Real-Time Lighting Lead & Team Mentor

HellaGoodAudio; Melbourne; Híbrido; AUD 90.000 - 150.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Keywords Studios is seeking a seasoned Lighting Artist with leadership experience to manage and guide a team of lighting specialists. You will craft high-quality lighting for game environments and cinematics, mentor artists, and ensure visuals align with the project’s artistic direction while meeting performance targets in real-time engines.

This hybrid, full-time role is based in Australia. You will collaborate with art directors and cross-functional teams to uphold artistic consistency across

Formación

• Experience leading art teams and projects.
• Exceptional leadership and communication skills, with the ability to inspire and guide a team towards achieving project goals.
• A keen eye for detail and strong observation skills.
• Extensive experience as a Lighting Artist within the video game industry, with a strong portfolio showcasing high-quality real-time game assets.
• Strong understanding of lighting, composition, colour theory, and visual storytelling.
• Extensive experience creating optimized assets for modern real-time game engines such as Unreal Engine or Unity.
• Strong understanding of lighting tools (Lumen, light baking and post-processing), performance optimization, and technical limitations across multiple gaming platforms.
• Extensive knowledge of game development pipelines and the ability to adapt artistic styles to suit various game genres and target platforms.

Responsabilidades

• Lead and mentor a diverse team of lighting artists across geographies and studios.
• Create high-quality lighting for environments and cinematics aligned with artistic direction.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to maintain art direction and quality.
• Ensure lighting meets performance and platform requirements across multiple engines.
• Stay current with industry trends and contribute to pipeline improvements.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Lighting artist

Team mentorship

Attention to detail

Artistic storytelling

Real-time game lighting

Lumen knowledge

Post-processing

Pipeline collaboration

Herramientas

Unreal Engine

Unity

Descripción del empleo

Keywords Studios is seeking a seasoned Lighting Artist with leadership experience to manage and guide a team of lighting specialists. You will craft high-quality lighting for game environments and cinematics, mentor artists, and ensure visuals align with the project’s artistic direction while meeting performance targets in real-time engines.

This hybrid, full-time role is based in Australia. You will collaborate with art directors and cross-functional teams to uphold artistic consistency across