Immersive Media Developer (IR-ECO-ECP-2025-14-GRAE)

Job Description

Your responsibilities

Are you passionate about science?

Do you have an eye for visual storytelling?

Would you like to be part of a dynamic team ant work at the world's leading particle-physics laboratory communicating the latest scientific developments to a global audience through the means of immersive media productions?

Come and join CERN's Audiovisual Production team! CERN has an opening for an Early Career Graduate - a 3D Visual animator in augmented and virtual reality in the Editorial Content Production section (ECP) of the Education, Communications and Outreach (ECO) group in the International Relations (IR) sector.

The IR-ECO-ECP section includes a team of professionals in charge of producing creative and educational contents to illustrate the high-level scientific projects and results of the Laboratory and make them easily understandable for a non-expert audience.

A 3D animator and VR/AR developer dedicated to the Future Circular Collider (FCC) study is highly needed in order to make a still non-existent scientific infrastructure visible and tangible to a variety of stakeholders. The 3D animations are the most effective tool to showcase the FCC and explain the various parts of the accelerator and its detectors to non-experts.

The core tasks and responsibilities of the immersive media developer will include:

• Produce photo-realistic 3D imagery of the FCC accelerator and related detectors.
• Prepare models based on CATIA and CAD drawings and data.
• Create digital twins of the accelerator and its detectors and combine them with physics simulations, to render a faithful and pedagogical visual description of both this unique infrastructure and the physics processes.
• Produce Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) and interactive products combining digital elements with real pieces of equipment.
• Accompany and document the FCC milestones and its integration in the environment with appropriate audiovisual materials.
• Explore AI assisted image generation, for the purpose of even more realistic rendering and streamlined fast production of the visuals.
• Produce visuals for brochures, interactive presentations and short video clips integrating the animations with interviews and filmed footage.

In addition to developing organisational and communication skills in an international research laboratory, the successful candidate will gain increased knowledge about high-energy physics, technology and international collaboration in a unique multicultural environment.

More information here: https://international-relations.web.cern.ch/eco/sections/editorial-content-production

Your profile

Skills

• Experience in producing audiovisual materials and specifically 3D animations.
• Experience in using CATIA/CAD design models.
• Experience in producing CGI models.
• Previous experience in science communication could be an advantage.
• Desire and ability to work in a team within a large international organisation.
• Fast learner - capable of grasping rapidly and efficiently new concepts.
• Fluent in English, the ability to work in French would be an advantage.

Further details for the required skills and experience:

https://international-relations.web.cern.ch/opportunities/2025/early-career-graduate-immersive-media-developer-animation-vrar-and-virtual

Eligibility criteria:

• You are a national of a CERN Member or Associate Member State .
• By the application deadline, you have a maximum of two years of professional experience since graduation in Graphics Design, Computing, Engineering (or a related field) and your highest educational qualification is either a Bachelor's or Master's degree.
• You have never had a CERN fellow or graduate contract before.
• Applicants without University degree are not eligible.
• Applicants with a PhD are not eligible.

Additional Information

Job closing date: 3rd of March at 23:59 CET.

Contract duration: 24 months, with a possible extension up to 36 months maximum.

Target start date: 01-March-2025

Job reference: IR-ECO-ECP-2025-14-GRAE

Field of work: International Relations

What we offer

• A monthly stipend ranging between 5196  and 5716  Swiss Francs (net of tax).
• Coverage by CERN's comprehensive health scheme (for yourself, your spouse and children), and membership of the CERN Pension Fund.
• Depending on your individual circumstances: installation grant; family, child and infant allowances; payment of travel expenses at the beginning and end of contract.
• 30 days of paid leave per year.
• On-the-job and formal training at CERN as well as in-house language courses for English and/or French.

About us

At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, physicists and engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe. Using the world's largest and most complex scientific instruments, they study the basic constituents of matter - fundamental particles that are made to collide together at close to the speed of light. The process gives physicists clues about how particles interact, and provides insights into the fundamental laws of nature. Find out more on http://home.cern.

Diversity has been an integral part of CERN's mission since its foundation and is an established value of the Organization. Employing a diverse workforce is central to our success.