Lighting Artist - Remote & Flexible Hours + Bonuses

No Brakes Games; United States; Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Hybrid/Remote work options

Bonuses

Holiday/vacation

Learning programs

Team events

Top facilities

Library access

Job summary

No Brakes Games seeks a Lighting Artist to join for Human Fall Flat 2, shaping atmosphere and visual identity using Unity HDRP. You’ll craft lighting to enhance readability, performance across platforms, and cohesiveness with environment art, VFX, and design teams.

You’ll collaborate to balance artistic goals with real-time constraints, optimizing scenes for PC/Console and delivering immersive, readable gameplay experiences.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of fundamental lighting principles, including composition, color, contrast, depth and visual hierarchy.
• Ability to use lighting to separate objects, clarify spaces, guide the player and support gameplay readability.
• Strong artistic lighting skills in Unity, with in-depth practical knowledge of HDRP.
• Ability to choose the most appropriate lighting approach based on artistic goals, scene requirements and performance cost, including baked, mixed and real-time solutions.
• Practical knowledge of volumetrics, reflections and probe workflows.
• Good understanding of the relationship between lighting and materials, with the ability to adjust both to achieve a cohesive result.
• Strong understanding of lighting optimization, profiling and real-time rendering constraints.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with environment art, VFX, design and technical art.

Skills

Lighting principles

Unity HDRP

Lighting approaches

Volumetrics

Lighting optimization

Lighting/materials

Collaboration

English communication

Tools

Shader Graph

Job description

No Brakes Games seeks a Lighting Artist to join for Human Fall Flat 2, shaping atmosphere and visual identity using Unity HDRP. You’ll craft lighting to enhance readability, performance across platforms, and cohesiveness with environment art, VFX, and design teams.

You’ll collaborate to balance artistic goals with real-time constraints, optimizing scenes for PC/Console and delivering immersive, readable gameplay experiences.