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Posted 18 August, 2026

AR and Virtual Production Graphics Designer

ShowNews
Auckland, AUK, NZ Full Time
Reference: 10dd6a561a189979

Job Description

Help redefine how audiences experience live television. Reporting to the Blacksand Design Lead, you’ll create dynamic AR and virtual production graphics for 1News, Current Affairs, Sport and other studio productions, bringing stories and ideas to life in visually compelling ways. The opportunity – Te tūranga As AR and Virtual Production Graphics Designer reporting to Blacksand Design Lead you will be designing creative 3D augmented reality and virtual production graphics across TVNZ’s studio productions and graphics workflows. While primarily servicing the graphics requirements for the 1News and current affairs story teams, you’ll also be supporting the sport and content production and some commercial opportunities to integrate virtual graphics into our studio environments. You’ll be excited to contribute to the creative environment and support the wider graphics team with concepts and visual ideation and enjoy working in a collaborative team environment. To be successful, in this role we are looking for the following Minimum 2 years’ experience in a relevant 3D, virtual production, Unreal Engine industry area, and using a 3D application such as Cinema 4D. Excellent 3D design and composition skills and applying them in visual story telling Experience working in a 3D design workflow and working through each part of the pipeline to create the final product (modelling, texturing, animation, lighting etc) Virtual production tools understanding would be beneficial – greenscreen integration and hardware keying tools, lens calibration. Ability to work within brand design guidelines and templates. Able to communicate creative thoughts and ideas to others. Self-starter, pro-active, passionate to work across design projects of all sizes. Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy. Can work flexibly across multiple different tasks in a day. Able to take feedback and deliver to stakeholder briefs. Ability to anticipate design challenges in a brief and quickly solution them. Forward thinking and innovative, aware of industry developments. Knowledge in Adobe Creative apps – in particular Photoshop. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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