Sr. Lighting Artist

Description

Senior Lighting Artist

CCP is looking for a talented senior artist to light our environments and characters for the World of Darkness. The ultimate candidate is an artistic and technically competent person with a passion for lighting and a thorough understanding of traditional lighting concepts, color, and composition as well as the restrictions and opportunities that comes with lighting game environments.

Using both in-house tools and existing middleware, the Senior Lighter will help define and refine the lighting pipeline needed to create some of the most graphically stunning lighting scenarios ever attempted in a video game.

Responsibilities include:

Delivering top of the class lighting for an exciting and groundbreaking project
Translating intense mood and atmosphere from concept art to in-game environments
Work with the Art Director to establish and achieve the desired lighting for the game
Work with the district teams to establish lighting that enhances gameplay
Collaborate closely with the tech artists and the rendering engineers to provide feedback on and improve the lighting technology, tools, and workflows
Working with color grading and other post process effects to achieve a game with a rich atmosphere, tone and depth
Collaborate with VFX, surfacing and materials, and the art teams to achieve the highest quality lighting across the entire game

Requirements

Required experience/skills:

Shipped and worked full cycle on at least one AAA console game.
3+ years of experience as a lighting artist for games or films
Strong understanding of digital lighting, color theory, good sense of light and shadow
Detailed technical knowledge of game lighting and material pipeline concepts
Experience with content creation in software packages like Maya and Photoshop
Excellent technical and artistic problem solving skills
Formidable leadership skills, creative vision, and passion for games
Good communication skills, ability to communicate and work effectively with others
Working knowledge of benefits and challenges in deferred renderer lighting
Previous production knowledge and experience with Enlighten a huge plus

SPECIAL NOTE: All candidates are required to send a resume AND a portfolio with their application (website link, digital files, prints, samples, etc.). Please post that information in the "Other Info" field when applying. Applications without portfolio or samples will not be processed.

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