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Freelance 3D Rendering Artist – Images & Video
Location
United States
Posted
2 days ago
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Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Freelance 3D Rendering Artist – Images & Video
Kirin
• Create photorealistic renders of a small consumer hardware product, primarily a smart ring. • Produce product images and videos for website, ads, social, pitch decks, and internal design reviews. • Create short product videos, turntables, motion tests, launch visuals, and social/ad clips. • Animate camera moves, product reveals, material transitions, LED states, charging moments, and simple interaction concepts. • Build realistic material studies across ceramic, metal, resin, glass, plastic, LED, and charging/contact details. • Create multiple CMF and finish explorations quickly from loose references. • Work with CAD/STP files, product photos, factory drawings, and reference images. • Set up clean lighting, camera angles, surfaces, and compositions that make a small wearable product feel premium. • Deliver organized source files and export-ready still/video assets in clean, reusable formats. • Iterate quickly based on feedback from product, marketing, and hardware teams.
Job Requirements
- Strong portfolio of product rendering work, ideally consumer electronics, wearables, jewelry, watches, rings, or small hardware.
- Strong portfolio of product video, animation, motion graphics, or short 3D product ads.
- Excellent sense of lighting, materials, composition, scale, and product detail.
- Experience with Blender, Cinema 4D, KeyShot, Redshift, Octane, V-Ray, After Effects, Premiere, DaVinci Resolve, or similar rendering/video tools.
- Comfortable working from imperfect inputs: CAD files, rough product references, factory samples, and written direction.
- Able to move quickly and produce polished outputs without a large creative team around you.
- Strong file organization and ability to deliver final images, final videos, and editable project files.
- Good written communication and responsiveness.
- Helpful but not required: Experience rendering jewelry, ceramic, titanium, PVD finishes, transparent/translucent materials, or compact electronics.
- Ability to combine 3D renders with AI video/image tools where useful.
- Familiarity with DFM, CMF, industrial design, or factory communication.
- Experience using AI image/video tools as part of a rendering or concept workflow.
- Ability to lightly retouch or composite final outputs in Photoshop.
Benefits
- Flexible work arrangements
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