Senior Lighting Artist

Job Summary

A company is looking for a Senior Lighting Artist to join their team.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement optimized baked-lighting across all game environments using Unreal Engine
• Collaborate with environment, VFX, and art direction teams to ensure lighting consistency
• Develop and maintain lighting standards, style guides, and best-practice documentation

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of games industry experience with at least three shipped titles
• Expert-level proficiency in Unreal Engine 5 lighting and GPU Lightmass pipeline
• Strong understanding of real-world lighting, photography, and cinematography principles
• Proven ability to create horror, suspense, or atmospheric lighting styles
• Experience optimizing lighting for real-time performance on PC and console