Principal Lighting Artist

1 Month ago • 7 Years + • Concept Art

Job Summary

Job Description

The Principal Lighting Artist will establish the overall look and feel of a new IP's lighting, ensuring alignment with art direction. Responsibilities include lighting key areas using performant techniques, defining lighting rulesets for diverse environments, championing lighting artistry, and bridging communication between art, design, and engineering. The role also involves defining project vision for lighting, developing lighting states for dynamic changes, advising on cutting-edge technology implementation, and mentoring junior team members. The ideal candidate possesses 7+ years of experience in lighting/technical art & rendering, expertise in real-time shading and rendering, and excellent communication skills.
Must have:
  • 7+ years experience in lighting/technical art
  • Experience with large-scale open-world projects
  • Expert knowledge of physical lighting, camera exposure
  • Deep understanding of real-time shading & rendering
  • Excellent communication and teamwork skills
Good to have:
  • Insight into final image output concepts
  • Experience with post-process features

Job Details

Job Title:

Principal Lighting Artist

Requisition ID:

R024944

Job Description:

Position available in Warsaw, Poland or Malmö, Sweden (On-Site Hybrid).

Elsewhere Entertainment is looking for a Principal Lighting Artist to join the development of a new IP.    
 
Feed your creativity while collaborating with our team of highly skilled developers to build something innovative, exhilarating, and expansively entertaining!  
 
As a member of the Art department, you’ll help establish the overall look and feel of the game's lighting, ensuring it aligns with the art direction. Your work will add to the atmosphere of our game and support different gameplay elements and cinematics. Lastly, you will contribute to innovations in techniques and processes to improve project quality. 

As a member of the project, you’ll help take the studio and our game from great to even better—with a focus on inclusivity, mutual respect (for ourselves and our players), thoughtfulness, empathy, professionalism, and collaboration.   

 
You’ll help us by… 

  • Lighting key areas of our game experience with performant techniques through a combination of real-time light actors and post process features 

  • Determining a strong set of lighting rulesets for a wide variety of natural and urban environments  

  • Championing the art of lighting and bridge communication between art, design and engineering. 

  • Defining project vision for lighting and methods of execution that can scale into production 

  • Developing lighting states for a system of dynamically changing lighting and weather situations 

  • Advising on future improvements and implementation of cutting-edge technology 

  • Mentoring less experienced lighting art members on the team 


You’re awesome because you have… 

  • Proven experience (7+ years) in lighting and/or technical art & rendering 

  • Experience of working with large scale open-world projects 

  • A passion for cinematic storytelling through lighting, color and mood of a scene 

  • An excellent eye for beauty in lighting art and a drive to improve quality 

  • Experience working with post process features like lens effects and color correction 

  • Expert knowledge of physical lighting units, camera exposure and linear space rendering 

  • Deep understanding of real-time shading and rendering techniques 

  • Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a development team spread across different time zones 

  • Knowledge of performant lighting techniques for real-time rendering and optimization 

  • Ambitions to pursue the latest and greatest in technological advancements 

 

Bonus points for… 

  • Insight in final image output concepts such as color management and tone mapping of the render pipeline 


Not sure you meet all the qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do! At Activision, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.  

 

Our World   

At Activision, we strive to create the most iconic brands in gaming and entertainment. We’re driven by our mission to deliver unrivaled gaming experiences for the world to enjoy, together. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, Crash Bandicoot™, Tony Hawk’s™ Pro Skater™, and Guitar Hero®. As a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and products, our “press start” is simple: delight hundreds of millions of players around the world with innovative, fun, thrilling, and engaging entertainment experiences.  


We’re not just looking back at our decades-long legacy; we’re forging ahead to keep advancing gameplay with some of the most popular titles and sophisticated technology in the world. We have bold ambitions to create the most inclusive company as we know our success comes from the passionate, creative, and diverse teams within our organization.   


We’re in the business of delivering fun and unforgettable entertainment for our player community to enjoy. And our future opportunities have never been greater — this could be your opportunity to level up.   


Ready to Activate Your Future?  


#elsewhere 

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