Automotive Build & Price Technical Artist

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Hogarth is the Global Content Experience Company. Part of WPP, Hogarth partners with one in every two of the world's top 100 brands including Coca-Cola, Ford, Rolex, Nestlé, Mondelez and Dyson. With a breadth of experience across an extensive range of sectors, Hogarth offers the unrivaled ability to deliver relevant, engaging, and measurable content across all channels and media - both established and emerging.

The number of channels at our fingertips; the need for speed; and the drive for mass personalisation, all mean that brands need different solutions.

Our global team of over 7,500 craft and technology experts brings together creative, production and innovation to help clients navigate this exciting and ever-changing world of today's content experience.

A Hybrid working model

We have embraced a hybrid working model, which allows our employees to split their time between the office and other locations. The expectation is that working life at Hogarth will involve working from the office for an average of 4 days per week for most people. Please speak to the Talent Acquisition team to find out more information.

About Hogarth

Hogarth Worldwide is the world's leading creative content production company. Born to make the best work brilliantly, we combine craft, insight and technology to bring creative work to life for many of the world's most famous brands.

Department Summary

VFX is delivered across multiple disciplines, channels, clients and products. We create animated characters, full computer-generated car configurators with millions of variations, computer-generated food with AI backgrounds, photo-real, real-time environments, water simulations for 3D products, digital twins and much more.

The department includes lighters, modellers, animators, pipeline developers and producers in both onshore and offshore locations supporting global and local client needs.

What does an Automotive Build & Price Technical Artist do at Hogarth?

Performs configuration and data management activities relating to the build and maintenance of automotive data models and configurators. Analyzing and assembling 3D models and specifications to ensure content is both product and market correct.

Responsibilities

• Create layer-based Build & Prices set-ups based on provided 3D models, automotive configuration and market data.
• Identify potential issues and errors in client's data and proactively work to find solutions.
• Use automotive knowledge to assist other artists by solving technical configuration issues.
• Create render set-ups of various variants across multiple markets.
• Involvement in improving in-house tools and cooperating with other teams in developing our pipeline.

Reporting lines and key stakeholders

This role reports to the Head of 3D Modelling and will work closely with all our global CGI teams.

Requirements

• Experience of creating Automotive master files and Build & Price set-ups for layer-based configurators (ideally in DeltaGen).
• Ability to work with various marketing and engineering documents.
• Ability to troubleshoot and correct provided data and set-ups.
• Knowledge of 3Ds Max and Houdini beneficial.

Diversity and Inclusion

Hogarth is committed to diversity and inclusion, through our ideas, our people, how we behave and conduct ourselves. Creating a truly inclusive culture at all levels of the organisation that encourages different points of view, making Hogarth not only a better company and place to work but an environment where everyone experiences connection, opportunity and a sense of belonging.

The Package

• 25 days holiday
• Private Medical & Dental Care (Bupa)
• Life Assurance - four times annual salary
• Pension Scheme
• An extra day leave on your Birthday
• Employee Assistance Programme
• WPP Group Discounts
• Travel Season Ticket Loan
• Gym Discounts
• Mortgage Advice - In partnership with Charles Cameron and Associate
• 1 Volunteering day per year