Details
1095467
Canterbury Christ Church University
01/06/2025
2 Months
75 hours total across the contract; flexible
Smart Casual
Pay
£12.41
£1.50
Description
Role
Postholders will support the 'Visualising Canterbury Castle' digital heritage project that will reconstruct Canterbury Castle 3D using the Unreal Engine games engine and Blender 3D modelling software. Working with a group of CCCU academics and a lead 3D artist, the successful candidates will use historical information and data collected in a series of engagement sessions to assist in the production of an informative and interactive digital experience.
Duties and responsibilities
We are seeking summer interns to work on the Canterbury Castle 3D visualisation project in the following ways:
1) Follow the guidance of the project team to interpret a range of refence sources to propose game ready assets and in-engine interactions to enhance the visitor experience.
2) Create, refine, optimise, and texture game-ready 3D assets to be used in the project in Blender.
3) Use Unreal Engine 5 to develop the project, implement assets, and enhance user experience as guided by the project team.
Skills and experience
Ideal candidates will be confident and experienced at using Blender and Unreal Engine and appropriate PBR texturing workflows such as substance painter. They will be experienced at using project management tools and iterative development (confident sharing staged work-in-progress content/builds) and responding to feedback in a timely and constructive way. Those with awareness of user-experience and playtesting methodologies will be at an advantage.
Candidates will be required to demonstrate 3D production skills via their application.
Location
Canterbury
Additional information
Proposed interview date: Friday May 23 - In-person, Canterbury Campus.
The selected candidate will need to demonstrate eligibility to work in the UK before starting the position. The hours can be worked flexibly around educational and other life commitments, however project deadlines will need to be met.
Only current CCCU students and CCCU alumni graduated or are graduating in the 2024 calendar year are eligible to apply for this post.
Applicants - please complete the task following the link listed under question 1 as below.