Senior Artist, Lighting (Temp)
Description
SUMMARY OF POSITION:
Monolith
Productions seeks a Senior Lighting Artist responsible
for creating exceptional lighting for in game levels and cinematic sequences. This
is an individual contributor position, and requires a full understanding of core
real world lighting principles, atmospherics, color composition, value
composition and material properties. The lighting artist will effectively apply
the necessary core artistic fundamentals of a AAA real time game presentation to
enhance the mood, tone, look and feel of game levels and cinematics. The lighting
artist should have a strong understanding of materials and shader development
with an ability to work with the art team to maximize the quality of the world
and character presentation.
Job Responsibilities:
- The Lighting Artist is responsible for
implementing production tasks that establish and define the core lighting for a
AAA multiple sku game in accordance to the style guide, and under the direct
guidance and direction of the Director of Art and Principle Lighting Artist.
- Participate in a weekly art meetings, to
communicate the weekly planning and review of current work in progress.
- Is capable of addressing assigned bugs, as well
as submitting relevant bugs as they pertain to lighting.
- Works in a supportive manner to help other
members of the lighting team where applicable.
- Effectively
communicates with all members of the art team both orally, and written.
- Participates in R
& D towards the development of improvements in lighting pipelines and
quality of game presentation.
- Works with lighting
staff and tech artist to ensure that
lighting content meets performance standards.
- Other duties as assigned.
Job Qualification Standards:
Work Experience
- At
least 6+ years’ experience in the entertainment industry.
- At
least 2 published games preferably 1 PS4 and XboxOne title.
- A
strong understanding of basic lighting principals, and the fundamentals of
digital application.
- Experience
with materials/shaders and their relationship to light.
Education, Professional Training, Technical Training or
Certification
- AA/BFA
preferred, and demonstrates a strong portfolio that supports lighting work.
Knowledge/Skills
- Strong
understanding of lighting/rendering technologies (pre-render and real-time
rendering, Global Illumination, Ray-Tracing, HDR, Photon Mapping, etc).
Strong
understanding of 3ds Max (or a leading 3D modeling package). - Strong
understanding of foundation art fundamentals including; color theory,
composition, internal/external silhouette, and value structures.
- Strong
understanding of Photoshop and/or 2D packages.
- Strong
understanding of new gen shader technology with an ability to create a wide
range of highly realistic materials.
- Must
be able to embrace the established art vision of the game and ensure it is
delivered in its entirety at the end of the project.
- Solid
experience and understanding of art pipelines with experience in development
for Xbox One and/or PS4.
- Ability
to adapt rapidly to new or changing technology with an interest in finding ways
to evolve and improve the environment art creation pipeline.
- Must
have an active, passionate interest in current video games to help drive the
game to the next level.
- Solid
organization skills with adherence to file structures, naming conventions and
other established protocols.
- Excellent
ability to self-manage and accurately predict and adhere to task length
estimates and deadlines.
- Must
be an excellent collaborator with a willingness to provide/accept direction and
the ability to embrace change.
- Ability
to clearly articulate ideas both written and verbally
Other Requirements
- A
portfolio demonstrating real time and pre-rendered lighting samples is
required. Traditional and/or digital paintings demonstrating an ability to
create compelling and dramatic scenes is a plus.
The Warner Bros. Entertainment Group of Companies is an equal opportunity employer and considers all candidates for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, marital status, military or veteran's status (including protected veterans, as may be required by federal law), sexual orientation or any other category protected by law.
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