Are you passionate about creating immersive gaming experiences? Digital Extremes is seeking a dynamic Senior Lighting Artist to join our exceptional art team.

As the Lead Lighting Artist, you will collaborate closely with our creative team, including Art Directors and Creative Directors, to set the mood, atmosphere, and tone of our projects through lighting.

Your expertise will ensure alignment with project vision and adherence to narrative and production deadlines. 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
Assist in the design of lighting systems that will support the atmosphere and gameplay effects and highlight the work of the Level Design and Level Art teams
In addition to light sources, assist in the placement of lighting specific vfx items and in the management of the lighting portion of the levels
Have the artistic director and technical director validate the quality of the lighting and make any changes that are requested
Verify and maintain the quality of the lighting from both an artistic and technical standpoint across many levels and multiple projects
Be a point of contact for other team members in order to help solve any technical or artistic lighting problems
Fix the lighting bugs entered by testers
Optimize the lighting, in keeping with the technical limitations of the engine
Be involved in the ongoing maintenance of our live and evolving game as it pertains to lighting.
College diploma or University degree in 3D, Game Development, Graphic Arts, Fine Arts or similar field
Formal training or as a lighting artist in games or film or experience in a studio photography setting
Minimum five (5) years of experience in the field of real-time lighting for games and have a high-level understanding of both the artistic and technical guidelines/impacts that lighting can have on a game environment
Artistic knowledge of lighting techniques, real-time and pre-rendered.
Knowledge of lighting, colour theory and image composition
Practical experience using project management software such as Jira, Shotgun, BaseCamp, etc
Experience in photography an asset
Experience in computer graphics or pre-rendering an asset
A portfolio of your own work which demonstrates a diverse range of lighting types and settings and an ability to tell a story through composition, staging, and lighting

Founded in 1993 by James Schmalz, Digital Extremes ranks as one of the world's top independent video game development studios.

Originating with the co-creation of Epic Games' multi-million unit selling Unreal franchise including Unreal and Unreal Tournament, Digital Extremes went on to develop Dark Sector, BioShock for the PlayStation3, the BioShock 2 multiplayer campaign, and The Darkness II.

The studio has reached its greatest critical and commercial success with the free-to-play action game, Warframe , boasting a global community of 75 million registered players on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and iOS.

The studio's most recently announced project is the much anticipated Soulframe , an open-world action-fantasy MMORPG title that is currently under development.

Digital Extremes is headquartered in London, Ontario, Canada, and is proud to be selected as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers , achieving this recognition for the last ten years in a row.

WHY WORK AT DIGITAL EXTREMES
The rewards of a career with Digital Extremes include:
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Virtual access to Dialogue, our mental wellness and healthcare services app
Employee events and team building exercises
Digital Extremes is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruitment process. On-site
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