Studio: Jar of Sparks
Job Opening: Senior Lighting Artist
Location: Remote
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Work with the Art Director to execute the creative vision for the project’s lighting.
- Generate optimized and high level of quality lighting that adheres to environments and characters with an understanding of gameplay implications.
- Ability to develop the artistic and technical process.
- Work across disciplines to create lighting that enhances the gameplay experience.
- Optimize art, and ensure lighting assets meet runtime and disk budgeting requirements.
- Excellent sense of composition and the ability to improve the mood and lighting.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Minimum 5+ years of experience or shipped at least one AAA game title as a Lighting artist.
- Your portfolio should demonstrate skill in realistic, high-quality lighting.
- Experience working with a game engine and implementing 3D work into an engine.
- Closely partner in an iterative work environment with other disciplines, including creative leadership, environment artist, VFX, surfacing, design, tech art, and engineering, to craft lighting that supports the art vision and gameplay experiences.
- Ability to deliver high-quality work under normal production constraints.
- Willingness and ability to master new tools, workflows, and pipelines.
- Experience working in Unreal Engine 4/5.
- 1 or more AAA shipped titles.
- Self-motivated, high attention to detail, with strong written and verbal communication skills.
- A degree in art or another relevant field.
