At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the 3D render pipeline, automating processes and managing freelance modellers.
- Company: Join Nick Scali, a leader in luxury furniture design with over 60 years of innovation.
- Benefits: Enjoy career development, a supportive team environment, and exciting growth opportunities.
- Other info: Be part of an iconic Australian brand with plans for international expansion.
- Why this job: Make an impact in a dynamic role that combines creativity and technology.
- Qualifications: Strong Python skills, experience with 3ds Max, and a passion for CGI.
The predicted salary is between 49500 - 60500 $ per year.
As market leaders and experts in luxury furniture design, we take pride in our commitment to quality and innovation. For over 60 years, Nick Scali has been a nationally recognised household name in the Australian furniture industry. Following our acquisition of Plush Sofas in late 2021, we now operate over 115 showrooms across Australia and New Zealand, with exciting plans for further expansion in 2027. Join an iconic Australian retail organisation and be part of an international ASX-listed company that values career development in a supportive team environment.
We are seeking an experienced 3D Render Pipeline Lead to join our Marketing team.
What we offer:
- Ownership of a production pipeline that puts thousands of images in front of customers every month.
- Room to automate. We want the pipeline to get faster every quarter, and you'll have the support to make that happen.
- A role in our E-Commerce team, reporting to the E-Commerce Manager.
About the role:
Nick Scali shows its furniture online with photorealistic CGI. We render every lounge configuration in every fabric and leather we sell. Each one is rendered as 32 frames for our own 360° spinner, in 4K so customers can zoom in and see the detail. Our render pipeline is semi-automated and delivers hundreds of SKUs every week to our Nick Scali and Plush websites. We're hiring a 3D Render Pipeline Lead to run that pipeline and make it faster, cheaper and more automated.
This is a technical role. You'll build CGI in 3ds Max and Corona, but most of your impact will come from scripting, batching, render farm management and quality control at volume. You'll also manage a group of freelance 3D modellers, briefing them, holding them to our modelling standards, and ensuring every model is named and stored correctly in our DAM.
The pipeline you'll own:
You’ll own the journey from supplier spec sheet to finished, correctly named renders in our DAM: modelling, material setup, batch rendering on a cloud render farm, automated post-processing and upload. From there, publishing to our websites is automated.
What you’ll do:
- Run the pipeline at volume: Plan and ship weekly render releases, manage render farm jobs, test before committing, and QA every batch before it reaches our DAM.
- Automate and scale: Grow weekly throughput by removing manual steps and build tooling for retrospective re-rendering.
- Lead the freelance modellers: Brief freelancers, review models against our standards, and ensure approved models are stored correctly.
- Create materials: Build new fabric and leather materials in Corona from supplier swatches.
- Report: Report weekly to the E-Commerce Manager on output, blockers, farm spend and what's next.
Your first 90 days:
- First 30 days: Learn the pipeline end to end and ship weekly releases on time.
- By day 60: Map every manual step in the pipeline and ship your first automation win.
- By day 90: Ship the retrospective re-material workflow and show a clear increase in weekly SKU output or a lower cost per SKU.
How we'll measure success:
- SKUs delivered per week, and on-time weekly releases.
- Render farm cost per SKU.
- First-time-right rate: renders that pass QA without a re-render.
- Freelance model acceptance rate and turnaround time.
- Backlog of new materials still to be applied to existing models.
Qualifications:
- Strong Python, proven in production.
- 3ds Max automation with MAXScript and/or pymxs.
- Rendering at scale.
- Cloud render farm experience at volume.
- 3ds Max and Corona Renderer at a high, photorealistic standard.
- QA discipline at volume.
- Experience managing freelancers or outsourced artists.
- Comfort with Jira or a similar tracker.
Nice to have:
- Experience with a digital asset management (DAM) platform.
- Product configurators, or furniture or retail CGI at catalogue scale.
- Substance Designer or Sampler for material authoring.
- Git or another version control system for scripts and tooling.
Shortlisted candidates will complete a paid technical test: model a sofa module from a supplier spec sheet, set it up with materials we supply, and write a short script that renames a folder of renders to a naming convention we provide.
3D Render Pipeline Lead in Ryde employer: Nick Scali Furniture
At Plush Knoxfield, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer that champions your success and career growth. With industry-leading salaries, uncapped commission, and a supportive work culture, we empower our Sales Consultants to thrive in a dynamic environment where performance is rewarded. Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, offers structured training, and provides clear pathways for advancement within Australia’s leading furniture retailer.
