Senior Lighting Artist

Description

Sledgehammer Games is looking for a talented Senior Lighting Artist for our Call of Duty title. We're looking for top talent with strong experience in Lighting for AAA titles.  If you're interested in jumping in and working on a new project with some of the most talented developers in the industry, apply today!

Primary Responsibilities:

•         Work with Level Designers, Environment Artists, Team Leads, and Art Director to craft high quality lighting for game levels and cinematics.
•         Author pre-baked and real-time lighting via proprietary software.
•         Maintain and ensure runtime performance and optimize when required.
•         Use proprietary scripting language to author lighting events and post effects.
•         Create and tune lighting related visual effects including light flares, glows, and post effects.
•         Debug technical issues.
•         Provide suggestions and direction to other members of the lighting team, and incorporate feedback from team members into work.

Requirements:

•         At least 5 years of experience as a lighting artist on console hardware (Xbox One, PS4, Xbox 360, PS3).
•         Integrity, intelligence, and energy.
•         Experience with real-time and pre-baked lightmapping tools and pipelines.
•         Understand composition and the ability to enhance narrative through lighting.
•         Experience with Physically Based Rendering tools.
•         Understanding of shaders and materials, including media and light interaction.
•         Working knowledge of Maya, Photoshop and real-time game authoring environments.
•         Excellent written and oral communication skills.
•         Work samples must show quality real-time lighting created for console games.
•         Ability to follow concept design reference and work with a wide range of styles.
•         Must be self-directed at times and also function well within a team.
•         Strong time management and prioritization skills.
•         Interest in fine arts, design, painting, drawing, photography, cinematography, or other art-centric pursuits.

Preferred:

•         Have a passion for gaming.
•         Experience with one or more scripting / programming languages.
•         Working knowledge of industry standard rendering programs such as Mental Ray, Arnold, Key Shot, Bunkspeed, V-Ray, Maxwell, etc.
•         Knowledge of HDR photography and general understanding of camera functionality.
•         Knowledge of color theory and strong sense of light, shadow and composition.
•         Film / TV visual effects, lighting and compositing experience a plus.
•         Experience with Radiant engine.

About Us:

Sledgehammer Games was founded with a singular goal:  Achieve Excellence.  We have a state of the art facility, an industry leading development team, and a studio culture built to promote and support world class game developers.  We are actively recruiting top talent for our Call of Duty development team.  If you are passionate and driven to do your best work, and have a desire to work on the most successful FPS franchise in the history of video games, please apply online.

Come take a closer look at our studio, our culture, and some of the worldwide press for our latest game, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, at http://www.sledgehammergames.com/.