MASON J MALEK
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Architectural Visualization Specialist with over a decade of experience creating photoreal interiors, exteriors, and product-in-space scenes. Expert in 3ds Max, V-Ray, and D5 Render with strong skills in modeling, PBR texturing, realistic lighting, and delivering studio-grade renders. Adept at managing projects end-to-end—from client brief and mood board to modeling, materials, lighting, rendering/animation, and post-production.
Core strengths: delivering photorealism under tight deadlines, leveraging expertise in all top rendering engines in the industry (V-Ray, D5 Render, Twinmotion, UE5) to achieve the highest quality in the fastest time possible, maintaining consistent look development across large-scale projects, and collaborating effectively with architects, designers, and marketing teams.

Experiences
- Architectural Visualization Specialist / Connest / 2022 - present • USA (Remote)
Produced over 50 high-quality architectural visualizations annually for residential and commercial projects, including detailed lighting setups and both still and animated outputs. Collaborated with architects and designers to ensure renderings aligned with project goals, consistently meeting deadlines without sacrificing quality. Built and maintained a materials and asset library, and strategically transitioned select workflows from V-Ray to D5 Render, significantly accelerating project turnaround times while preserving final quality.

- Senior Product & Environment Visualizer / Various Clients / 2014-2022
Produced photorealistic studio and lifestyle renders for furniture and interior spaces; integrated products into architectural sets for marketing and presentations. Optimized complex scenes for efficiency without sacrificing quality, using techniques like proxies, instancing, and asset management.
Software & Technical Skills
Modeling & CAD: Rhino, 3ds Max, SketchUp, AutoCAD, Revit
Renderers: V-Ray, KeyShot, D5 Render, Lumion, Twinmotion, UE5*
Materials & Texturing: Substance 3D Painter/Designer, Quixel Mixer & Megascans
Post/Compositing: Photoshop, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve
BIM/Docs: Revit (basic knowledge; used mainly for exporting models to 3ds Max and preparing them smoothly for visualization),
Pipelines: PBR workflows, HDRI/IES lighting, ACES color management, linear workflow setup, render passes for post-production, de-noising techniques, camera matching, photogrammetry for site context, curated asset libraries, and version control for team projects
* working knowledge
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