Senior Lighting Artist — Real-Time Game Atmospheres

HellaGoodAudio; United States; Remote; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Room 8 Studio is seeking a Lighting Artist to enhance game environments with mood, tone and depth. You will ensure lighting continuity across scenes and reference production designs for consistent visual style.

The role requires a strong portfolio, experience shipping AAA titles, and proficiency with industry tools such as 3ds Max, Maya and Photoshop, plus knowledge of Perforce/SVN and real-time lighting in Unreal/Unity pipelines.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of game development lighting experience.
• Experience shipping AAA PC or console titles in a similar role.
• Portfolio or demo reel showing use of light, shadow and color to create tones and moods.
• Understanding of Unreal Engine rendering pipeline, real-time lighting techniques and shading.
• Intermediate+ level of English proficiency, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Set up scene lights to match color keys and concept art, maintaining artistic style across the game.
• Understand Unity and UE rendering pipelines and lighting setups, shading.
• Create and maintain lighting elements: dynamic, prebaked, interior, exterior setups.
• Balance visual quality with real-time performance requirements.
• Participate in R&D of new lighting techniques for the production pipeline.
• Develop pipelines and write technical guides.

Skills

Game lighting

Lighting in scenes

Artistic sensibility

English communication

Tools

3ds Max

Maya

Photoshop

Perforce

SVN

Job description

Room 8 Studio is seeking a Lighting Artist to enhance game environments with mood, tone and depth. You will ensure lighting continuity across scenes and reference production designs for consistent visual style.

The role requires a strong portfolio, experience shipping AAA titles, and proficiency with industry tools such as 3ds Max, Maya and Photoshop, plus knowledge of Perforce/SVN and real-time lighting in Unreal/Unity pipelines.