Lighting Artist

Cloud Imperium Games; Manchester; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloud Imperium Games in Manchester is seeking a Lighting Artist to craft cinematic, high-quality realtime lighting for Star Citizen locations. You will shape mood and tone to support the game’s cinematic realism, working onsite at our Manchester studio alongside a passionate team.

As part of the lighting team, you will balance budgets, collaborate with the Lighting Lead, Art Director, and other departments to deliver the final frame that showcases the artwork at its best.

Qualifications

• Ability to create believable cinematic lighting for game locations.
• Experience balancing lighting within real-time rendering budgets.
• Collaborate with Lighting Lead, Art Director, and other departments to realise artistic visions.

Responsibilities

• Create believable and cinematic lighting scenarios for the locations in the game.
• Ensure the lighting in a location works within defined realtime rendering budgets.
• Work closely with the Lighting Lead and Art Director to make sure the artistic vision is coming to life.
• Collaborate with other departments to help create the best experience possible.

Skills

Cinematic lighting

Real-time lighting

PBR lighting

Lighting mood

Team collaboration

Job description

Founded in 2012 by renowned game developer Chris Roberts, Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) is one of the largest global independent studios, dedicated to delivering next-generation AAA games. CIG prides itself in thinking outside the box, encouraging creativity and developing ground-breaking technology. CIG believes in raising the bar for the gaming industry and the gaming community as a whole.

About the Role

As a Lighting Artist at CIG, you will be joining a team responsible for lighting all the amazing locations in Star Citizen. Star Citizen is a universe filled with solar systems, each of which are filled with diverse locations all of which the player can seamlessly fly down to from space and explore on foot.

You will be responsible for implementing high quality and cinematic realtime lighting scenarios for Star Citizen, this could be anything from a moody old Space Station in low orbit around a planet to a neon filled cityscape located on a planet. The art pillars of the game are Cinematic Sci-Fi Realism, so you will be helping to implement the mood and tone for environment to help define the final frame showcasing the artwork to the highest standard.

This is an onsite role based at our studio in Manchester, UK.

Check out what our Lighting team get up to:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqt1fl56BlE&t=1s

What does a Lighting Artist at CIG do?

• Create believable and cinematic lighting scenarios for the locations in the game.
• Ensure the lighting in a location works within defined realtime rendering budgets.
• Work closely with the Lighting Lead and Art Director to make sure the artistic vision is coming to life.
• Collaborate with other departments to help create the best experience possible.

What do we expect from our Lighting Artists?

• Someone who is passionate about creating inspirational lighting moods.
• Understanding of material shading and how the use of different materials can impact the final frame.
• A knowledge of cinematic lighting and technical know-how.
• Someone who can draw from a variety of reference material to always challenge themselves and strive to raise the bar for realtime games.
• Experience in creating high quality realtime lighting scenarios.
• Understanding of physically based rendering.
• Someone who loves to be part of a passionate team and is able to communicate effectively.

If you've always wanted to create beautiful and exotic sci-fi environments which you can explore and get lost in then this could be the position for you,

Diversity Statement

CIG is a global company, staunchly committed to cultivating a culture and workplace that celebrates all backgrounds, lifestyles, and perspectives. Together, we are creating a space where authentic recognition, appreciation, and understanding of the importance of diversity is fostered by everyone. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we strive to build a team that represents all walks of life, and we want every employee to bring all the things that make them unique to the work environment. The universe is as vast and varied as the people in it, and it's our differences that make it special.

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