Senior Real-Time Lighting Artist

Keywords Studios; Orlando (FL); On-site; CAD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sick Leave

Benefits package including medical, &牙

3 weeks paid leave

Job summary

GameSim is seeking a Senior Lighting Artist to create high-quality real-time lighting across gameplay environments and sequences. You will translate creative direction into lighting solutions that support mood, readability, narrative, and performance, while mentoring junior artists and guiding lighting execution across projects.

The role requires leadership in lighting tasks, cross‑disciplinary collaboration, and ensuring scenes meet the visual and technical quality bar set by Art Direction and

Qualifications

• Experience creating lighting for real-time game projects.
• Ability to own lighting for levels/scenes and balance artistic quality with technical constraints.
• Strong communication and mentorship abilities to guide and review other artists.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality real-time lighting for gameplay environments and sequences.
• Translate art direction and client feedback into lighting solutions that support mood and readability.
• Review and mentor junior artists, provide actionable feedback, and ensure milestones are met.
• Collaborate with Art Direction, Environment Art, Technical Art, VFX, Design, Engineering, Production, and clients.

Skills

Lighting fundamentals

Mentor junior artists

Communication skills

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Problem solving

Tools

Unreal Engine 5

Lumen (GI)

GPU Lightmass

CPU Lightmass

Post-processing

Photoshop

DaVinci Resolve

Nuke

After Effects

Maya

Blender

3ds Max

Perforce

Jira

Confluence

Miro

Job description

GameSim is seeking a Senior Lighting Artist to create high-quality real-time lighting across gameplay environments and sequences. You will translate creative direction into lighting solutions that support mood, readability, narrative, and performance, while mentoring junior artists and guiding lighting execution across projects.

The role requires leadership in lighting tasks, cross‑disciplinary collaboration, and ensuring scenes meet the visual and technical quality bar set by Art Direction and