3D Artist - LEGO® DESiGN (Maternity Cover - 8 month contract)

Are you ready to bring your 3D modeling expertise to life in a vibrant and innovative environment? Join our team at LEGO® DESiGN as we craft extraordinary digital experiences that inspire builders of all ages! 

You’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our digital components, from hard surface and organic modeling to texture mapping for games and VFX. If you’re passionate about collaborating with creative teams and promoting a culture of continuous improvement, this is your chance to make a lasting impact in the world of LEGO! 

Please note: This position is based in Billund, Denmark and is a 8 months maternity cover position. Our flexible working model allows employees to work 3 days/week in-office and 2 days/week from home. 

As a 3D Artist you will be responsible for 3D hard surface and organic modeling in Maya. You will re-topologize geometry based on CAD data and be the bridge between the creation of raw 3D assets and their integration into our digital workflows. 

In addition, you’ll be working with UV mapping, texturing and normal map baking.

Further to the role: 

• →Hard surface and organic modeling in Maya, UV mapping and mesh optimization 

• →Clean up 3D models: removing unnecessary geometry, fixing errors and ensuring proper topology 

• →Texture mapping and projection painting for VFX and games 

• →Actively be involved in vendor/customer projects to elicit and communicate needs and prioritization 

• →Investigate and stay updated with current and future industry standard workflows to stay innovative 

• →Take an active and independent role in production activities, working within agile and scrum frameworks to support and evolve workflows across projects 

• →Ensure effective cross-departmental communication and ownership to align priorities and drive collaboration 

• →Actively promote a continuous improvement culture in our team with a feedback mentality 

In our department, Virtual Assets Design & Building Instruction Experience, we deliver digital components and world class buildings experiences for both the physical and digital instructions for the LEGO builders of tomorrow. 

As a part of that Virtual Asset Design is the basic creator of all foundation for 2D and 3D usage of digital elements. Our main tasks are modeling, simplification, texturing, and clarification of elements for building instructions, packaging and marketing in addition to various other digital media and pipelines, including both high fidelity rendering as well as games and other real-time experiences.  

• A background in a 3D related education and some years of proven industry experience. 

• Experience with modeling and UV mapping in Autodesk Maya. 

• Experience with Substance Painter, ZBrush, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. 

• Experience with digital pipelines and ability to give feedback on solutions for system and processes for various digital demands. 

• Strong collaboration skills and a positive personality; you are a true team player embracing different people and cultures. 

• A dedicated and result oriented approach and adaptability to changes. 

• Business and value chain understanding, plus a focus on updating and improving skills and workflows. 

• Advanced level in English.   

• Experience with PBR texturing.  

• Shading and Lookdev experience. 

• Production experience with game engines such as Unreal/Unity  

• Experience in rigging, animation, lighting, rendering, etc.  

• Experience with Marvelous Designer or similar  

• Experience with scripting  

Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis. However, please note we do amend or withdraw our jobs and reserve the right to do so at any time, including prior to any advertised closing date. So, if you're interested in this role we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Here is what you can expect: