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Senior Lighting Artist (7-month contract)

2 weeks ago
Canada
Full-time
Senior
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Blackbird Interactive

Blackbird Interactive

Blackbird Interactive (BBI) is an independent game development studio based in Vancouver, Canada. Founded in 2010 by industry veterans, BBI is known for creating immersive strategy and adventure games like Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak and Hardspace: Sh...

Internet Software & Services
251-1K
Founded 2010
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Description

  • Work under Art Leadership to maintain artistic consistency through lighting standards, workflows, and IP aesthetic guidelines.
  • Own lighting direction in collaboration with Art Leadership to create strong cinematic atmosphere and composition.
  • Use the studio’s proprietary engine lighting tools to produce cinematic lighting schemes across a range of environments.
  • Optimize lighting setups, shadows, post-processing, and related systems for real-time performance.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve lighting, rendering, and visual clarity issues while preserving artistic intent.
  • Create and maintain documentation for lighting workflows, standards, and best practices.
  • Mentor an intermediate Lighting Artist through the production pipeline and provide actionable creative feedback.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of professional experience lighting environments and scenes in a video game production pipeline.
  • Strong understanding of lighting theory, color space, exposure, and physically based natural lighting.
  • Insight into cinematography and dramaturgy, scene blocking, and lighting for different moods.
  • Deep understanding of real-time rendering principles and physically based rendering (PBR) workflows.
  • Experience with post-processing, exposure, atmospheric effects, and lighting optimization techniques.
  • Ability to balance artistic quality with technical and gameplay requirements.
  • Familiarity with modern game art pipelines and collaboration across multidisciplinary teams.
  • Highly detail-oriented, technically inclined, and strong in communication and teamwork.
  • Passion for grounded, immersive science fiction.
  • Experience with proprietary engines.
  • Knowledge of performance profiling and optimization related to lighting and rendering.
  • Previous cinematic lighting experience.
  • Legally eligible to work in Canada and reside within Canada.

Benefits

  • $90,000 - $110,000 annual salary.
  • Remote-first workplace.
  • Flexible work arrangements.

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