Studio: MachineGames
Job Opening: Lead Lighting Artist
Location: Uppsala, Sweden
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Assist the Art Director in executing the visual vision in relation to lighting for the project and assume creative ownership when delegated by Art Director.
- Lead and drive lighting initiatives within the lighting team and collaborate with other departments to develop and implement high quality and performant content.
- Participate in developing standards and techniques for both gameplay and cinematic lighting.
- Troubleshoot creative and technical issues related to lighting as they arise. Debug and fix lighting bugs and communicate/document solutions.
- Lighting reviews
- Ensure high quality lighting is made correctly, visually and technically.
- Own and define ways to perform WIP reviews and signoff.
- Standards
- Responsible for ensuring art pipelines and workflow processes are clearly defined and followed for all lighting work.
- Create, communicate, and follow up on technical standards in collaboration with the programmer and technical leads.
- R&D
- Participate in developing standards and techniques for both gameplay and cinematic lighting.
- Investigate new industry technology and trends to improve the project’s visual quality and efficiency.
- Assist with look development.
- Act as the primary point of contact for outsourcing/contracted lighting artists.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Have extensive experience from a leading role in a AAA game development studio.
- Have participated in and led (at least some pieces of) a whole AAA game development cycle.
- Have extensive experience within the field of lighting and colour theory.
- In-depth knowledge of colour grading, HDR, and other post-process effects
- Expert skills within applicable software, procedures, and methodology.
- Show a track record of successfully leading others.
- Show a track record of exploring new trends and ideas in your area and applying them to work.
- Great experience with photo-realistic lighting.
- Excellent knowledge of PBR materials.
- Excellent communication skills in English – both written and oral.
