Posted 67 months ago
Lighting artist
@ AdGlobe
Montréal, Quebec
Overview
AdGlobe Canada is hiring a full-time Lighting Artist to create high-quality environment lighting for game worlds, balancing visual quality with performance. The role requires 5+ years of shipped AAA lighting experience and Unreal Engine or equivalent skills. Benefits include 4 weeks vacation, 10 personal days, and a flexible schedule.
Responsibilities:
- Create environment lighting for interiors, exteriors, characters and cinematics
- Balance performance and visual quality
- Set up lighting production workflows and best practices
- Translate concept art into real-time lighting
- Debug and optimize lighting scenarios
Requirements summary:
- 5+ years shipped lighting experience, preferably AAA titles
- Unreal Engine or equivalent game engine experience
- Degree or diploma in fine arts, film, animation or related field
- Strong understanding of color, materials, mood and light
- Must be able to work in Canada
Tools & skills
Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · smartrecruiters
- Employer posting date
- 2021-05-03
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-11
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-11
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Design & creative |
| Experience | 5+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Education | College diploma (preferred) |
| Fields of study | Fine Arts, Film, Animation |
| Perks mentioned | Generous paid time off, Flexible hours |
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AdGlobe
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 4 |
Company Description
Adglobe Canada is a 3D powerhouse, built of industry experts, helping our many clients with their high quality artistic content needs for their varied products.
We also have the chance to contribute directly on exclusive Japanese titles alongside our sister studios, to help the product shine locally but also worldwide.
Job Description
· Work with all relevant departments to create beautiful, high quality environment lighting that matches the game-play and art direction of the world while respecting the story-telling requirements
· Balance performance and visual quality with your lighting
· Identify and set up best practices of production workflow
· Strong knowledge in modern engine Global Illumination techniques (GI optimisation and baking automation, dynamic GI…)
· Create lighting for interiors, exteriors, character set-ups, and cinematics.
· Work to meet Production deadlines
· Work with Technical Directors to assist with creating and providing feedback of development of Lighting-specific tools and features
· Communicate effectively with other departments to solve of any technical or artistic issues to overcome technical lighting challenges within given constraints and visual requirements
· Debug and optimize lighting scenarios as required
· Prioritize, plan, and organize Lighting tasks with the management team to help Identify risks within the schedule and suggest changes
· Translate conceptual illustrations into outstanding real-time lighting
· Establish lighting mood board and lighting visual targets based on Art Director's guidance and game design needs
· Provides creative direction and feedback to concept artists on defining the mood for the project in pre-production
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience with multiple (preferably AAA ) titles shipped as a Lighting Artist
- Degree/Diploma in Fine Arts, Film, or Animation or other relevant discipline
- Lighting experience in Unreal Engine or an equivalent game engine (e.g. Unity/Frostbite)
- Excellent understanding of color, materials, mood, space and the properties of light
- An interest in Photography and Cinematography
- Experience with Maya or Blender or equivalent DCC is a plus
- The ability to learn and adapt quickly
- Must be able to work in Canada
Additional Information
4 weeks vacation, 10 personnal days, complete benefits paid 80% by employer. Flexible schedule, creative freedom.
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