Lighting Artist

3 days ago

Vancouver, Canada Next Level Games Full time

**WHO WE ARE**:
Next Level Games is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nintendo Co., Ltd.

We’ve been passionate about video game development for 20 years now, shipping award-winning games for fans across the world and still going strong. Some of our titles include Super Mario Strikers, Mario Strikers Charged, Punch-Out, Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, Metroid Prime Federation Force, Luigi’s Mansion 3 and most recently Mario Strikers: Battle League.

At NLG, we believe that a project finds success when we all work together in harmony. Therefore, we place careful consideration to building and nurturing an environment where everyone feels welcome and has fun in the process of achieving our shared goals.

**WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING**:
We are looking for a Senior Lighting Artist to join our team at Next Level Games. You will work alongside our other Lighting Artists as well as our Environment Artists, Prop Artists, Tech Artists, and Art Director. You will play a key role in bringing the much-loved games that Nintendo creates to life
- Help establish lighting benchmarks for the current project and help share knowledge amongst the team
- Be responsible for lighting both environments and cinematics
- Help develop and improve our lighting systems and processes
- Work closely with Environment Artists to ensure that there is consistency amongst different levels and that the quality bar is met
- Use light in an interesting and dynamic way to help bring the world to life and provide gameplay clarity
- Provide guidance and mentorship for our other Lighting Artists

**WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR**:

- 3+ years' work experience in lighting - at least one shipped game/project in the role of Lighting Artist
- Strong technical capabilities and understanding
- Proficiency with Unreal or similar engine
- Proficiency with runtime dynamic lighting

**YOU SET YOURSELF ABOVE WITH**:

- A strong understanding of lighting and shadowing techniques in games (radiosity, ray-tracing, HDRI, dynamic lighting, lightmaps, vertex lighting)
- A strong understanding of postprocessing and tone mapping
- Technical understanding of composition, colour, space, structure and form
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- A strong desire to help solve problems and collaborate with the team
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- An ability to perform well under pressure
- Being able to pivot priorities gracefully

**WHY YOU’LL LOVE WORKING HERE**:

- Competitive benefits and annual leave, including discretionary performance bonus program and health coverage
- Support for mental health, financial well-being, legal assistance and more through our Employee Assistance Program
- Access to our in-studio gym, and an extensive media library filled with games and books
- Join a committee - board games, sports, or something else - it’s all here
- Discounted shopping for Nintendo products and merchandise at the online employee store
- A workplace that values inclusivity and encourages continuous growth
- A chance to be part of Nintendo, creating award winning games that make an impact

We wish to thank all applicants in advance; however, only those under consideration will be contacted.

We are currently only considering applicants who already have work eligibility and are residing in or willing to relocate to Metro Vancouver.

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