Creative Expert - 3D/VFX

Apple • Culver City, CA

10d

About The Position

The Pro Workflow (PWF) team, within Apple's Hardware Engineering organization, joins creative domain experts with computer system architects to drive innovation and deliver astounding new features to iPhone, iPad, and Mac. From beginners learning the basics of digital creativity through professional facilities, PWF is dedicated to elevating and accelerating the creative capabilities of our customers by understanding how the most demanding creative customers use our products, and leveraging those insights to build better products for everyone. The Pro Workflow team exemplifies Apple's position at the intersection of technology and the liberal arts. We look forward to your contributions to help shape the future of creativity. Come join us!

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of industry experience
• Compelling body of work demonstrating 3D capability in a creative or design discipline. This can be rooted in motion imaging, for example visual effects, animation, illustration, or design, architecture, fashion, fine art, or academic work
• Fluent, hands-on command of 3D applications with expertise in more than one sub-discipline, for example modeling, sculpting, texturing, look development, lighting, shading, rigging, animation, simulation, real-time, or CAD
• Primary artistic capability in pen-and-tablet or pen-and-touch workflows
• Track record of inventing or adopting new techniques, tools, or workflows and bringing them into creative or design practice
• Experience in debugging and resolving workflow issues independently, within a team, and as a beta tester generating actionable feedback.

Nice To Haves

• Public practice as a teacher in academia, streaming, or publishing is good to have
• Experience building an audience on social platforms
• Experience as a Lead or Manager, guiding creative teams, setting direction, and developing others is a plus.
• An attitude of continuous learning and expanding knowledge and capability in core expertise and adjacent areas
• Ability to maintain and prioritize multiple projects across multi-year timelines.
• Skilled at articulating creative and design needs in technical terms and tailoring information to fit the audience.
• Comfortable engaging with third-party developers and customers.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with System Architects to identify creative use cases that are impacted by hardware performance.
• Work individually and collaboratively on research and development of new creative capabilities for Mac, iPad, and iPhone.
• Help establish and validate performance targets for future hardware.
• Lead cross-functional efforts to improve performance and bring new features to Apple products.
• Set creative and technical direction and mentor others as a senior voice within and beyond the team.
• Stay current on emerging hardware, software and workflows in 3D, animation, and digital content creation.
• Create presentation materials and regularly present status reports and project outcomes to peers and executive leadership.
• Build technical relationships with key external developers and strategic customers.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed