Senior 3D Lighting Supervisor | Real-Time Unreal Lead

Glitch Productions; Australia; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangement

Work from home option

Relocation assistance to Australia

Casual, collaborative studio culture

Regular team events

Job summary

Glitch Productions is seeking a 3D Lighting Supervisor to define and elevate the lighting style across our animated shows. You will guide lighting artists and collaborate with Story, Design, Layout, and Unreal/FX departments to maintain visual quality.

The role requires strong visual storytelling, leadership, and extensive experience with Maya and Unreal Engine to direct real-time rendering and look development.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a 3D Lighting Supervisor, Lead or Senior Lighting Artist.
• Strong Unreal Engine lighting and real-time rendering experience.
• Experience guiding lighting teams and providing creative feedback.
• Excellent communication and collaboration across creative and technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain the overall lighting style, tone, and visual quality of the project.
• Evaluate storyboards, animatics and environments to identify lighting needs or challenges early.
• Deliver high-quality draw-overs, notes, and examples that guide lighting artists toward consistent results.
• Provide clear creative direction on lighting, mood, composition, colour, readability, and visual storytelling.
• Lead, mentor, and support a team of lighting artists, technical artists, and junior talent.
• Collaborate with Showrunner, Art Director, Modellers, Surfacing, FX, Compositing, and Layout to ensure stylistic cohesion.
• Guide the lighting pipeline and troubleshoot issues impacting delivery.
• Contribute to documentation and templates for lighting look development and workflows.
• Participate in planning sessions to determine lighting scope, style, and resource needs.
• Drive continuous improvement across lighting techniques, tools, and workflows.

Skills

3D lighting

Unreal Engine lighting

Mentoring / leadership

Visual storytelling

Tools

Unreal Engine

Maya

Lighting pipelines

Job description

Glitch Productions is seeking a 3D Lighting Supervisor to define and elevate the lighting style across our animated shows. You will guide lighting artists and collaborate with Story, Design, Layout, and Unreal/FX departments to maintain visual quality.

The role requires strong visual storytelling, leadership, and extensive experience with Maya and Unreal Engine to direct real-time rendering and look development.