Position Summary...

Imagine shaping the future of retail content by crafting immersive 3D-based visual content that brings Walmart's campaigns to life. As a Senior 3D Aesthetic & Technical Director, you'll bridge creativity, GenAI technology, and 3D strategy—guiding the visual direction of campaign work while also leading the integration of GenAI tools across the team.

You'll bring together deep aesthetic sensibility and technical fluency to deliver high-impact imagery. You'll guide the technical and aesthetic inputs required to produce emotionally resonant visuals at scaleAbout Walmart Creative Studio

About Walmart Creative Studio

Join Walmart Creative Studio as a Senior 3D Aesthetic & Technical Director and shape the future of retail content by creating immersive 3D visuals that bring our campaigns to life. Reporting directly to the Director, 3D Creative Technology, you'll lead the integration of GenAI tools, guiding the visual direction and ensuring imagery that resonates emotionally. With your deep aesthetic sensibility and technical fluency, you'll translate business briefs into stunning 3D content, collaborating with creative leads and production teams. If you have a passion for fashion, beauty, and home, and experience with blending traditional methods with AI-assisted brainstorming, we invite you to redefine the retail landscape with us.

Translate business briefs and seasonal creative requests into developed 3D-based visual content

Define the layout, product placement, lighting, environment design, and overall visual tone for each scene

Work either from a department's style guide or in collaboration with a creative lead, depending on the request

Create mockups that serve as visual blueprints for 3D vendors—ensuring clarity, fidelity, and creative intent

Lead the 3D creative development of each scene from start to finish, balancing storytelling, accuracy, and scale

Partner with production teams to ensure final outputs reflect your direction

Lead the integration of GenAI tools into team workflows, including prompt design, tool testing, and best practice development

Develop original GenAI-generated inspiration content to help guide brainstorming and enhance visual inputs to vendors

Support creative innovation and tooling exploration in partnership with the Head of 3D Creative Technology

What you'll do...

• Translate business briefs and seasonal creative requests into developed 3D-based visual content

• Define the layout, product placement, lighting, environment design, and overall visual tone for each scene

• Work either from a department's style guide or in collaboration with a creative lead, depending on the request

• Create mockups that serve as visual blueprints for 3D vendors—ensuring clarity, fidelity, and creative intent

• Lead the 3D creative development of each scene from start to finish, balancing storytelling, accuracy, and scale

• Partner with production teams to ensure final outputs reflect your direction

• Lead the integration of GenAI tools into team workflows, including prompt design, tool testing, and best practice development

• Develop original GenAI-generated inspiration content to help guide brainstorming and enhance visual inputs to vendors

• Support creative innovation and tooling exploration in partnership with the Head of 3D Creative Technology

What you'll bring...

• Minimum 3 years of experience as an art director/stylist in either an IRL photo studio or a virtual studio environment

• Minimum 3 years of experience in CGI, 3D-based visual content, or retail storytelling

• Experience using GenAI tools (e.g., Firefly, Gemini, Midjourney) in a creative or prototyping workflow

• Experience working in digital-first content environments (CGI, motion, game design, innovation teams)

• Visual taste, with a comfort level blending traditional creative methods with AI-assisted brainstorming

• Communicate aesthetic and technical expectations to 3D vendors

• High proficiency with Adobe CC

• Comfortable balancing creative originality with technical scalability

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

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You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.

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For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.

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Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

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Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.

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For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.

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The annual salary range for this position is $104,000.00-$202,000.00

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Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

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Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:

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- Stock

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Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Bachelor’s degree in Design, Marketing, Creative Writing, Advertising, Fine Arts, or related field and 1 year's experience in interactive design, editorial content management, or related field OR 3 years' experience in interactive design, editorial content management, or related field.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Content Management Systems, Managing interactive projects in an online creative or related digital field, Working for or with creative agencies, Working with Design Software (For example, Adobe Creative Suite), including proficiency in advanced functions (For example, multi-layer masking and compositing)

Primary Location...

850 Cherry Avenue, San Bruno, CA 94066-3031, United States of America