What are the responsibilities and job description for the Architectural Visualization Specialist position at Woolpert?
Overview
Seeking a new career challenge? Then Woolpert is seeking you! Woolpert’s Design & Digital Technology Discipline is looking for a creative, talented Architectural Visualization Specialist to join our growing in-house visualization team. This position would be aligned with our office located in Chicago and would support full-time in-person/hybrid working arrangements.
Responsibilities
Working closely with architects, designers and the larger Digital Design Technology team, the candidate will be helping craft and visualize design concepts with 3D techniques. The ideal candidate should have a background in architecture and a keen eye for photography and composition. Creative freedom and curiosity towards the latest technologies in the visualization field is highly encouraged and supported. The ideal candidate should have a holistic approach and interest in the Design Technology applied to AEC industry.
Skills and Requirements:
Certified as a Great Place to Work®, Woolpert is one of the fastest growing architecture, engineering, and geospatial (AEG) companies in the world. With over 60 offices and countless projects around the globe, Woolpert makes a real difference at home and abroad. In addition to offering competitive pay, we provide employees with a robust set of unique benefits, including:
Why Woolpert?
Woolpert is looking for supportive, goal-oriented, and career-minded individuals who are, or are looking to become, industry leaders in their fields. We blend design excellence with innovative technology and geospatial applications to deliver exceptional value to our clients. When you join us, you'll join a team of experts who are passionate about their work and dedicated to building the next generation of industry leaders. Woolpert embraces progress and innovation, creating limitless opportunities for your career growth.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of Woolpert or any of our subsidiaries about this requisition. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at Woolpert via-email, the internet or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of Woolpert, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by Woolpert's Talent Acquisition Team for this requisition and a valid agreement is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of Woolpert's applicant process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.
Seeking a new career challenge? Then Woolpert is seeking you! Woolpert’s Design & Digital Technology Discipline is looking for a creative, talented Architectural Visualization Specialist to join our growing in-house visualization team. This position would be aligned with our office located in Chicago and would support full-time in-person/hybrid working arrangements.
Responsibilities
Working closely with architects, designers and the larger Digital Design Technology team, the candidate will be helping craft and visualize design concepts with 3D techniques. The ideal candidate should have a background in architecture and a keen eye for photography and composition. Creative freedom and curiosity towards the latest technologies in the visualization field is highly encouraged and supported. The ideal candidate should have a holistic approach and interest in the Design Technology applied to AEC industry.
- Work closely with different design teams to support developing architectural images, both stylized and photorealistic.
- Produce images for different project phases (SD, DD), city and client presentations.
- Produce concept Site Test Fits visuals for masterplan studies.
- Produce images aimed for competitions, marketing, exhibitions, and publications.
- Provide basic training to younger staff.
Skills and Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture, Interior design, Graphic Design, or similar field.
- Minimum of 3 years work experience in a studio environment.
- Intermediate to Advanced knowledge of 3D Software: Rhino, 3ds Max, Revit, Sketchup.
- Advanced knowledge of Rendering software Enscape/V-Ray/Corona/Lumion
- Advanced knowledge of image editing software: Adobe Suite (PS, ID, AI)
- Experience in creating video-animation sequences and fly throughs (3dsMax VRay/Corona, Enscape, Lumion)
- Good understanding of lighting, composition, and photography.
- Image post-production and compositing of rendered frames and animations.
- Knowledge of video editing software (Adobe Premiere/After Effects)
- Flexibility to help other teams with Revit production tasks (if/when needed).
- Knowledge of Autodesk Revit documentation and production.
- Knowledge of 3D parametric modeling in Rhino Grasshopper
- Knowledge of Rhino Inside Revit
- Knowledge of Game Engine software (Unreal Engine/Unity)
- Knowledge of other real-time rendering software (Lumion, Twinmotion, Chaos Vantage)
- Experience with Digital Twins and Nvidia Omniverse platform.
Certified as a Great Place to Work®, Woolpert is one of the fastest growing architecture, engineering, and geospatial (AEG) companies in the world. With over 60 offices and countless projects around the globe, Woolpert makes a real difference at home and abroad. In addition to offering competitive pay, we provide employees with a robust set of unique benefits, including:
- Diverse experiences: Work on meaningful projects that improve quality of life around the world.
- Freedom to work program: Set your own schedule and location (as appropriate).
- Principal program: Earn the opportunity to become an owner of the firm.
- Unlimited vacation: Take time off when it makes sense for you.
- Career development: Explore a wide range of learning and growth opportunities within and across industries.
- Health, life, vision, and dental insurance: Cover all your medical bases.
- Paid sick time, fitness reimbursement, pet insurance, identity protection, technology stipend, employee assistance program, and more: Choose the benefits that work best for you.
Why Woolpert?
Woolpert is looking for supportive, goal-oriented, and career-minded individuals who are, or are looking to become, industry leaders in their fields. We blend design excellence with innovative technology and geospatial applications to deliver exceptional value to our clients. When you join us, you'll join a team of experts who are passionate about their work and dedicated to building the next generation of industry leaders. Woolpert embraces progress and innovation, creating limitless opportunities for your career growth.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of Woolpert or any of our subsidiaries about this requisition. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at Woolpert via-email, the internet or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of Woolpert, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by Woolpert's Talent Acquisition Team for this requisition and a valid agreement is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of Woolpert's applicant process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.
