Job Overview
The Lighting Artist will work next to art direction and art teams to provide lighting solutions to environments as well as characters and other important assets. The role has a significant impact on performance and gameplay, and the lighting artist will also be responsible for lighting optimizations as well as working with level designers to ensure the best gameplay experience.
Responsibilities
* Develop artistically compelling, high‑quality lighting and general visual moods across a variety of scenarios
* Generate realistic, high‑quality skybox textures using 3D or specialized software
* Work collaboratively and maintain constant communication with other stakeholders to ensure artistic vision and technical goals are met
* Optimize lighting setups to fit within technical budgets while meeting an aspirational visual bar
Qualifications
* 3+ years of industry experience in games or film generating high‑quality final lighting
* Excellent technical understanding of how real‑time and pre‑rendered lighting solutions work
* Thorough understanding of visual arts fundamentals, including composition, contrast, and color theory
* Competency in foundational 3D modeling and texturing
* Highly organized with a consistent and efficient working methodology
* Strong communication skills and a team‑oriented mindset
* Solid understanding of game development technical budgets and performance optimization techniques is desired
* Experience in character and/or vehicle lighting is a plus
* Experience with lighting tools scripting is a plus
Benefits
* Permanent contract, full‑time job with excellent social benefits
* 25 vacation days per year
* Private medical health insurance
* Flexible compensation with Ticket Restaurant Card
* Free language courses
* Birthday day off and option to work a shortened schedule on three days
* Versatile work‑from‑home hybrid model
* Merit‑based salary progression system and competitive initial salary package
* Career‑development opportunities
* Excellent local working conditions (quality of offices, geographical location of office in the centre of Barcelona)
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