Production Artist, 3D

Role description

Who we are:

Cimpress N.V. (NASDAQ: CMPR) is the world leader in mass customisation. Our unmatched technology, production, and supply chain operations allow us to offer products that can be personalised by an individual customer and manufactured on demand: easily, with great quality, and at affordable prices. Whether it is customised apparel, marketing materials for a business, or personalised photo products commemorating cherished family moments, we create real, tangible products that mean something to real people. Led by founder and CEO Robert Keane, Cimpress invests in and helps build customer-focused, entrepreneurial mass customization businesses. Through the personalized physical (and digital) products these companies create,we empower over 17 million global customers to make an impression. Last year, Cimpress generated $3.5B in revenue through customized print products, signage, apparel, packaging and more. The Cimpress family includes a dynamic, international group of businesses and central teams, all working to solve problems, build businesses, innovate and improve.

About the Role:

Job Title: Production Artist

Department/Group: Design Operation

Location: Remote

• Generate a 3D model with accurate measurements, fine detailing, ensuring compatibility & functionality with the Model Inspector tool.
• Surface manager & Section manager tool: Must create proper Dynamic animated model using surface drawings.
• Modeling: Better understanding of topology flow, to create clean, optimized meshes and edge loops to ensure models deform, animate & render correctly. Ability to model objects to real-world scale, ensuring accurate proportions and sizes for practical use on web- based render engines.
• Unwrapping: The model should be accurately unwrapped according to the surface drawings, aiming to minimize texture stretching and distortion. This involves creating clean UV islands and ensuring an even distribution of texel density across the UV map.
• Animation: Proficient in setting keyframes to define object positions, rotations, scale, understanding of timing and pacing to create animations with realistic motion and appropriate speed. Knowledge of easing functions and interpolation techniques to create smooth transitions between keyframes. Skillful in animating non-character objects, Packaging products & Promotional products.
• Texturing & Materials: Ability to map textures onto 3D models and blend multiple textures seamlessly using techniques like layering, masking, and blending modes. Good understanding of material properties, able to create diffuse maps, Bump map, specular maps, roughness maps, normal maps.
• Lighting & Camera: Good understanding of lighting principles, including light intensity, shadow creation, knowledge of various lighting techniques such as three-point lighting, HDR lighting, Studio light setup. Proficient in camera placement, framing, and composition to create visually appealing shots.
• Rigging: Basic understanding of non-organic rigging. Skillful in placing joints strategically, better understanding in skinning or binding the mesh to the bone, to mimic the natural movement and articulation of objects, ensuring smooth and realistic deformations during animation.
• Quality Assurance: Maintain consistency and compliance with brand guidelines for all 3D models. Ensure the final output meets the required standards in terms of visual fidelity, functionality, and overall user experience. Ability to understand and adhere to technical
  
  specifications provided for the project and having a meticulous eye for detail is crucial to spot any inconsistencies, errors, or imperfections in the model or animation.

What you will do:

• Daily responsibilities will entail creating 3D models based on provided measurements & surface drawings, encompassing tasks such as Hard Surface Modeling and Low Poly Modeling. Additionally, you will be tasked with unwrapping 3D models and applying UV Mapping to generate customized views, as well as texturing and animating models is necessary, ensuring smooth operation on the Vortex tool.
• Strong conceptual and execution skills are essential.
• Understanding Business guidelines and functional requirements is vital for the Artist to produce customized 3D models for specific commercial or promotional purposes, including Packaging products, Promotional products, Photo products, and Garment products.
• Gather feedback from the team lead to incorporate necessary adjustments and revisions to 3D models.
• Ability to contribute independently and collaboratively to ensure timely project completion with a focus on prioritizing the delivery of top-notch results.
• Stay updated with the latest trends and techniques in 3D workflow and continuously improve their skills to deliver
  
  high-quality work.
• Collaborate with Artists and Team lead to understand project requirements and deliver high quality results that align with the business guidelines.

Qualifications:

• 0-3 years' experience working as 3D Artist in a Design studio, Design cell of a corporate or ecommerce portal, Animation studios or Architectural firms.
• Must possess a strong portfolio that demonstrates high-quality 3D work in both the Indian and global context.
• Excellent working knowledge of Autodesk 3Ds Max, Blender, Photoshop, Illustrator, Surface manager & Section manager, Render engines like Arnold, V-ray or Cycle. Familiarity with Autodesk 3Ds Maya, After Effects, Zbrush, Unity, and Substance Painter will be an added advantage.
• Skilled in Product designing, Product modeling, Unwrapping, Hard Surface Modeling, Low Poly Modeling and Animation.
• Basic Understanding of Texturing, Materials, Lighting, Camera, Simulation, Rigging and Rendering techniques.
• Knowledge of packaging products, technical drawings, various folding techniques, printing methods, and awareness of Safety lines, cutting lines, and bleed
• 3Ds Max: Good understanding of Editable poly options, Editable spline options, modifiers, Hierarchy tab, Unwrapping & Animation.
• Basic understanding of Texture, Materials, Lights, Camera, Rendering properties & Animation
• Blender: Good understanding of Object tab, Edit mode, Sculpt mode, Add tab, Output properties, View layer properties, scene properties, world properties & collection properties
• Photoshop: Good Understanding of Photoshop tools, Adjustment panel & Blending modes.
• Illustrator: Knowledge of Illustrator tools, File export formats including PDF Presets, Print Properties, SVG properties.
• Attentive to detail in Mesh flow, Product detailing, Design principles, concepts, alignment, and visualization
• Ability to work with a quick turnaround time while maintaining the quantity without compromising quality.
• Enthusiastic about staying updated with industry advancements, and emerging technologies.
• Demonstrates excellent teamwork skills.
• Behaviors
• • High Performance
• Problem-Solving Orientation.
• Attention to detail.
• Open to learning and adaptable to change.
• Teamwork

Nice to have:

A willingness to experiment and explore new technical approaches with the help of emerging technology.

Why you will love working here

Being at Cimpress means that you don't see work as just a building, a desk or a manufacturing floor. You see it as a chance to take a step forward in your career journey – and your life. We strive to give you everything you need to learn, grow, and succeed. Through innovation, collaboration, and perpetual exposure to what's next, we're always pushing boundaries and broadening our horizons. We embrace the chance to operate outside of our comfort zone to discover what we're capable of. Some might call that a challenge; we just call it another great day at work.

We will help you define a clear perception of how to make the most of what you do best.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Cimpress is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national or ethnic origin, nationality, age, religion, citizenship, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender presentation, legal or preferred name, marital status, pregnancy, family structure, veteran status or any other basis protected by human rights laws or regulations. This list is not exhaustive and, in fact, in many cases, we strive to do more than the law requires.

We're Remote-First

In 2020, Cimpress adopted a Remote-First operating model and culture. We heard from our team members that having the freedom, autonomy, and trust in each other to work from home and the ability to operate when they are most productive, empowers them to be their best.

For any query Please visit: our Company website.

Skills

About Cimpress

Founded in 1994, Cimpress (Computer Integrated Manufacturing Press) empowers individuals and businesses worldwide to make their mark through customized, high-quality products. With a $5 billion market cap and a presence in 24 countries, Cimpress is a market leader in mass customization—offering a wide range of personalized items, including print, signage, apparel, and packaging. Cimpress India (CI) supports Cimpress businesses by providing top-tier talent and operational solutions, advancing its mission to deliver value through personalization. Operating as a "talent container" model, CI simplifies hiring, payroll, HR, and logistics, allowing businesses to focus on their ambitious goals. Currently, Cimpress India hosts over 2,400 team members across 14 Cimpress brands, with key hubs in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, and Mumbai. Our teams play a vital role in Cimpress's commitment to mass customization and innovation, making custom products accessible and impactful.