Senior Lighting Artist

Summary

Join That's No Moon, an independent game studio, as a Senior Lighting Artist. You will craft real-time lighting for AAA in-game and cinematic content using Unreal 5 Engine. Collaborate with art directors, designers, and other artists to achieve the studio's artistic vision. Responsibilities include producing high-quality lighting, establishing workflows, and mentoring team members. The ideal candidate possesses 5+ years of experience in AAA game development, expertise in real-time lighting and rendering, and a strong understanding of PBR and realistic lighting concepts. Competitive compensation and benefits are offered.

Requirements

• 5+ yrs of experience working as a Lighting Artist on PC or console hardware
• Experience working on at least 2+ released AAA games
• Experience in real-time lighting and rendering
• Understanding of lighting performance, tuning and memory budgets
• Basic knowledge of physical photography and how aperture, shutter speed, and focal length work together
• Strong understanding of PBR and realistic lighting concepts
• Understanding of composition and the ability for lighting to enhance mood and gameplay
• Knowledge of color theory, HDR techniques, and how to use light and shadow to create form
• Experience with display calibration and HDR color grading
• Experience with Unreal Blueprints and Sequencer
• Self-motivated and able to work well in a multi-discipline team environment, team-player
• Strong artistic eye with the ability to interpret concept and reference
• Open to feedback but also possess an excellent capacity to solve creative and technical problems and present a compelling vision

Responsibilities

• Produce high quality real-time and cinematic lighting for exterior and interior scenes using the Unreal 5 Engine
• Work with Art Director and Lighting Lead to define the look of feel of real-time levels and cinematics scenes
• Collaborate with Designers, Environment Artists and Material Artists to support both artistic and gameplay requirements in their levels
• Help establish workflows and proactively contribute to documentation
• Setup and tune post processing effects, including color grading, exposure, tone mapping, etc
• Work with Leads and Production to estimate and plan lighting tasks for upcoming milestones
• Ability to research and develop lighting techniques, envision or address tools needs, and fix bugs
• Ownership of level lighting process from initial look dev to final polish pass
• Provide mentorship to other team members in specific areas of expertise

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in creating PBR Materials and Shaders
• Film lighting, film surfacing and/or game material experience
• Strong interest and knowledge in film cinematography
• Maya, Photoshop and other proprietary engines

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision
• 401(k) match
• Flexible PTO
• Supplemental life and disability