Senior Lighting artist

Jobs for Humanity is collaborating with Ubisoft to build an inclusive and just employment ecosystem. We support individuals coming from all walks of life.

Company Name: Ubisoft



Summary

The lighting specialist will design quality lighting effects (game and cut scenes) to create atmospheres and direct the player’s attention based on the artistic direction, gameplay/design/game narration, technological limitations and production deadlines.

Responsibilities

The main and routine tasks of the lighting specialist are to: 

* Understand the game design and artistic direction documents to become familiar with the challenges that will impact game lighting and be able to propose atmosphere and lighting ideas; 

* Work with the Graphic technical director and programmers to create lighting-specific tools and features;

* Design lighting systems that will support the atmosphere and gameplay effects and highlight the work of other working units;

* In addition to light sources, set out the selected moods and atmospheres;

* Have the artistic director and technical director validate the quality of the lighting and make any changes that are requested;

* Verify the quality of the lighting once the elements are imported into the game and make any necessary improvements;

* Communicate with other working units to look into the root causes of lighting issues;

* Be a point of contact for other project working groups and production sites (outsourcing) for technical lighting issues to solve any lighting problems and enhance the quality of the product;

* Fix the lighting bugs entered by testers;

* Optimize the lighting effects to produce the best possible lighting, in keeping with the technical limitations of the engine;

* Carry out all other related tasks.

Training:

College diploma in modelling for video games or equivalent.

Relevant Experience

* Minimum 5-7 years’ experience in shading, texture, special effects, image processing or another relevant field;

* Experience in photography an asset;

* Experience in computer graphics or pre-rendering an asset.

Skills and Knowledge

* Sense of initiative and proactivity;

* Attention to detail;

* Ability to accept feedback and adapt to change;

* Originality and resourcefulness when setting out solutions;

* Extensive knowledge of lighting, colour and image composition; 

* Knowledge of other video game production working units; 

* Solid artistic knowledge of lighting techniques, realtime and pre-rendering. Summary