Senior Lighting Artist

Virtuos
Shanghai, China
Job type: Permanent

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Job Description

Responsibilities:

  • Work with art leads and the art director to create compelling lighting for a variety of environments while maintaining a consistent style throughout the game.
  • Work closely with the art, tech art, and design departments to conceptualize and implement real-time lighting solutions that satisfy both aesthetic and gameplay objectives.
  • Light environments while maintaining a balance between visual quality and game engine performance requirements.
  • Create, maintain, and communicate documentation for lighting guidelines and implementation techniques.

Skills & Requirements

Qualifications:

  • A minimum of 2 years’ experience in game development, lighting a variety of in-game environments
  • A portfolio or demo reel that demonstrates a keen eye for detail and the ability to use light, shadow, and color to create a variety of tones and moods
  • Thorough understanding of real-time lighting techniques (including vertex lighting, dynamic lights, sub surface scattering, HDR, and pre-baked light map solutions)
  • Technical understanding of lighting pipelines in other engines
  • Self-motivation, good communications skills, and a great team player

PLUSES

  • Have shipped AAA PC or console titles as a lighting artist
  • Familiar with 3ds Max, Maya, Photoshop and 3rd party lighting tools
  • Familiar with 3d modeling tools and pipelines
  • Passionate gamer with experience playing a wide range of video games

Additional Information

  • Relocation assistance is offered

How to Apply

Please send your CV to @ hesha@virtuos.com.cn


About the Company

Founded in 2004, Virtuos is a leading content production company specializing in video game development and 3D art production. With operations in Singapore, China, Vietnam, Canada, France, Japan, South Korea, Ireland and the United States, we are home to over 1,700 full-time professionals.

Virtuos is on a mission to shape the future of game creation, by sourcing the brightest global talent in art, engineering and game design, equipping them with industry-leading technologies, tools and technology, and empowering future game creators to collaborate with the best game companies globally.