Lighting Artist [AAA Project]

4 Days ago • All levels

About the job

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About the job:
Ubisoft Shanghai is seeking a talented and passionate Lighting Artist to join our team and contribute to the development of AAA game projects. You will collaborate with the level team to develop the look and feel of the game, using your artistic skills to create immersive and visually stunning environments. Your responsibilities will include setting up light sources to enhance narrative elements and gameplay progression, lighting game environments, characters, and cinematics to direct player attention, set the emotional tone, and communicate atmosphere and plot details. You will also need to balance artistic aspects with technical constraints, document and share your lighting design knowledge, and refine your lighting effects based on feedback from interdependent teams.
Must have:
  • Familiar with 3D authoring packages and color calibration process
  • RT and prerender lighting experience
  • Experienced as a lighting Artist in the game, film, or CG industry
  • Creative with the ability to adapt to realistic game style
  • Task driven with good time management skills, ability to work independently as well as a good team player
  • Balancing the visual quality and performance requirements of real-time gaming applications
Good to have:
  • Portfolio of traditional art skills
  • Shipped games (Console or PC)
  • Experienced in managing team and allocating tasks
  • Good English skills both in written and oral
Perks:
  • Future of Work framework: Working location flexibility
  • A minimum of 15 days paid annual leave
  • Monthly meal and snack allowance
  • Premium medical insurance plan and free annual health check
  • Game Package: free access to Ubisoft games on PC plus a rich and expanding library of games & books
  • Employee Assistance Program: wellbeing solutions, emotional support, and life coaching
  • Jumpstart your growth: A rich resevoir of premium and exclusive learning resources
  • 10+ staff clubs featuring weekly sports and gaming activities and events
  • Ubisoft CSR commitment: Making a long-lasting positive impact for our players, our teams, our partners and our planet.

Company Description

Ubisoft’s19,000 team members, working across more than 40 locations around the world, are bound by a common mission to enrich players’ lives with original and memorable gaming experiences. Their dedication and talent has brought to life many acclaimed franchises such as Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Just Dance, Rainbow Six, and many more to come. Ubisoft is an equal opportunity employer that believes diverse backgrounds and perspectives are key to creating worlds where both players and teams can thrive and express themselves. If you are excited about solving game-changing challenges, cutting edge technologies and pushing the boundaries of entertainment, we invite you to join our journey and help us create the unknown.

Created in 1996, Ubisoft Shanghai studio, is a vibrant and exciting place where our 600+ talents get opportunities to either co-develop great AAA blockbuster games, create cutting-edge online games or produce fun mobile games.

To learn more, please visit: www.ubisoftgroup.com

Job Description

What you will do

  • Collaborate with the level team to develop the look and feel of a game.
  • Find visual references based on the artistic and technical directions.
  • Set up light sources to support narrative elements and gameplay progression.
  • Light game environments, characters, and cinematics to direct the players’ attention, set the emotional tone, communicate atmosphere, and plot details, etc.
  • Balance artistic aspects with technical constraints.
  • Document and share your lighting design knowledge and best practices.
  • Refine your integrated lighting effects based on feedback received from interdependent teams, debugging when need be

Qualifications

What you will bring

  • Familiar with 3D authoring packages and color calibration process. - RT and prerender lighting experience.
  • Prefer Fine Arts, Design, Architecture, or related field.
  • Experienced as a lighting Artist in the game, film, or CG industry.
  • Creative with the ability to adapt to realistic game style.
  • Task driven with good time management skills, ability to work independently as well as a good team player.
  • Balancing the visual quality and performance requirements of real-time gaming applications

Nice to have

  • Portfolio of traditional art skills.
  • Shipped games (Console or PC)
  • Experienced in managing team and allocating tasks.
  • Good English skills both in written and oral

Additional Information

Benefits and Perks from Ubisoft Shanghai:

  • Future of Work framework: We believe that working location flexibility is essential to employee engagement and contributes to our high value of work-life balance
  • A minimum of 15 days paid annual leave
  • Monthly meal and snack allowance
  • Premium medical insurance plan and free annual health check
  • Game Package: free access to Ubisoft games on PC plus a rich and expanding library of games & books
  • Employee Assistance Program: wellbeing solutions, emotional support, and life coaching
  • Jumpstart your growth:  A rich resevoir of premium and exclusive learning resources to support your continuous learning, expand your skillset, and advance your career.
  • 10+ staff clubs featuring weekly sports and gaming activities and events

Ubisoft CSR commitment

Making a long-lasting positive impact for our players, our teams, our partners and our planet.

In Ubisoft, we are working to enrich players’ lives through unique and memorable gaming experiences and by improving the positive impacts of our games. To get there, we are creating a safer, more inclusive work environment, we are giving back to the communities where Ubisoft operates by working with local non-profit partners and by working to reduce the environmental impact of our business.

为我们的玩家、团队、合作伙伴以及地球持续带来积极影响

育碧致力于通过打造新颖深刻的游戏体验及扩大游戏的积极影响,来丰富玩家的生活。为了实现这一目标,我们始终寻求为团队提供更加安全包容的工作环境。我们通过与世界各地的非营利机构合作开展项目,同时努力降低自身业务对环境的影响,来回馈社区。

To learn more about Ubisoft’s Environmental Commitment

了解更多有关育碧对环境的承诺

Play Green: Ubisoft’s Commitment to Global Carbon Neutrality

https://youtu.be/w2gstlpydks

2022 Update

https://news.ubisoft.com/en-us/article/2xcruKK2rZJ22OSeyWzkKO/ubisofts-environmental-commitment-2022-update

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About The Company

Ubisoft’s 21,000 team members, working across more than 30 countries around the world, are bound by a common mission to enrich players’ lives with original and memorable gaming experiences.


Their commitment and talent have brought to life many acclaimed franchises such as Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Just Dance, Rainbow Six, and many more to come. 


Ubisoft is an equal opportunity employer that believes diverse backgrounds and perspectives are key to creating worlds where both players and teams can thrive and express themselves. 


If you are excited about solving game changing challenges, cutting edge technologies and pushing the boundaries of entertainment, we invite you to join our journey and help us Create the unknown.

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