About Team One:
Team One is Publicis Groupe’s fully integrated media, digital, and communications agency built to help premium brands thrive in a rapidly evolving world. We’re known as the ‘architects of aspiration’ helping luxury brands reach modern affluents and next-gen consumers through culturally fluent strategies and experiences, unmatched access, and the agility to move at the speed of culture.
We’re a team of 400+ creators, doers, and difference-makers across six North American offices—Los Angeles (our HQ), Dallas, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, and Boise. Together, we’re proud partners to iconic brands, including Lexus and the Lexus Dealer Association, Marriott International, The Ritz-Carlton, Barclays, The RealReal, HKS Architects, Metabo HPT, KB Home, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Moėt Hennessy, Citi., and Cathay Pacific Airlines.
We take pride in our industry-shaping creativity, connection, and exceptional culture (that has landed us awards like Fast Company’s Best Workplace for Innovators and Ad Age's "Best Places to Work" in 2024).
Overview
About this Position:
Team One’s CG team creates cinematic, real-time experiences that bring ideas to life across TV and interactive media. This role builds the tools and workflows that make that possible—developing our Unreal Engine pipeline, solving technical challenges, and empowering artists to create stunning, efficient real-time visuals.
What You’ll Do:
Develop Pipeline & Tools: Build and optimize a pre-production pipeline for the Visualization team using Unreal Engine
Create Custom Tools: Design editor-based tools, widgets, and artist-facing utilities in C++, Blueprints, and Python to streamline workflows
Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Partner with Visualization artists, CG generalists, and production teams to align technical and creative needs
Enhance Real-Time Workflows: Implement and maintain real-time rendering, data I/O, and asset compatibility between Maya and Unreal
Provide Technical Support: Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve real-time engine issues across production
Lead Technical Standards: Ensure pipeline tools and processes remain current with industry best practices and evolving Unreal Engine features
Communicate Effectively: Translate complex technical solutions for both technical and non-technical collaborators to ensure smooth production delivery
What You Bring:
5 - 7(+) years in real-time production (film, TV, or game cinematics)
Strong C++ and Python development skills on Windows
Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Perforce) and production asset management
Deep experience with Unreal Engine, including Blueprints
Solid grasp of previs / techvis / postvis and real-time visualization workflows
Experience profiling and optimizing Unreal performance
Background in rigging, animation, or real-time rendering workflows
Experience with Maya scripting (especially PyMel) and integration into production workflows
Understanding of virtual production tools and processes
Proven problem solver who adapts tools and workflows to project needs
Why It’s Great to Work Here:
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We live by our C.O.R.E. values:
Collaborative - We work together to get better stuff done than we could alone
Optimistic - Honest and confident in our quest forward; believing the impossible is possible
Results-driven - Creativity is always in service of results and never for its own sake
Entrepreneurial - Build something new. Shoot for the moon.
We’re part of Publicis Groupe which is a huge global network, so there are many resources that come with that like Business Resource Groups for a variety of communities like Publicis Parents, VivaWomen, Egalité, etc.
We give back to our communities with our annual Day of Good and volunteer opportunities throughout the year.
We love to grow our talent and promote from within whenever possible, and we offer professional development trainings and regular structured performance reviews.
We have a lot fun! We have a whole committee called “Team Fun” that plans parties and events for us to celebrate birthdays, holidays, cultural moments, etc. Some recent fun events include a flower bouquet bar, origami lessons, and hearing from creative entrepreneurs at our Moonshot speaker series.
Additional information
Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.
Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.
If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact USMSTACompliance@publicis.com. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Compensation Range: $< - $<. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 12/20/25.
