About Hogarth

Hogarth Worldwide is the world’s largest and leading marketing content production company. Born to make the best work brilliantly, we combine craft, insight and technology to bring creative work to life for many of the world’s most famous brands.

Department Summary

VFX is delivered across multiple disciplines, channels, clients and products. We create animated characters, full computer-generated product configurators with millions of variations, computer-generated products with AI generated images, photo-real, real-time environments, water simulations, digital twins and much more.

The department includes all the usual computer graphics disciplines from modellers, animators, lighters to pipeline developers and producers, both onshore and offshore, supporting global and local client needs.

What does a ‘Layout Lead’ do at Hogarth?

A Layout Lead at Hogarth plays a critical role in establishing the visual foundation of a scene, translating storyboards and previs into final compositions, environment staging, and scene assembly. Working closely with Supervisors, and Production, the Layout Lead ensures that narrative intent and pacing are preserved throughout production. They are also responsible for optimizing camera & asset workflows, maintaining scene continuity, and asset QC and preparing shots for downstream departments such as animation, FX, and lighting.

Responsibilities

• Making templates for translating models to construct environments, vehicles, props, and characters to be used in production with an emphasis on photo-realism, accuracy, detail, and function, execute manual adjustments of parameters to address notes.
• Manage teams of artists to create hierarchies of assets into component and assemblies of assets.
• Quality Control: follow QA procedures to ensure the highest quality before release of assets

Requirements

• Strong understanding of modelling, UV, displacement and subdivision workflows.
• Strong understanding of Houdini with an eye for detail
• Experience with UE a bonus
• Good eye for composition – each layout should assist the story that needs to be conveyed.
• Experience with Maya and USD a bonus. Exposure to USD pipeline a plus.
• Experience with Production tracking software like Kitsu or Shotgrid
• 3+ years experience in building layouts within 3D environments in a mature pipeline.
• Organised, diligent & punctual with production communication, deadlines and workflows.
• Ability to receive and give creative feedback from supervisors and to the team
• Experience with ML tools would be a bonus

Hogarth Values

Heart and Soul: We love what we do. We bring energy and enthusiasm to all our work. We push boundaries, we are never satisfied and always want to find a better way.

Hands on: We don’t wait for things to happen, we get on with it. We are pragmatic and don’t have an ego. We do what it takes to get the job done to the highest standards.

Honest: We are straightforward; we speak openly and clearly. We operate with integrity and live up to our promises.

Happy family: We enjoy working together. We look out for our colleagues. We are an eclectic bunch. We want to work with people from many cultures and demand great things of each other. Even when things get tough, we don’t lose perspective or our sense of humour.

Hungry: We are an inquisitive community. We want to create an environment which inspires ourselves and others to be better. It is important to continuously challenge ourselves and our ways of working. We aim to provide staff with the opportunities to develop and learn.

Find out more at www.hogarthww.com/culture

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Our Hogarth Values:

Hands on

No egos here. Just a shared drive to roll up our sleeves and make great things happen. Every project--big or small, gets our full energy because we believe in doing things right. Every single time. It's how we deliver real results without cutting corners.

Honesty

We are real and authentic – with each other and in our work. Honest, direct communication builds the trust we need to collaborate, grow, and make meaningful things together. It’s not always easy but it’s always worth it.

Heart & Soul

We bring heart to everything we make. Passion, pride and relentless drive push us beyond “good enough” ––because we care deeply about our craft, and we’re always chasing better. We love what we do, and it shows.

Happy Family

Creating a space where everyone feels valued--even when opinions differ, makes this a supportive and inclusive environment for our people. We embrace our differences, celebrate our wins together, and never lose our sense of humor.

Hungry

Curiosity keeps us hungry. We question, experiment, and always seek out what's next. We never settle, and we never stop learning.

Inclusion and Impact

WPP is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

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