Lead Lighting Artist

Job summary

The Lead Lighting Artist will manage and mentor a team of lighting artists while establishing best practices and efficient workflows for real-time lighting pipelines. They will collaborate with art directors and technical teams to ensure high-quality, visually stunning lighting that aligns with the project's artistic vision and technical constraints.

Job details

The Lead Lighting Artist will manage and mentor a team of lighting artists while establishing best practices and efficient workflows for real-time lighting pipelines. They will collaborate with art directors and technical teams to ensure high-quality, visually stunning lighting that aligns with the project's artistic vision and technical constraints. Candidates must have at least 7 years of experience in real-time lighting and rendering, including a proven track record as an Art Lead on a shipped AAA title. Proficiency in Unreal Engine 5, specifically Lumen and Sequencer, along with a deep understanding of Physically Based Rendering and runtime optimization is required.

What you’ll do

The Lead Lighting Artist will manage and mentor a team of lighting artists while establishing best practices and efficient workflows for real-time lighting pipelines. They will collaborate with art directors and technical teams to ensure high-quality, visually stunning lighting that aligns with the project's artistic vision and technical constraints.

Requirements

Candidates must have at least 7 years of experience in real-time lighting and rendering, including a proven track record as an Art Lead on a shipped AAA title. Proficiency in Unreal Engine 5, specifically Lumen and Sequencer, along with a deep understanding of Physically Based Rendering and runtime optimization is required.

Listed skills

• Mentorship · Preferred
• Pipeline Development · Preferred
• Communication · Preferred
• Team Leadership · Preferred
• Project management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Lighting
• Unreal Engine 5
• Lumen Lighting
• Sequencer
• Physically Based Rendering
• Team Leadership
• Mentorship
• Art Direction
• Pipeline Development
• Runtime Optimization
• Cinematics
• Real-time Rendering
• Communication
• Project Management
• Technical Art

Job areas

• Art & Design
• Creative & Media
• Management & Leadership
• Software
• Technology

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