Lead Lighting Artist: Real-Time Atmosphere & Mentorship

Keywords Studios Plc; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Keywords Studios is seeking a Lead Lighting Artist to join our Southeast Asia team, working on an exciting, unannounced project. The role requires shipping AAA lighting experience, a strong portfolio, and collaboration across art disciplines.

Location options include Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam (Remote), or Singapore (on-site), with fixed-term or permanent contracts depending on project needs. Responsibilities include creating, optimizing, and mentoring for lighting workstreams, establishing

Qualifications

• Senior or Lead Lighting Artist on a shipped AAA or high-quality game project.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating lighting, composition, mood, and atmosphere.
• Strong understanding of lighting theory, colour, exposure, and real-time rendering.
• Proficiency with modern game engines such as Unreal, Unity, or proprietary engines.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality lighting that supports gameplay, narrative, mood, and artistic direction.
• Establish the visual and quality bar for lighting across the project.
• Build, iterate, and optimise lighting setups for real-time environments and gameplay.
• Collaborate with Art Direction, Environment Art, Level Design, and Technical Art to support composition and readability.
• Provide hands-on guidance and mentoring to other lighting artists.
• Develop and maintain lighting passes, post-processing, and related environment settings.
• Troubleshoot lighting issues related to performance and technical constraints across platforms.
• Contribute to lighting workflows and best practices.
• Support planning and estimation while remaining involved in production.

Skills

Lighting leadership

Real-time rendering

Unreal/Unity

PBR workflows

Mentoring

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Lighting tools

Tools

Lighting tools

Profiling

Debugging

Workflow automation

Job description

Keywords Studios is seeking a Lead Lighting Artist to join our Southeast Asia team, working on an exciting, unannounced project. The role requires shipping AAA lighting experience, a strong portfolio, and collaboration across art disciplines.

Location options include Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam (Remote), or Singapore (on-site), with fixed-term or permanent contracts depending on project needs. Responsibilities include creating, optimizing, and mentoring for lighting workstreams, establishing