Senior Lighting Artist & TD - Hybrid, Creative Visuals

Placements24; Centurion; Hybrid; ZAR 700,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental insurance

Competitive salary

Professional growth opportunities

Generous vacation policy

Hybrid work in Centurion

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Lighting Artist & Technical Director for our Centurion studio. The role blends artistic lighting with technical leadership to shape visual stories, optimize render pipelines, and mentor a team of artists in a hybrid on-site/remote setting.

You will lead lighting strategies, collaborate with directors and modelers, and drive tool development to improve workflow efficiency while maintaining high visual fidelity.

Qualifications

• 7+ years as Lighting Artist or Technical Director in animation, VFX, or gaming.
• Portfolio showcasing exceptional lighting artistry and technical problem-solving skills.
• Strong understanding of light, color theory, composition, and cinematography.
• Experience with real-time rendering engines is a significant advantage.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent industry experience.
• Proficiency in scripting for tool development.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement lighting strategies for complex 3D scenes and environments.
• Create realistic and stylized lighting setups that enhance mood and narrative focus.
• Optimize lighting scenes and render settings for efficiency without sacrificing quality.
• Collaborate with art directors, concept artists, and modelers to achieve the desired aesthetic.
• Develop and maintain lighting tools, scripts, and shaders to streamline workflows.

Skills

Lighting artistry

Technical problem solving

Team collaboration

Cinematography

Scripting: Python/MEL

Real-time rendering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Graphics/ Fine Arts or related field

Tools

Maya

Blender

3ds Max

Arnold

V-Ray

Redshift

Unreal Engine

Unity

Python

MEL

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Lighting Artist & Technical Director for our Centurion studio. The role blends artistic lighting with technical leadership to shape visual stories, optimize render pipelines, and mentor a team of artists in a hybrid on-site/remote setting.

You will lead lighting strategies, collaborate with directors and modelers, and drive tool development to improve workflow efficiency while maintaining high visual fidelity.