Senior Lighting Artist

About the job

We are Fool’s Theory, a company from Bielsko-Biała in Poland, creators of the game Seven: The Days Long Gone and The Thaumaturge.
We are actively seeking skilled individuals to join our team to work on a project developed in cooperation with CD PROJEKT RED.

Sounds interesting? Get in touch with us!

Responsibilities

• Creating dramatic and compelling lighting that supports photorealistic rendering,
• Using light to establish depth and layering in a scene while at the same time supporting the story and characters,
• Using light to enhance environmental storytelling,
• Deconstructing lighting and textures in a physically based renderer to establish appropriate color correct values,
• Keeping artistic style consistent with the defined visual style for the game,
• Collaborating and communicating constructively with Designers, Programmers and Technical Artists,
• Ensuring that all lighting deliverables are completed fully and in line with the production schedule,
• Producing and maintaining documentation to support asset production in compliance with UE5 rendering standards.

Requirements

• At least 5 years experience in the role of Lighting or Environment Artist,
• Excellent knowledge of lighting tools and pipelines,
• Excellent knowledge of direct and indirect light, luminance, color theory, and composition,
• Solid knowledge of the technical and performance limitations of real-time lighting,
• Familiarity with Lumen and UE5 lighting workflows is a plus,
• Self-driven to complete assigned tasks in a timely manner while maintaining a high level of quality,
• Ability to easily cooperate with others,
• Refraining from using AI generative tools to produce imagery for this job,
• Fluent English.

We offer

• A key role in the process of developing current and future projects.
• Opportunity to work on a cool project in cooperation with CD PROJEKT RED,
• Flexible working hours (core hours 10:00-16:00).
• Possibility to work remotely (from anywhere with a time zone difference of -/+ 2 hours form GMT+1) or in our office in Bielsko-Biała.
• Long-term contracts - we are looking for people for more than one project.
• Working in a group of experienced specialists, often gamedev veterans, who are willing to share their knowledge.
• Custom tools to automate boring, repetitive stuff.
• Working with modern tools from leading technology suppliers (e.g. Jetbrains), as well as with our proprietary solutions.
• Support in industry training courses, conferences and fairs participation (both as a participant or speaker).
• Private medical insurance (Enel-med).
• Access to MyBenefit platform with a possibility to co-finance a Multisport Card.
• Psychological support.