Sarang Ghodke

Results-driven Unreal Engine Artist and Team Lead with 5+ years of commercial experience delivering photorealistic product and environment visuals. Spearheaded a full 3ds Max + V-Ray to Unreal Engine 5 realtime pipeline transition at Kohler — cutting render turnaround by 40–60% while maintaining top commercial quality. Adept at architectural lighting, look development, Lumen GI, Sequencer animations, and CAD-to-realtime workflows.

Seeking to bring production-proven real-time visualization skills to architecture and interior design environments.

Senior Unreal Engine Artist / 3D Visualization Lead at Kohler Co. (2025-01 – Present)

Spearheaded full pipeline migration from 3ds Max + V-Ray offline rendering to Unreal Engine 5 realtime rendering with 40-60% reduction in render turnaround while maintaining commercial-grade visual fidelity.

• Spearheaded full pipeline migration from 3ds Max + V-Ray offline rendering to Unreal Engine 5 real-time rendering — reducing render turnaround by 40–60% while maintaining commercial-grade visual fidelity.
• Designed reusable Unreal Engine lighting presets and environment templates optimized for product and lifestyle scenes — directly applicable to arch-viz interior and exterior lighting workflows.
• Led look development of bathroom and kitchen fixtures (vanities, faucets, bathtubs) in realistic room/lifestyle environments, managing surface materials, lighting, camera composition, and mood.
• Reduced revision cycles by 40–50% through standardized QA processes and scene template libraries; ensured 100% on-time delivery for global campaign launches.
• Mentored junior 3D artists in real-time rendering best practices, UV workflows, and Unreal Engine scene optimization; managed team task allocation and delivery schedules.

Executive Unreal Engine Artist / 3D Artist at Kohler Co. (2022-02 – 2025-03)

Produced high-quality product and lifestyle renders using 3ds Max and V-Ray; translated CAD/engineering drawings into accurate, production-ready 3D models.

• Produced high-quality product and lifestyle renders using 3ds Max and V-Ray; translated CAD/engineering drawings into accurate, production-ready 3D models.
• Implemented lighting and look-dev setups for product environments including white-background e-commerce imagery and staged lifestyle scenes.
• Contributed animated motion graphics for marketing using After Effects, extending visualization work into video and presentation formats.

3D Visualization Intern at Kohler Co. (2021-08 – 2022-02)

Supported product visualization, environment lighting setups, and motion graphics; assisted in QC and publishing workflows for e-commerce platforms.

• Supported product visualization, environment lighting setups, and motion graphics; assisted in QC and publishing workflows for e-commerce platforms.

Diploma in Animation & Multimedia – Arena Animation

B.Sc. – SP College, Pune