Remote Senior Lighting Artist — Unreal Real-Time Expert

Ghost Story Games; United States; Remote; USD 131,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus potential

Equity awards

Medical benefits

Job summary

Ghost Story Games invites a Principal Lighting Artist to drive real-time lighting for Judas in Unreal Engine 4, shaping environmental and character lighting with post-process tuning, color grading, and a robust HDR pipeline.

Collaborate with Creative/Art Direction, Design, and Tech to uphold visual excellence, balance aesthetic with gameplay, and guide a broader lighting team towards consistent quality and believability.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a lighting artist in game development.
• Strong Unreal Engine 4 knowledge and post-process tuning.
• Ability to lead and mentor lighting across teams.
• Demonstrated balance of HDR exposure and emissive intensities.

Responsibilities

• Push visual and technical lighting quality across the team.
• Diagnose and refine lighting pipelines and tools.
• Mentor and collaborate with leadership and engineers across departments.

Skills

Real-time lighting

Unreal Engine 4

Lighting design

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

Unreal Engine 4

HDR workflow

Job description

Ghost Story Games invites a Principal Lighting Artist to drive real-time lighting for Judas in Unreal Engine 4, shaping environmental and character lighting with post-process tuning, color grading, and a robust HDR pipeline.

Collaborate with Creative/Art Direction, Design, and Tech to uphold visual excellence, balance aesthetic with gameplay, and guide a broader lighting team towards consistent quality and believability.