Technical Artist

Description

Core Duties:
• Achieve and maintain lighting of indoor and outdoor levels, using dynamic and/or static lighting tools to enhance a scene or a character.
• Author pre-baked and real-time lighting via proprietary software.
• Maintain an artistic style coherent with the vision established by the Art and Lighting director.
• Use proprietary scripting language to author lighting events, post effects and color grading
• Experience with Physically Based Rendering tools.
• Keep a balance between visual quality and required performance.
• Mentor and train mid-level and junior lighters

Research and development of industry lighting techniques, and standards.

• Utilization of HDR photographs in matte painting creation for in-game levels.
• Collaborate with Designers to ensure that lighting contributes to missions, goals and pace of the game

Qualifications:
• 5 years of experience with lighting techniques within the game industry, film or equivalent.
• Experience using a scripting language such as; Python, Java, Perl, Mel, ect.
• Knowledge of color theory and strong sense of light and shadow.
• Working knowledge of 3DS Max or Maya and Photoshop.
• Knowledge of HDR photography.
• Strong knowledge of lighting techniques.
• Interest in pushing technical limits and learning new tools.
• Ability to manage one's own work with minimal supervision.
• Experience working with next-gen consoles.
• A strong portfolio that showcases lighting techniques.

About us:

For more than 30 years, Activision has been changing the way people play. In the process, we have built one of the largest portfolios of recognized brands and today we are one of the most valuable interactive entertainment companies in the world.

Founded in 1979 as the first independent video game software developer and distributor, the company launched a series of multi-million unit selling titles in the early 1980s for the Atari 2600 including Pitfall, Kaboom! and River Raid. And since then, Activision has created some of the most iconic and memorable game experiences of all time.

Today, the company is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products for various consoles, handheld platforms and the PC. Over the past five years, we have continued to thrive as a leading digital entertainment provider whose games appeal to a variety of gamers.

We strive to make the most fun, thrilling, and engaging entertainment experiences for our players, who live in a world with many entertainment options.

We operate in more than 15 countries including in the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, Singapore, mainland China, Hong Kong and the region of Taiwan.

We recognize that our success is built upon the shared dedication of great people whose sense of mutual respect and teamwork drives our performance.

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