Senior Lighting Artist - Fable Team
Playground Games
Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
Job type: Permanent
Job Description
Playground Games is looking for a Senior Lighting Artist to join the Fable team, working on our open-world action RPG project here in Leamington Spa.
As Senior Lighting Artist you will work with the CG Supervisor to achieve our vision for AAA lighting.
You will proactively drive collaboration with other departments as well as identifying opportunities to improve techniques and toolsets. You will ensure that deadlines are met and work meets the quality required. You will work with other departments to ensure lighting is delivering the best showcase for game content in all areas. You must be flexible, highly motivated and detail conscious.
Skills & Requirements
SKILLS SUMMARY:
- Excellent knowledge of lighting theory.
- Excellent knowledge of lighting pipelines, cutting-edge art techniques and technical lighting setups.
- A solid understanding of real-time rendering techniques for games.
- An understanding of digital photography principles.
- A passion for games.
- Knowledge of off-line 3D rendering.
- Experience with 3DSMax.
- Understanding and experience baking lightmaps is a plus.
- An understanding of animated VFX is desirable, but not required.
This is an excellent opportunity for an exceptional lighting artists who is looking to further their career with an ambitious developer.
How to Apply
About the Company
Playground Games is an Xbox Game Studio and one of the highest rated video game developers in the world, with two AAA studios based in Leamington Spa.
Famed for the critically-acclaimed Forza Horizon franchise, our latest release, Forza Horizon 4, is the highest rated Xbox exclusive this generation with a 92 metacritic. In both 2017 and 2018 the studio has awarded Best Place to Work in the UK games industry by gamesindustry.biz.
Playground Games' recently-established second studio, also in Leamington Spa, houses the team who are developing Fable, a new beginning for the legendary franchise. An open world action RPG, this project is in the early stages of development and the team is still growing. Watch out for vacancies below!