Manager, Creative - 3D Generalist

Position Summary...

What you'll do...

You are a seasoned 3D generalist comfortable with creating CG content in live action plates or as full CG scenes. You find joy in trying to automate basic tasks so that your time and energy can be focused on the more creative and complex tasks. The role will focus on building out an expanding 3D department which will include photo-real product recreation, virtual production shoots, and leveraging cutting edge technology to expand the departments capabilities.  You are entrepreneurial, resilient, and able to pivot to problem solve. You are excited by the potential to leverage the scale of Walmart to make an impact within the production community; and your ability in this role to inform and drive this impact!

Walmart Creative Studio (WCS) is the in-house creative agency for Walmart. Our team develops breakthrough and distinctive design systems and creative conversations that drive business objectives and keep our Fortune #1 brand in the culture. We use creativity and design to win hearts, minds, and wallets.

We are uniquely positioned as the internal creative agency of record to be hyper-focused on the customer experience across all channels, categories, and campaigns. We are ruthlessly focused on human truths, insight-driven creative strategies and integrated creative solutions that build the brand and grow the business - not just with ads but through brand acts and experiences.

The Content Studio is WCS’s on site production capability. We are a team of creative makers who are experts in the intersection of craft and technology necessary to tell the most innovative and compelling stories through experiences, art, design, video, photography, motion graphics, animation, and sound. Our Playa Vista state of the art production facility sits in the heart of silicon beach.

We value talent, diversity, innovation, curiosity, collaboration, culture, insights, and results, and we are committed to helping people - all people - live better.

Responsibilities:

• Create photo-real 3D products while exploring ways to optimize their build and expand for scale through tools and automation.
• Consistently deliver great looking imagery across a range of styles; from photo-real CG composited against live action through to stylized fully CG work.
• Identify existing needs that could be expanded or optimized through 3D solutions in partnership with creatives across multiple verticals. 
• Explore emerging XR/Virtual Production workflows that could expand department capabilities.
• Act as team player --  help ensure smooth operations, a friendly and calm workspace for our teams to be inspired; and a studio experience that leaves our clients and partners wanting more.
• Lead and inspire a team of direct reports to achieve individual and team goals.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Design, Marketing, Creative Writing, Advertising, Fine Arts, or related field and 1 year's experience in interactive design, editorial content management, or related field OR 3 years' experience in interactive design, editorial content management, or related field.
• 2 + years of CG/VFX supervisor or related experience
• Advanced knowledge of industry standard 3D tools such as Maya, Houdini, Mari, and various rendering tools.
• Proficient knowledge of Nuke for basic compositing of the 3D renders.
• Comfortable with on-set data capture methods.
• Creative and solution oriented to identify the end goal and propose a solution to achieve that goal.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity or experience working closely with motion design teams.
• Familiarity with