Senior Lighting Artist: Remote, Craft Immersive Worlds

Placements24; Polokwane; Hybrid; ZAR 986,000 - 1,972,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Fully remote work

Professional development

Training resources

Collaborative remote team

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a skilled Senior Lighting Artist to join their fully remote game development team. You will craft mood, atmosphere, and visual fidelity of game environments using expert lighting techniques, with Unreal Engine or Unity as core tools.

You will collaborate with environment artists and technical directors to bring virtual worlds to life, ensuring a cohesive and immersive experience for players, while optimizing for performance across platforms.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of professional Lighting Artist experience in the game industry.
• Proficiency with Unreal Engine or Unity.
• Strong understanding of lighting, color theory, and composition.
• Experience with lighting tools including texture painting and material creation.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities and a proactive approach in remote settings.

Responsibilities

• Design lighting for game environments that enhance mood, gameplay, and visual storytelling.
• Optimize lighting solutions for performance across various target platforms.
• Collaborate with environment artists to ensure lighting complements asset design and scene composition.
• Troubleshoot lighting-related issues and maintain consistent visual quality throughout development.
• Develop and maintain lighting style guides and documentation for projects.

Skills

Portfolio

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Tools

Unreal Engine

Unity

Texture painting

Material creation

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a skilled Senior Lighting Artist to join their fully remote game development team. You will craft mood, atmosphere, and visual fidelity of game environments using expert lighting techniques, with Unreal Engine or Unity as core tools.

You will collaborate with environment artists and technical directors to bring virtual worlds to life, ensuring a cohesive and immersive experience for players, while optimizing for performance across platforms.