Senior Lighting Artist

Sperasoft seeks a highly skilled Senior Lighting Artist to bring expertise in crafting lighting scenarios for games that will be played by millions.   

If you are an experienced Senior Lighting Artist with a strong passion for creating visually compelling game environments, possess excellent communication and collaboration skills, and have a keen eye for detail, we invite you to join our team. Together, we will push the boundaries of visual excellence and deliver immersive gaming experiences to players worldwide. 

Responsibilities

• Design lighting that matches or exceeds art direction and client’s expectations and supports the look of other departments work in the best way 

• Propose new ideas for realistic lighting schemes, relying on scene scenery, mood and art direction needs.  

• Communicate with Art-Director and client representatives in terms of achieving work quality desired by the client  

• Communicate with other teams to support lighting art needs required for target quality  

• Support art style and mood with lighting  

• Maintain a balance between visual quality and performance requirements  

• Have the Art Director and Technical Director validate the quality of the lighting and make any changes that are requested  

• Create and estimate tasks for Lighting Art team  

• Verify lighting quality after changes from other departments and perform any necessary improvements  

• Fix the lighting bugs filed by testers  

• Optimize lighting to produce the best possible image quality, in accordance with the technical limitations of the engine  

• Carry out all other related tasks  

• Contribute to the team-oriented environment  

• 3+ years of experience as a Lighting artist in the game industry with experience of performing senior or lead level tasks. At least one shipped title in the portfolio 

• Extensive knowledge of color theory, lighting and composition  

• Understanding of real-time and pre-rendered techniques  

• Knowledge of UE4 lighting techniques, Knowledge of UE5’s Lumen, VSM and Nanite is a bonus. Familiarity with game engines, tools, pipelines and game development process 

• Knowledge of any DCC tools (Maya/3ds Max/Blender) and other 2D/3D Art tools (e.g. Photoshop/Substance Painter/Substance Designer) useful in Lighting Art production 

• Sense of initiative and proactivity  

• Attention to detail  

• Ability to give and accept feedback and adapt to changes  

• Originality and resourcefulness when setting out solutions  

• Self-motivation, good communication skills, and a great team-player attitude  

• Learning & development opportunities 
• Exceptional private medical insurance plan 
• Casual workplace environment; new renovation and relaxation area 
• Friendly team and a family-like environment