[Hiring] Lead 3D Designer @PrizePicks

Role Description

PrizePicks’ Creative Collective is looking to add a Lead 3D Designer to our roster. The Creative Collective is a small, high-conviction team built around one standard: commit fully or not at all. We move fast, debate hard, and once a call is made, we stand behind it together.

You'll lead our 3D discipline from start to finish, working alongside our Art Directors & Product teams to design a 3D language that adds to the fan experience in our product and throughout our marketing.

• You are an elite 3D craftsperson first.
• You build characters, environments, and objects that add to the PrizePicks experience/brand.
• You know when to hand-build and when to let AI tools do the heavy lifting.
• You decide how 3D work gets briefed, reviewed, and shipped across the organization.
• If you've spent your career being the best 3D mind in every room you've been in and you're ready to lead the discipline instead of just contributing to it, this is it.

What You'll Do

• Build worlds that feel unmistakably PrizePicks.
• Design and build 3D characters, environments, and objects for brand campaigns, product moments, and cultural activations.
• Translate 2D concepts and mood boards into fully realized 3D executions.
• Own the render quality bar — lighting, materials, composition — from first pass to final delivery.
• Push what 3D + AI can do together.
• Integrate AI image generation workflows (Weavy) into the 3D pipeline to speed up ideation and exploration.
• Experiment with real-time rendering and emerging tools that shorten the distance between idea and finished asset.
• Bring new techniques back to the team — you're the one testing what's next.
• Own how 3D work gets briefed, reviewed, and delivered across the team.
• Partner with the Art Directors so 3D work lands inside the bigger creative idea.
• Create an environment where 3D work at PrizePicks is something the team is genuinely proud of.
• Maintain clean, reusable asset libraries, rigs, and templates.
• Balance multiple projects across brand, social, and campaign timelines without dropping quality.
• Know when to hand-build and when to lean on procedural or AI-assisted workflows.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of 3D design experience, with a portfolio that shows range across character, environment, and object design.
• Strong command of Blender (or equivalent: Cinema 4D, Maya) plus a rendering engine like Octane or Redshift.
• Comfort integrating AI tools into a creative pipeline.
• A sports, streetwear, or hip-hop culture fluency that shows up in your work.

Bonus Points

• Experience with real-time engines (Unreal, Unity) or procedural tools (Houdini).
• Experience managing, mentoring, or directly leading other 3D or design talent.
• Motion or animation background alongside 3D.

What Success Looks Like

• In 90 days, you’ll have a real working rhythm — the 3D work is faster and the output is sharper than it ever has been at PrizePicks.
• In six months, there's 3D work with your fingerprints on it that's genuinely moved the brand forward.
• In a year, the 3D discipline at PrizePicks is looked upon as the industry standard.

Location

While we prefer candidates based in Atlanta, we are open to qualified applicants from anywhere in the U.S. and are willing to consider remote candidates.

Working at PrizePicks

The typical salary range for this position is $90,000 to $110,000. Your actual pay within that range will depend on your specific work location, skills, experience, and education.

Benefits

• Company-subsidized medical, dental, & vision plans.
• 401(k) plan with company match.
• Annual bonus.
• Flexible PTO to encourage a healthy work/life balance (2 weeks STRONGLY encouraged!).
• Generous paid leave programs, including 16-week paid parental leave and disability benefits.
• Workplace flexibility and modern work schedules focused on getting the job done.
• Company-wide in-person events and team outings.
• Lifestyle enhancement program.
• Company equipment provided (Windows & Mac options).
• Annual performance reviews with opportunities for growth and career development.

You must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

PrizePicks is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.