Senior Lighting Artist – AAA Console/PC Games – Hybrid/Onsite – London, UK

One Player Mission’s client is looking for an experienced Senior Lighting Artist to join their growing teams of talented developers, helping them to create exciting games that are expertly built and enjoyed by millions.

The successful candidate will paint stories with light, infuse worlds with atmosphere and emotion and ensure that their players can find their way around their games.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Experience working within Unreal Engine 4+
• An up-to-date portfolio filled with examples of Lighting work.
• A good understanding of shape, form, composition and tonal values.
• Excellent knowledge of Physically Based Rendering and balancing materials.
• Experience pre-bake, dynamic and hybrid lighting workflows.
• Working knowledge of tone mapping, colour grading and LUTs.
• The ability to deliver performant lighting schemes for gameplay
• Great communication skills.
• The ability to work well within a team.

BENEFICIAL:

• Experience with Unreal 5 and Lumen.
• A solid understanding of the impact of Lighting direction on Level Design and gameplay.
• Knowledge of trends in videogame lighting, movie cinematography and photography.
• An understanding of HDR and its implementation.
• Experience lighting both environments, characters and cinematic cut scenes.
• An understanding of post processing effects including colour grading. 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Light scenes based on reference photographs and concept Art materials.
• Work with the Lead Lighting Artist and Art Director to create high quality lighting schemes in keeping with the project’s visual direction.
• Produce work within specifications under strict deadlines.
• Review and implement your work using the game editor.
• Trouble shoot lighting issues and action creative feedback.
• Collaborate with other sub-disciplines including Environment Art, Level Design, VFX, Cinematics and Tech Art.
• Coach and mentor junior level staff through knowledge sharing.

BENEFITS:

• Work your way, with access to progressive working patterns including hybrid and fully remote
• Substantial performance-related pay system on top of your basic compensation, along with enhanced pension contributions and life assurance scheme
• Bespoke VISA and relocation packages for you and your family, with support from our team throughout the whole process
• 25 days of holiday and 8 Bank Holidays a year, plus our annual studio closure between Christmas and New Year’s

And many more!

Interested in finding out more about the studio and project? Apply now or call directly today on +44 1206 214 415!