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Shading Artist - Unreal Engine
We are seeking a skilled Unreal Shading Artist with profound experience with HLSL shading language, Substance Designer, and a strong focus on automotive visualization. The ideal candidate will have over 4 years of professional experience working with Epic’s Unreal Engine and a true passion for automotive visualization. If you excel in a dynamic, international team environment and have an excellent eye for detail, we encourage you to introduce yourself to us. Please be sure to include your latest showreel or portfolio.
Role & Responsibilities
- As an experienced Shading-Artist, you will work on challenging projects for premium clients, delivering the highest standards of quality and aesthetics.
- You will create, manage, and optimize materials and shaders for high-end stills and cinematics in Unreal Engine, ensuring they meet the performance requirements of real-time applications.
- You will set up and optimize shaders and materials using Substance Designer and Unreal Engine.
- You are committed to delivering work that upholds the highest standards of visual and technical quality.
- You will work closely with our development team to continuously enhance our CG pipeline and workflows.
- As a team player, you will work alongside a dedicated and expanding team of highly motivated CG artists.
Required Skills
- You have at least 4 years of production experience, ideally in automotive visualization using Unreal Engine
- Proven experience in PBR material development and HLSL shading language
- Accustomed to working with complex CGI pipelines
- Driven by a deep interest in creating high-quality visualizations
- You are an independent and structured worker.
- Strong passion for automotive projects
- Excellent time-management abilities, with the capacity to prioritize tasks effectively
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills in English
Desirable Skills
- Knowledge of version control systems (e.g., Git)
- Additional expertise in scripting and experience with Unreal Blueprints
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About Monks
Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry’s best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world’s trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.
Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek’s Fastest Growing lists (2019-23), ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-23) and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). In addition to being named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-24), won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.
We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.
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Monks is the global, purely digital, data-driven, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry’s best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world’s trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.
Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek’s Fastest Growing lists (2019-23), ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-23) and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). In addition to being named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-24), won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.
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