Job Description
Sperasoft is seeking a Senior Lighting Artist to design and implement visually compelling lighting scenarios for games, impacting millions of players. This role involves collaborating with art and technical directors, optimizing lighting for performance, and ensuring visual quality. The ideal candidate will have 3+ years of experience in the game industry, a strong understanding of color theory, and proficiency in game engines and DCC tools to deliver immersive gaming experiences.
Good To Have:
- Experience in photography.
- Experience in other areas of computer graphics.
- Ability to create concept art.
Must Have:
- Design lighting matching art direction and client expectations.
- Propose new realistic lighting schemes.
- Communicate with Art Director and clients on quality.
- Communicate with other teams for lighting art needs.
- Support art style and mood with lighting.
- Balance visual quality and performance requirements.
- Validate lighting quality with Art/Technical Director.
- Create and estimate tasks for Lighting Art team.
- Verify and improve lighting after department changes.
- Fix lighting bugs filed by testers.
- Optimize lighting for image quality within engine limitations.
- 3+ years experience as Lighting Artist in game industry, senior/lead tasks, one shipped title.
- Extensive knowledge of color theory, lighting, and composition.
- Understanding of real-time and pre-rendered techniques.
- Knowledge of UE4 lighting techniques.
- Familiarity with game engines, tools, pipelines, and game development process.
- Knowledge of DCC tools (Maya/3ds Max/Blender) and 2D/3D art tools (Photoshop/Substance Painter/Substance Designer).
Perks:
- Working with an international team on exciting and challenging projects.
- Learning & Development opportunities (mentoring, lectures, industry conferences).
- Medical Care package.
- Breakfasts, snacks, fruits, tea, and coffee.
- Care bonus for health, educational, and safety needs.
- Corporate parties and team buildings.
Description
Sperasoft seeks a highly skilled Senior Lighting Artist to bring expertise in crafting lighting scenarios for games that will be played by millions.
If you are an experienced Senior Lighting Artist with a strong passion for creating visually compelling game environments, possess excellent communication and collaboration skills, and have a keen eye for detail, we invite you to join our team. Together, we will push the boundaries of visual excellence and deliver immersive gaming experiences to players worldwide.
Responsibilities
- Design lighting that matches or exceeds art direction and client’s expectations and supports the look of other departments work in the best way
- Propose new ideas for realistic lighting schemes, relying on scene scenery, mood and art direction needs.
- Communicate with Art-Director and client representatives in terms of achieving work quality desired by the client
- Communicate with other teams to support lighting art needs required for target quality
- Support art style and mood with lighting
- Maintain a balance between visual quality and performance requirements
- Have the Art Director and Technical Director validate the quality of the lighting and make any changes that are requested
- Create and estimate tasks for Lighting Art team
- Verify lighting quality after changes from other departments and perform any necessary improvements
- Fix the lighting bugs filed by testers
- Optimize lighting to produce the best possible image quality, in accordance with the technical limitations of the engine
- Carry out all other related tasks
- Contribute to the team-oriented environment.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience as a Lighting artist in the game industry with experience of performing senior or lead level tasks. At least one shipped title in the portfolio
- Extensive knowledge of color theory, lighting and composition
- Understanding of real-time and pre-rendered techniques
- Knowledge of UE4 lighting techniques, Knowledge of UE5’s Lumen, VSM and Nanite is a bonus. Familiarity with game engines, tools, pipelines and game development process
- Knowledge of any DCC tools (Maya/3ds Max/Blender) and other 2D/3D Art tools (e.g. Photoshop/Substance Painter/Substance Designer) useful in Lighting Art production
- Sense of initiative and proactivity
- Attention to detail
- Ability to give and accept feedback and adapt to changes
- Originality and resourcefulness when setting out solutions
- Self-motivation, good communication skills, and a great team-player attitude
Would be a plus
- Experience in photography is an asset
- Experience in other areas of computer graphics is an asset
- Ability to create concept art
Benefits
- Working with an international team of world-class professionals on exciting and challenging projects
- Learning & Development opportunities – mentoring, lectures, participation at industry conferences and events
- Medical Care package
- Breakfasts, snacks and fruits available during the day, tea and coffee machines
- Additional benefits – care bonus to cover health, educational and safety needs, corporate parties and team buildings and many more others
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