Senior Lighting Artist in Canada Creek, Nova Scotia at Jobgether

• Create and implement realistic lighting for indoor and outdoor 3D game environments.
• Establish compelling lighting moods and visual storytelling while maintaining a cohesive realistic art direction.
• Build dynamic and/or baked real-time lighting solutions according to technical and gameplay requirements.
• Balance visual fidelity, realism, and performance across target platforms and multiplayer scenarios.
• Ensure lighting supports gameplay readability, navigation, player awareness, and immersion without compromising the intended visual quality.
• Develop lighting setups for different times of day, weather conditions, environments, and gameplay situations.
• Collaborate with Environment and Level Artists to ensure materials, geometry, composition, and lighting work together convincingly.
• Identify and resolve issues involving lighting, shadows, exposure, reflections, visibility, and rendering.
• Optimize lighting and related rendering features while working within performance budgets for multiplayer environments.
• Create lighting setups that remain effective across different player viewpoints and gameplay conditions.
• Partner with Technical Artists and Programmers on lighting technology, shaders, rendering features, and performance optimization.
• Participate in visual reviews and iterate based on feedback from Art Leadership and the wider development team.
• Help establish and maintain lighting workflows, best practices, technical documentation, and production standards.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the overall visual quality and lighting pipeline.

• Professional experience working as a Lighting Artist within the game development industry.
• Strong understanding of realistic lighting principles, color theory, composition, exposure, photography, and cinematography.
• Demonstrated experience creating lighting for realistic 3D environments.
• Strong understanding of real-time rendering and the performance implications of different lighting techniques.
• Professional experience with Unreal Engine.
• Good knowledge of physically based rendering (PBR), materials, reflections, shadows, and post-processing.
• Ability to independently troubleshoot lighting, rendering, and visual quality issues.
• Strong artistic eye, attention to detail, and ability to translate creative direction into polished visual results.
• A portfolio demonstrating strong environment lighting skills and realistic visual work.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams.

Nice to have:

• Experience lighting multiplayer or large-scale games.
• Experience with post-processing effects and color grading in Unreal Engine.
• Knowledge of Unreal Engine technologies such as Lumen, Virtual Shadow Maps, or other modern real-time global illumination solutions.
• Experience working on real-time games with a cinematic or film-inspired visual direction.
• Experience developing dynamic time-of-day and weather lighting systems.
• Understanding of optimization techniques for large multiplayer maps.
• Experience profiling and debugging GPU and rendering performance.

• CAD $120,000–$150,000 annual salary, depending on experience, skills, industry expertise, and alignment with team needs.
• Potential for higher compensation for candidates demonstrating exceptional mastery and deep industry knowledge.
• 6.5 weeks of paid vacation.
• Eligibility for an Employee Stock Options Plan.
• Flexible schedule and work location, with remote, hybrid, or on-site options.
• Healthcare and benefits coverage for employees and their families.
• 100% parental leave top-up for 16 weeks for eligible Canadian employees.
• Inclusive workplace with accommodations available throughout the recruitment process.