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About the Role

Keywords Studios is seeking a talented Lighting Artist to create high-quality, visually compelling lighting for game environments and cinematics. You will work closely with the Art Director and various teams to maintain art direction, ensure consistency, and optimize lighting for real-time game engines across multiple platforms.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality, visually compelling lighting for game environments and cinematics.
• Produce lighting that aligns with the project's art direction and storytelling through mood, tone, and atmosphere.
• Create and implement lighting optimized for real-time game engines.
• Collaborate closely with the Art Director to maintain overall art direction.
• Work with cross-functional teams throughout the production pipeline to ensure artistic consistency and quality.
• Actively participate in reviews, feedback sessions, and iterative development processes.
• Create and optimize lighting that meets performance, memory, and platform-specific requirements.
• Leverage deep knowledge of lighting optimization in real-time rendering to achieve high-quality visuals.
• Maintain consistent quality standards while considering technical constraints and engine limitations.
• Collaborate closely with environment, VFX, and technical artists to integrate lighting into assets and pipelines.
• Identify and resolve creative and technical lighting challenges.
• Continuously update knowledge of industry trends, new technologies, tools, and workflows.
• Contribute to pipeline and production process improvements and efficiencies.
• Continuously strive to improve visual quality and innovation in game art production.

Requirements

• Business-level English communication skills.
• Extensive practical experience as a Lighting Artist in the game industry.
• A portfolio showcasing high-quality real-time game assets.
• Deep understanding of lighting, composition, color theory, and visual storytelling.
• Experience creating assets optimized for modern real-time game engines like Unreal Engine and Unity.
• In-depth understanding of lighting tools (Lumen, light baking, post-processing, etc.), performance optimization, and technical constraints across multiple platforms.
• Ability to collaborate within a multidisciplinary team, effectively share ideas, and incorporate feedback throughout the production process.
• Knowledge of game development pipelines and the ability to flexibly adapt art styles to different game genres and target platforms.

Skills

• Lighting
• Composition
• Color Theory
• Visual Storytelling
• Unreal Engine
• Unity
• Real-time Game Engines
• Performance Optimization
• Multi-platform Development
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Adaptability

Location

• Tokyo, Japan

Work Type

• Remote
• Full Time
• Contract

Experience Level

• Experienced

About the Company

• Keywords Studios is a global leader providing creative and technical services to the video game industry.
• With over 13,000 professionals across 70+ studios in 25+ countries, we support the entire game lifecycle through three core service lines: Create, Globalize, and Engage.
• In Japan, Keywords Studios offers all three service lines, supporting major publishers, developers, agencies, and IP owners through domestic and international teams.
• Our Tokyo-based development studio, Wizcorp, along with established localization, QA, player support, and marketing functions, serves the largest and most influential companies in the Japanese game and entertainment industry.

Equal Opportunity

• Keywords is committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and supportive work environment.