3D Designer
Pay range: $73,000.00 - $132,000.00. Pay is based on several factors including labor markets, education, work experience, and certifications.
Benefits
Target offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which may include medical, vision, dental, and life insurance. Other benefits for eligible team members include:
- 401(k)
- Employee discount
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Paid sick leave
- Paid national holidays
- Paid vacation
Find competitive benefits from financial and education to well-being and beyond at Target Benefits.
About Us
Working at Target means helping all families discover the joy of everyday life. We bring that vision to life through our values and culture. At the heart of one of the world’s best-loved and most recognizable brands is an impeccable Owned Brand Product Design & Development organization. We thrive on the magic of discovering that just-right product, and we infuse everything we do with our passion for affordable, differentiated design. We concept, develop, and deliver the products that Target guests expect and love.
Our Digital Product Creation capability is transforming how products are designed, developed, and experienced by enabling speed, quality, and innovation at scale. Through 3D visualization, real-time experiences, and AI-powered design workflows, we are redefining how ideas come to life across categories and channels.
Responsibilities
- Lead the creation of high-quality 3D assets and visualizations, translating 2D concepts, sketches, and design direction into compelling product storytelling while driving excellence in modeling, materials, lighting, rendering, and composition.
- Leverage Gen AI and prompt-driven workflows to rapidly explore, refine, and communicate product concepts, materials, colorways, and styling directions.
- Integrate Gen AI outputs with 3D design workflows to deliver production-ready visualizations that accelerate concept development and decision-making.
- Partner closely with product designers to co-create, iterate, and influence product concepts through rapid visualization, prototyping, and reduced reliance on physical samples.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with technical artists, merchandising, marketing, digital teams, and external partners to ensure scalable, optimized, and brand-consistent design outcomes.
- Maintain alignment with Target brand standards, category-specific design language, and quality expectations across all visual deliverables and channels.
- Drive innovation by identifying and applying emerging trends, tools, and workflows in 3D visualization and AI-enabled design to improve creative exploration, efficiency, and design outcomes.
- Enable team capability through knowledge sharing, documentation, best-practice development, and support for adoption of 3D and Gen AI workflows across Design and Product Development teams.
Core responsibilities of this job are described within this job description. Job duties may change at any time due to business needs.
Requirements
- Four-year degree in Design, 3D Design, CGI, Digital Media, Product Design, Industrial Design, or related field, or equivalent experience.
- 4+ years of relevant experience in 3D design, visualization, CGI, digital product creation, creative technology, or related fields.
- Proficient in industry-standard 3D design, visualization, and rendering tools such as SolidWorks, Rhino, 3ds Max, Maya, Blender, Substance Suite, Unreal Engine, KeyShot, CLO, Browzwear, or similar platforms.
- Experience using Gen AI design tools such as ChatGPT, Adobe Firefly, Vizcom, Runway, or similar tools to support ideation, concept development, and design exploration.
- Strong understanding of modeling, materials, lighting, rendering, scene composition, scale, proportion, and visual storytelling.
- Knowledge of real-time, interactive, digital, and production environments, including optimization and production-ready asset creation.
- Highly collaborative and able to successfully work with designers, technical partners, merchants, marketers, and business teams.
- Effective at presenting ideas, influencing decisions, and communicating new workflows and creative approaches.
- Motivated and self-directed with strong ownership, accountability, and follow-through from concept through delivery.
- Ability to respond to business objectives with creative, original, and efficient design solutions.
- Strong aptitude for design, visualization, emerging technology, and AI-enabled creativity, with a demonstrated curiosity for trends, innovation, and continuous learning.
Schedule
This position operates as a Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement based on Target’s needs. A Hybrid/Flex for Your Day work arrangement means the role will need to be performed both onsite at the Target HQ MN location and virtually, depending on role, team, and task requirements. Work duties cannot be performed outside of the country of the primary work location.
Team Members in the Target General Merch Inc operating company are prohibited from working remotely from the following states for more than thirty (30) days per calendar year: AL, AR, DE, FL, IN, IA, LA, MD, MS, MO, NC, OK, PA, SC, TN, and VA.