Skill: 3D Generalist
Years of Experience Required: 4 to 12 years
Work Location: PAN India Cognizant Location
Education: Must have completed either UG or PG through Fulltime/Regular. Preferably Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree in Media Arts and Animation, Interactive Entertainment, Interactive Technology or related field
The candidate should support the AR/VR/MR experience team as well as the Pre-Rendered Animation team and help us define the next generation of immersive experiences as well as to provide industry standard CGI rendered storytelling. We are looking for a talented and experienced 3D Generalist to join our Content Development team, to take our ideas from concept to final quality experiences.
Required Experience:
- Specialized in creating photorealistic models, textures, materials, lighting, and rendering for interior, exterior environments, character and props.
- Experienced in Maya/3ds Max, V-Ray/Redshift, Unity/Unreal, and Substance Painter
- Ability to create clean and organized topology
- Ability to Implement various lighting techniques including light mapping, baking and light probes
- Ability in converting models into various real-time formats based on client needs. (.obj, gLB, gLTF, FBX…etc).
- Experience of traditional and computer 3D animation techniques
- Fast turnaround on both hard-surface and organic modeling
- Should be able to help in Integrating, assembling and managing scene assets using Maya/ Max and Unity
- Accurately translate design concepts into 3D Models/Renderings
- Work directly with the Visualization Team to assess and generate 3D models at both photo-real and real-time resolutions
- Optimize models for export in our proprietary WebGL system
- Participate in template and asset development of 3D content
- Assist in developing new standards for modeling, texturing, lighting, and rendering of products within the established workflow
- Creating Interactive Assets to work with Unity Coding or Unreal Engine’s Blueprint system
- Assist with post-production editing on rendered content and managing render layers in After Effects or Nuke
- Ensure production deadlines and quality control are achieved
- Take ownership of your work and proactively support the team by offering creative ideas to improve the business and our processes
Tools:
Must Have: Maya, Max, Unity, Substance Painter
Nice to Have: After FX, Premiere, Nuke, Fusion
About Cognizant:
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, drive tangible outcomes and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai or @cognizant.
Additional employment information
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