Unreal Engine Lighting Artist

Zoic Studios; Vancouver; Remote; CAD 55,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Zoic Studios in Vancouver, BC is seeking an Unreal Engine Lighting Artist to join our Real Time Team with a focus on virtual production. The role requires strong photo-real lighting, shader work, and collaboration with Supervisors, Leads, and the Creative Director.

The position supports remote work from British Columbia and offers opportunities to shape lighting for high-end TV, film, and advertising projects with a strong emphasis on photorealism and real-time workflows.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of Unreal Engine Lighting experience.
• Experience creating lighting for different scenes and environments.
• Experience with Unreal lighting techniques and solutions.
• Understanding of photo-real, real-world lighting and ability to match live action lighting.
• Good understanding of GPU Lightmass and dynamic vs baked lighting.
• Ability to use, setup and troubleshoot Unreal Lumen Lighting techniques.
• Ability to create mood and atmosphere based on artistic direction.
• Excellent understanding of color, materials, mood, space and light properties.
• Experience optimizing shots for rendering.
• Proficiency with Unreal Blueprints and shaders.
• Remote work capability within a structured team.

Responsibilities

• Creation and execution of Lighting and Shader content for previsualization, post-visualization, and final pixels as directed by Supervisors and Creative Director.
• Match lighting to live action footage and establish photoreal finish across scenes.
• Collaborate with the Real Time Team to support virtual production pipelines.

Skills

Unreal Engine Lighting

Lighting design

Shader development

Blueprints

C++

Maya

Tools

Unreal Engine

Lightmass

Unreal Lumen

Shaders

Job description

BC, Unreal Engine Lighting Artist

Unreal Engine Lighting Artist

This position is based in Vancouver, BC. All applicants must reside in British Columbia, Canada.

About Zoic

Zoic Studios is a Visual Effects company that specializes in high end visual effects for television, film, and advertising. Our mantra is Visual Evolution - we focus on every part of the process, from the final picture to the pipeline used to create them.

Are you looking for your next creative and technical challenge? Come join our team!

Why Join Zoic?

• We are an Artist owned and operated VFX studio.
• We love what we do and always stay curious about new technology and techniques.
• We respect work/life balance in a hectic industry.
• We work with a team from all walks of life and backgrounds.

Overview

Currently we are seeking an Unreal Engine Lighting Artist to work with our Real Time Team with a focus on virtual production.

The Unreal Lighting Artist is responsible for the creation and execution of Lighting and Shader content required in the delivery of previsualization, post-visualization and final pixel as per the direction of the Department Supervisors, Leads, Creative Director, and the client. This position requires a strong understanding of all aspects and components of photo-real and real time lighting and look development and the ability to anticipate and plan to achieve the visual and production execution goals of the show.

Technical Skills/Qualifications

• 3+ years of Unreal Engine Lighting experience
• Experience creating and designing lighting for different scenes and environments.
• Experience with Unreal lighting techniques and solutions
• Understanding of photo-real, real-world lighting and the ability to match live action footage lighting information.
• Good understanding of GPU Lightmass and dynamic vs baked lighting.
• Ability to use, setup and trouble-shoot Unreal Lumen Lighting techniques.
• Ability to use Light to create mood and atmosphere based on artistic direction.
• Excellent understanding of color, materials , mood, space and the properties of light
• Experience optimizing shots for rendering.
• Proficiency with Unreal Blueprints and shaders and how they work to enhance the overall lighting look of assets, environments and characters.
• Virtual production content creation is a plus.
• Experience with Maya is a plus.
• Experience with asset ingest, scene setup, optimization, and validation of look and performance of scenes.
• Experience developing games, applications, or VR/AR experiences using Unreal Engine
• Experience with either C# or C++ a plus!
• Ability to work efficiently from home / remotely within a structured team environment.

Other Requirements

• Self-motivated, proactive and able to utilize allotted time efficiently.
• Highly experienced in working as part of a development team.
• Excellent communication skills in English; both written and verbal.
• Problem solving skills, self-starter, adapt to production changes are required skills.
• Up-to-date reel showcasing required skill set.

Additional information

British Columbia Employees Pay Range: $40 - $60 per hour (The actual base salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and if applicable, the location of the position) Candidates are preferred to be located in British Columbia. At the moment this is a remote (work from home) position. Zoic does not cover relocation costs. All remote positions require the candidate to have a reliable internet connection via ethernet and work on Pacific Standard Time. This job description contains the basic requirements for the position and is NOT intended to be a complete list of responsibilities; other duties may be assigned Due to the sheer volume of applications we receive, we regret that only those selected to interview will be contacted.