Principal 3D Visualiser in Glasgow

Creative Design – who are we? We are a multi-discipline, talented team of over 75 people, including UX/UI designers, graphic designers, animators, visualisers, real-time and web developers all over the globe. By harnessing outstanding, innovative, and creative talent, we transform the way our clients communicate, connect, and engage with their projects.

Our design principles underpin everything we do. We’re problem solvers who are excited by working together to find a solution. We create bespoke communications which focus on bringing meaning to content, make information more accessible and add value to projects. We create and implement viable concepts that utilise technology in a way that enhances outcomes and creates efficiencies. We invest in innovation and focus on upcoming technologies.

Your role: As a Principal 3D Visualiser, you’ll be a senior, hands-on leader who supports and guides the visualisation team while setting a clear standard for quality and delivery. You’ll help shape the creative direction of our work, turn complex briefs into clear visual strategies and make sure the team has what they need to deliver them well.

You’ll take a leading role on major projects - working across disciplines, advising on feasibility and keeping a close eye on quality from early concept through to final output. You’ll work closely with the Associate Director - Digital Innovation to develop our visualisation capability and evolve how we work as the discipline continues to shift.

Alongside your leadership responsibilities, you’ll stay close to the craft, producing high quality visual content, adapting to changing requirements and helping ensure our work remains both creatively ambitious and grounded in practical delivery.

• Team Support & Technical Leadership: Act as a go to specialist for complex 3D visualisation challenges - from interpreting demanding or ambiguous briefs to shaping reliable pipelines and workflows. Provide day to‑ day guidance, peer reviews and informal mentorship to full visualisation team. Support a positive, collaborative culture focused on learning and growth. Champion best practice across both traditional and real time workflows, ensuring the team works efficiently and produces exceptional results. Offer line management support where required, including development conversations, performance reviews and helping shape a healthy, high‑performing discipline.
• Innovation & Best Practice: Bring a clear, informed perspective on how the discipline is evolving and help shape how the team adapts to new tools, methods and industry shifts. Explore and refine modern workflows that improve quality, reduce friction and open new creative possibilities.
• Project Delivery Excellence: Work closely with project managers, designers and developers to ensure smooth, efficient delivery. Support resource planning, identify risks or bottlenecks early and maintain exceptional quality standards across all deliverables. Uphold a strong sense of ownership over the final output, ensuring consistency, clarity and craft across all visual materials. Work in an agile, adaptive way - absorbing new information quickly, adjusting approach where needed and helping the team pivot smoothly without compromising quality.
• Collaboration & Influence: Work across UX, animation, development, film, motion and graphics to deliver integrated, coherent digital experiences. Support client conversations by explaining technical decisions and visual approaches in a clear, accessible way. Contribute to bids, pitches, storyboards and early-stage visualisation that help secure new opportunities and shape project direction.
• Commercial & Operational Awareness: Lead weekly productivity call and report back to Directors and Discipline Leads on Visualisation pipeline, utilisation and work-winning efforts to ensure a transparency of workload and upcoming projects. Contribute to accurate estimation of visualisation workloads and timelines. Support tracking of project effort and budget usage. Help ensure the discipline is set up for sustainable growth, balancing ambition with operational reality. Contribute to accurate estimation of workloads, timelines and resource needs.

About you: Deep experience across visualisation workflows, production pipelines and both traditional and real time rendering techniques. Expertise with 3ds Max, V‑Ray, Unreal/Unity, and Adobe Suite; ideally exposure to AI and procedural workflows. Good knowledge of AEC tools such as Revit, Navisworks, AutoCAD, Rhino and SketchUp. Experience in line management - supporting team members’ development, conducting reviews and helping shape a healthy, high‑performing discipline. Excellent communication, problem solving and organisational skills, with the ability to digest complex briefs and translate them into actionable visual strategies. A passion for innovation, creative technology and producing world‑class visual content.

Reward & benefits: Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

About AtkinsRéalis: We’re AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world’s infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We’re committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

Additional information: This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.