Pre-Visualization Specialist
Musco's Entertainment Lighting Team has an opening for a Pre-Visualization Specialist in our Oskaloosa, IA office. The Pre-Visualization (Pre-Vis) Specialist supports the Entertainment Lighting Engineering team by creating accurate, high-quality virtual lighting environments and simulations used to plan, design, and validate entertainment lighting systems in Pre-Sale and prior to installation. This role helps our sales team, engineers and designers visualize lighting layouts, optimize system designs, and visually communicate solutions to clients and internal teams. The position bridges engineering, visualization, and creative production by translating lighting concepts and technical designs into realistic digital environments. If your experience aligns with the qualifications outlined below, we look forward to hearing from you!
Essential Criteria:
- Associate or Bachelor’s degree in Lighting Design, Entertainment Technology, Engineering Technology, Visualization, Digital Media, or related field; or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience with 3D DCC, design, visualization and lighting simulation software. Experience should reflect transferable knowledge across DCC/CAD platforms (e.g., Blender, Maya, 3DS Max, Unreal Engine).
- Experience with 3D animation, and rendering withing common DCC software suites.
- Experience with lighting industry simulation tools is a plus (e.g. Vectorworks, Depence, Capture, WYSIWYG, Carbon).
- 3D modeling, materialing, and scene construction.
- Strong attention to detail and spatial awareness.
- Ability to work collaboratively with engineering and creative teams.
- Strong organizational and communication skills.
- Technical interpretation of engineering designs.
- Visual storytelling and presentation.
- Problem solving and adaptability.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in entertainment or architectural lighting projects.
- Familiarity with DCC/CAD and 3D modeling tools.
- Rendering, animation, or real-time visualization experience.
- Knowledge of fixture specifications and lighting system integration is a plus.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Develop detailed 3D pre-visualization models of venues, stages, and entertainment environments.
- Create lighting simulations to support design validation, programming, and client presentations.
- Collaborate with lighting engineers to interpret technical drawings, lighting plots, and project specifications.
- Assist in evaluating fixture placement, beam coverage, and lighting effects in virtual environments.
- Maintain and update visualization assets, fixture libraries, and templates.
- Support lighting programming workflows through simulation environments.
- Produce visual content for project reviews, demonstrations, and marketing or customer presentations when needed.
- Work closely with project teams to refine visual outputs based on engineering and client feedback.
- Ensure visualization models accurately reflect real-world installation constraints.
- Stay current with visualization, rendering, and lighting simulation technologies.
- Collaborate with sales representatives to support early-stage sales activities and client engagement.
- Conduct research on venues to source available 3D drawings and coordinate directly with clients’ technical teams to obtain accurate files for visualization purposes.
- Develop a strong understanding of the Musco design process to ensure all technical data is accurate and sourced from appropriate systems and cross-functional team members.
Who is Musco:
Musco, a privately held company since 1976, is the global leader in sports and large-area lighting solutions, with projects in 135 countries. Headquartered in Oskaloosa, Iowa, Musco employs more than 1,800 team members worldwide.
Team Culture and Partnerships:
At Musco, we offer meaningful work in a team-first culture with continuous learning and professional development. We value work-life balance, providing flexibility for community involvement, family activities, and personal time. We have a generous benefit package created with the Team in mind. It includes varying health insurance plans, vision and dental insurance, PTO, 401k, profit sharing, and more!
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Skills Required
- Associate or bachelor's degree in Lighting Design, Entertainment Technology, Engineering Technology, Visualization, Digital Media, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Experience with 3D DCC, design, visualization, and lighting simulation software
- Transferable knowledge across DCC/CAD platforms such as Blender, Maya, 3DS Max, or Unreal Engine
- Experience with 3D animation and rendering in common DCC software suites
- 3D modeling, material creation, and scene construction skills
- Strong attention to detail and spatial awareness
- Ability to collaborate with engineering and creative teams
- Strong organizational and communication skills
- Ability to interpret engineering designs, technical drawings, lighting plots, and project specifications
- Visual storytelling and presentation skills
- Problem-solving and adaptability
- Experience with entertainment or architectural lighting projects
- Familiarity with DCC/CAD and 3D modeling tools
- Rendering, animation, or real-time visualization experience
- Knowledge of fixture specifications and lighting system integration
- Experience with lighting industry simulation tools such as Vectorworks, Depence, Capture, WYSIWYG, or Carbon
Musco Lighting Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Musco Lighting and has not been reviewed or approved by Musco Lighting.
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Healthcare Strength — Health insurance options are described as comprehensive and affordable, with multiple plan choices and manageable out-of-pocket costs. Employer-paid life insurance and short-term disability further enhance perceived coverage value.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan with an immediately vested 4% company match supports long-term savings from day one. This feature is highlighted as a standout element of the package.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — A generous profit-sharing program is considered a core part of total compensation and can offset modest base pay in some roles. Its presence meaningfully boosts overall rewards.
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What We Do
Musco Lighting is a privately-held global leader in the design and manufacture of LED sports and transportation/infrastructure lighting solutions. Since 1976, the company has provided innovative, high-efficiency lighting systems for stadiums, arenas, international airports, and ports. Based in Oskaloosa, Iowa, Musco focuses on creating responsible lighting and facility solutions that enhance recreational opportunities and infrastructure worldwide.
