Freelance CG Artist - Product Rendering & Video
Remote · New York City, New York, United States or San Francisco, California, United States
Job Summary
Freelance CG Artist for product rendering and video of a small consumer hardware product (smart ring). Responsibilities include creating photorealistic renders and short product videos, turntables, motion assets, and CMF/material explorations from CAD/STP files, factory samples, and reference images. Must set up lighting, camera angles, and compositions to convey premium quality, deliver organized source files and export-ready assets, and iterate quickly based on feedback from product, marketing, and hardware teams. Required tools include Blender, Cinema 4D, KeyShot, Redshift, Octane, V-Ray, After Effects, Premiere, and DaVinci Resolve; strong sense of lighting, materials, composition, scale, and product detail; comfort working from imperfect inputs and delivering final images and videos with editable project files. Helpful experience includes jewelry, ceramics, titanium, PVD finishes, translucent materials, and integrating AI image/video tools; ability to rapidly create multiple visual directions and to understand product constraints for marketing and decision-making.
Required Qualifications
- Strong portfolio of product rendering and product video work
- Experience with Blender, Cinema 4D, KeyShot, Redshift, Octane, V-Ray, After Effects, Premiere, DaVinci Resolve or similar tools
- Ability to work from imperfect inputs (CAD files, references, factory samples)
- Ability to deliver polished outputs quickly without a large team
- Strong communication and responsiveness
- Experience rendering jewelry, wearables, or small hardware ( Helpful but not required )
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