Independent Contractor | Remote — Central and South America | Immediate Start
M. Hudson Design is a luxury residential landscape architecture firm based in Jupiter, Florida. We design sophisticated outdoor environments for high-end residences, waterfront estates, country club properties, and luxury developments throughout South Florida.
We are expanding our visualization team and seeking an exceptional 3D Visualization Artist with advanced expertise in Twinmotion and Unreal Engine.
This is not a general architectural visualization position. The successful candidate must have extensive experience creating realistic exterior environments for landscape architecture projects, including terrain, topography, planting, hardscape, water features, outdoor living areas, lighting, and architectural context.
The 3D Visualization Artist will work remotely with our landscape architects and designers to transform design plans, architectural models, surveys, and reference materials into highly realistic luxury residential environments.
You will help our clients visualize the complete property experience through cinematic images, animations, walkthroughs, and real-time presentations.
The ideal candidate combines strong technical modeling abilities with excellent artistic judgment, landscape knowledge, communication skills, and the ability to produce excellent work under tight deadlines.
Applicants must meet all of the following requirements:
Expert-level proficiency in Twinmotion
Expert-level proficiency in Unreal Engine
Extensive professional experience with landscape architecture visualization
Advanced ability to model and render:
Topography and site grading
Terrain and elevation changes
Trees, palms, shrubs, groundcovers, and landscape planting
Pools, spas, fountains, and water features
Patios, driveways, walkways, walls, and hardscape
Pergolas, outdoor kitchens, fire features, and outdoor living spaces
Architectural exteriors and surrounding site context
Exterior lighting and nighttime environments
A strong portfolio of luxury residential landscape architecture projects
Ability to interpret landscape plans, architectural drawings, surveys, grading information, and reference imagery
Ability to attend scheduled online team meetings during agreed-upon working-hour overlap with the U.S. Eastern Time Zone
Ability to communicate clearly and professionally in English
Ability to organize files, follow naming standards, receive feedback, and complete revisions accurately
Proven ability to manage multiple assignments and meet demanding deadlines
Reliable high-speed internet and a professional remote workstation capable of producing complex real-time visualizations
Availability to begin immediately
The strongest candidates may also have experience with:
SketchUp
AutoCAD
Revit
Rhino
Lumion
D5 Render
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Premiere Pro or After Effects
Cinematic animation and video editing
Virtual reality or interactive real-time presentations
Importing architectural and civil models into Twinmotion or Unreal Engine
Optimizing complex models, materials, vegetation, lighting, and performance
South Florida, tropical, Mediterranean, coastal, or subtropical planting environments
Build detailed and accurate 3D site models from plans, surveys, architectural models, and design direction
Create realistic terrain, topography, planting, hardscape, pools, water features, and outdoor environments
Import, organize, clean, and optimize models for use in Twinmotion and Unreal Engine
Produce high-resolution still renderings, animations, walkthroughs, and cinematic presentations
Create realistic daytime, sunset, evening, and nighttime scenes
Apply accurate materials, textures, vegetation, lighting, reflections, and environmental effects
Participate in remote design-coordination and production meetings
Incorporate comments and revisions efficiently
Maintain organized project files and follow established production standards
Communicate progress, questions, conflicts, and potential deadline issues proactively
Deliver consistently polished work suitable for luxury residential clients
This is a remote independent contractor position for candidates located in Central or South America.
Work will be assigned and compensated on an hourly basis. Applicants must submit their requested hourly rate as part of the application.
The amount of available work may vary based on project schedules, performance, reliability, technical ability, and the quality of completed work. Successful contractors may have the opportunity to develop an ongoing working relationship with our firm.
To be considered, applicants must submit all of the following:
Current resume
Portfolio or direct links to relevant work
At least three examples of luxury residential landscape architecture visualization
Examples specifically produced in Twinmotion and Unreal Engine
Brief explanation of their role in each submitted project
Requested hourly rate in U.S. dollars
Current country and time zone
Weekly availability
Earliest available start date
Computer and graphics-card specifications
Completed Workwolf profile and required assessment
Brief video introduction in English
Applications without relevant landscape architecture portfolio samples will not be considered.
Please do not submit only interior design, commercial architecture, product visualization, or generic building-rendering samples.
Your portfolio must demonstrate your ability to create complete exterior environments with realistic terrain, planting, hardscape, water, architecture, lighting, and luxury residential details.
A successful contractor will:
Produce compelling visualization work that elevates the client experience
Understand landscape design rather than simply placing vegetation into a model
Follow design direction accurately
Communicate consistently and professionally
Ask thoughtful questions before beginning work
Deliver assignments on or ahead of schedule
Respond constructively to feedback
Become a dependable long-term member of our extended visualization team