Real-Time Game Lighting Artist (Hybrid)

Keywords Studios Plc; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Keywords Studios Plc is seeking a Lighting Artist to craft high-quality lighting for real-time environments and cinematics. You will shape mood and storytelling through lighting that integrates with Unreal or Unity engines, while collaborating with Art Directors and multi-disciplinary teams to maintain artistic consistency and performance across platforms.

The role emphasizes optimizing lighting for real-time performance, adhering to pipelines, and pushing visual quality through iteration and

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as a Lighting Artist in video games with a strong real-time assets portfolio.
• Solid understanding of lighting, composition, color theory, and visual storytelling.
• Experience creating optimized assets for modern real-time engines like Unreal or Unity.
• Strong knowledge of lighting tools (Lumen, baking, post-processing) and cross-platform performance.
• Ability to collaborate within multidisciplinary teams and incorporate feedback throughout production.
• Familiarity with game development pipelines and adapting styles across genres and platforms.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality lighting for environments and cinematics in real-time game projects.
• Align lighting with artistic direction, mood, tone, and storytelling.
• Collaborate with Art Director and cross-functional teams to ensure consistency and quality.
• Ensure lighting meets performance and platform constraints; troubleshoot lighting challenges.

Skills

Lighting artistry

Color theory

Real-time engines

Post-processing

Performance optimization

Pipeline collaboration

Game storytelling

Tools

Unreal Engine

Unity

Job description

Keywords Studios Plc is seeking a Lighting Artist to craft high-quality lighting for real-time environments and cinematics. You will shape mood and storytelling through lighting that integrates with Unreal or Unity engines, while collaborating with Art Directors and multi-disciplinary teams to maintain artistic consistency and performance across platforms.

The role emphasizes optimizing lighting for real-time performance, adhering to pipelines, and pushing visual quality through iteration and