling models of product-based objects, optimized for real-time applications. Expertise in retopology, UV creation, and texture baking is essential.
RESPONSIBILITIES

• Hard Surface Modeling:
• Model assets with a focus on accuracy and realism.
• Maintain clean geometry and edge flow suitable for real-time rendering.
• Retopology:
• Optimize high-poly hard surface models into low-poly meshes for real-time use.
• Ensure models meet technical requirements for polygon count, edge flow, and UV layout.
• UV Creation:
• Unwrap and layout UVs for hard surface assets, ensuring efficient use of texture space and minimal distortion.
• Organize UV islands for optimal texture baking and real-time performance.
• Texturing & Baking:
• Bake high-quality textures from high-poly to low-poly assets.
• Author PBR textures using industry-standard tools (e.g., Substance Painter, Designer, Photoshop).
• Basic Rigging:
• Set up simple skeletons and controls for hard surface assets to enable basic animation and posing.
• Real-Time Optimization:
• Balance visual fidelity with performance constraints for real-time engines
• Implement best practices for LODs, texture atlases, and efficient material usage.
• Work closely with technical artists, product visualization designers, producers, product marketers, product managers, and engineers to ensure assets integrate seamlessly into production pipelines.
• Work cross-functionally, balancing the needs of stakeholders and breaking down complex narratives into simple, compelling ideas
• Lead the 3D asset production from rendering models to launch in collaboration with technical artists, product visualization designers, producers, product marketers, product managers, and engineers

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years experience in hard surface modeling, retopology, UV creation, and texture baking
• Demonstrated experience in marketing, product and design
• Portfolio features demonstrating hard surface models, advanced UV layouts, high-fidelity baked textures
• Proficiency with 3D modeling software (e.g., Cinema 4D, Blender, Maya).
• Advanced knowledge of retopology, UV unwrapping, and texture baking tools.
• Strong understanding of PBR materials and workflows.
• Strong understanding of real-time rendering constraints and optimization techniques.
• Basic rigging skills for hard surface assets.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 7+ years of experience producing interactive assets for marketing, promotional, or showcase purposes.
• Experience with mobile platforms or AR/VR
• Experience with GLB/USDZ file formats
• Proficient using AI tooling to improve efficiency of the asset production process

About INSPYR Solutions
Technology is our focus and quality is our commitment. As a national expert in delivering flexible technology and talent solutions, we strategically align industry and technical expertise with our clients' business objectives and cultural needs. Our solutions are tailored to each client and include a wide variety of professional services, project, and talent solutions. By always striving for excellence and focusing on the human aspect of our business, we work seamlessly with our talent and clients to match the right solutions to the right opportunities. Learn more about us at inspyrsolutions.com.
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