Senior Lighting Artist

Games Jobs Direct; Royal Leamington Spa; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading gaming studio in Royal Leamington Spa is seeking a Senior Lighting Artist to enhance the lighting of their open world environments. In this permanent role, you'll work closely with the Lighting Lead and Art Directors, creating and maintaining lighting setups, controlling weather factors, and lighting cinematics. This position offers autonomy in task management and requires a robust understanding of lighting theory and techniques. The studio promotes a hybrid work model and offers relocation assistance if needed.

Qualifications

• Excellent understanding of lighting theory and pipelines.
• Knowledge of cutting-edge real-time lighting techniques.
• Interest in off-line 3D rendering is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Create lighting setups for our open world environments.
• Setup time of day lighting and atmosphere.
• Control weather types and chances.
• Light cinematics.
• Work with the Lighting Lead and Art Directors to establish visual targets.

Skills

Lighting theory and pipelines

Real-time lighting techniques

Interest in 3D rendering

Experience baking lightmaps

Passion for games

Job description

About the role:

As Senior Lighting Artist, you will be working with the Lighting Lead and Art Directors to realise our vision for the lighting of Forza Horizon. You will create and maintain all elements of world lighting and proactively drive collaboration with other departments.

Passionate about your craft, skilled in lighting, colour and composition, and with a track record to prove it, you will also benefit from a level of autonomy that allows you to be trusted with planning and delivering your own tasks to our expected standards.

This is a permanent role based at our state‑of‑the‑art facilities in Royal Leamington Spa with a hybrid work model in place. Relocation assistance is available if required.

What you’ll do:

• Create lighting setups for our open world environments
• Setup time of day lighting and atmosphere
• Control Weather types and chances
• Light Cinematics
• Work with the Lighting Lead and Art Directors to establish visual targets

What you will bring:

• Excellent understanding of lighting theory and pipelines
• Excellent knowledge of cutting audiência real‑time lighting techniques
• An interest in off‑čna 3D rendering
• Experience baking lightmaps is desirable
• A genuine passion for games

This is an excellent opportunity for exceptional lighting artists who are looking to further their career with an ambitious developer.

Playground Games is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, we believe that diversity and inclusion fuels creativity. We are dedicated to creating a safe, comfortable and welcoming working environment.

We strive to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices of our team members. It drives our innovation and connects us closer to our players. We are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion across age, disability, gender re‑assignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

At Playground Games we recognise the importance of self‑development, career progression, well‑being and retention of our colleagues. We celebrate difference and welcome everyone to join us and to be themselves at work.

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