Modellus Novus is hiring an architectural visualisation specialist to join its team remotely.
Summary
The architectural visualisation specialist translates the firm’s design intent into compelling visual narratives that communicate spatial experience, materiality, and atmosphere. Working closely with project teams and firm leadership, architectural visualisation specialists produce images, animations and immersive visualisations that support design development, client presentations, regulatory submissions and the firm’s marketing efforts. With deep technical command of contemporary visualisation tools, architectural visualisation specialists are responsible for lighting, materials, composition and post-production across multiple concurrent projects. Architectural visualisation specialists interact and collaborate with project teams and firm leadership to maintain the firm’s standard for quality of work.
Capabilities:
- translates architectural drawings and BIM models into accurate, narrative-driven 3D scenes
- develops lighting, materials and post-production workflows that convey the firm’s design intent
- produces still images, animations and walk-throughs for client presentations, regulatory submissions and marketing collateral
- builds and maintains the firm’s library of materials, assets, vegetation and reusable scene components
- collaborates with the project team to set the visual direction for each rendering deliverable
- provides design and technical guidance on viewpoint selection, composition and storytelling
- coordinates with consultants and external visualisation studios when the scope exceeds internal capacity
- manages render queues, file organisation and version control across concurrent projects
- responsible for timely delivery of visualisation milestones aligned with project schedule
- reviews and quality-checks outputs prior to release to the firm and to clients
- stays informed of advances in rendering engines, real-time tools and post-production techniques
- participates in establishing the firm’s ways of working for visualisation
What you need to succeed:
- strong understanding of architectural drawing conventions, materiality and spatial composition
- a photographer’s eye for light, framing and atmosphere
- ability to work independently across multiple projects while remaining responsive to project leaders
- strong organisational skills; assets, files and revisions are tracked to completion
- clear written and verbal communication with project teams across time zones
- receptive to design feedback and willing to iterate to find the right image
- composure under deadline pressure
- pro-active in suggesting visualisation approaches that strengthen the design narrative
- curiosity to explore, prototype and build out AI-based systems and workflows for visualisation
Requirements:
- minimum 3 years’ professional architectural visualisation experience
- some architectural background (academic or professional)
- portfolio demonstrating photorealistic and/or stylised renderings of architectural projects
- proficiency in Rhino, AutoCAD and Revit
- proficiency in Enscape (the firm’s primary rendering software)
- familiarity with AI image generation and AI-assisted post-production workflows
- proficiency in Adobe Photoshop and After Effects
- experience with nighttime interior imagery is a plus
- able to substantially overlap core hours with the New York City team
- advanced tools a plus: V-Ray, Corona, 3ds Max, Unreal Engine, Lumion, Twinmotion and similar
About Modellus Novus
Modellus Novus (MN) is an architecture firm creating spaces that shape and define culture. Our New York City-based team is led by individuals united not only by our diverse backgrounds and perspectives but an optimistic commitment to designing spaces for the many.
MN seeks to redefine access to exceptional design. From the most public cultural institutions to private homes, our work prioritises the experience of all users of a space. These excellent experiences are driven by precise, pragmatic and daring decisions, regardless of project size or type.
Diverse perspectives are pivotal to our work, and we partner with clients who share our belief that great design should not be elusive nor exclusive. For us, architecture is a collaborative effort between those who create and those who experience. We design for where those moments meet.
We actively believe that entry and longevity in architecture must be accessible to all.
MN is committed to increasing access to the field of architecture to people from different backgrounds, perspectives and geographies. We pay fair wages, create a work environment and culture that prioritises support through management, development and training, and are open to candidates who do not have the classic architecture background or come from the same handful of noted architecture schools.
We care deeply about our team. They are not overworked, underpaid, nor underappreciated. We commit to a business model and ethics that are fair, laying the groundwork to address economic parity and quality of life.
We have no unpaid or underpaid positions and our pay scale calculator allows us to base all compensation on measurable and objective data to protect against pay discrimination based on gender, race or other protected factors.
These commitments make for better client relationships, better teams and better work.
Compensation
Competitive local salary, based on experience, skill and ability.
Participation in office benefits program, including:
- support towards health, dental and vision plans as may be appropriate
- commuter benefits if applicable
- annual bonuses
- national and floating holidays time off
- vacation and sick time off
- summer Fridays
- paid family leave
- professional development and training
- quarterly team updates
- team interest groups
- annual team offsite retreat
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