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About the Role
Sledgehammer Games is seeking an Expert Lighting Artist to join their growing team in Toronto, CA. This role is integral to creating mood, visual storytelling, and driving player emotion through lighting in video games. You will collaborate with global teams to execute awe-inspiring landscapes and work closely with Lighting Leads, Art Directors, and adjacent teams.
Responsibilities
- Create game-play and in-game cinematic lighting based on direction from the Art Director.
- Ensure lighting assets meet runtime and disk budgeting requirements.
- Anticipate, identify, and report potential production problems.
- Collaborate with Character, VFX, and Environment Art departments.
- Create an optimal lighting pipeline for the product.
- Stay current with industry lighting techniques.
- Work with Rendering engineers to advance the engine.
- Create sky dome and cloud assets.
- Find creative ways to set industry standards.
- Create workflows and best practices for the lighting team.
- Mentor other Lighting artists and foster creativity, trust, and excellence.
Requirements
- Extensive experience in a Lighting role in the gaming industry (+12 years).
- Excellent working knowledge of Maya and Photoshop or equivalent.
- In-depth knowledge of physically based lighting.
- Strong understanding of advanced lighting fundamentals.
- Strong sense of lighting theory; color space, exposure, light fixtures, natural light, reflections etc.
- Proven track-record of leading and inspiring teams.
- Understanding of composition and the ability to enhance mood with lighting.
- Effectively use color grading and post effects to enhance the final image.
- Working knowledge of industry standard rendering concepts and processes.
- Experienced with Unreal, Unity, or other proprietary engines.
- Experience with PBR & HDR lighting.
- Familiarity with ray tracing/path tracing systems.
- Ability to use AI as a development tool.
Skills
- Maya
- Photoshop
- Physically based lighting
- Advanced lighting fundamentals
- Lighting theory
- Color grading
- Post effects
- Rendering concepts
- Unreal Engine
- Unity
- Proprietary engines
- PBR lighting
- HDR lighting
- Ray tracing
- Path tracing
- AI as a development tool
- Scripting/programming languages
- Houdini
- Photography principles
- Image correction techniques
- Call of Duty
- FPS games
Location
- Toronto, CA
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- +12 years
Salary/Compensations
- $99,200.00 - $183,520.00 Annual
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance
- 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching
- Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave
- Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others
- Relocation assistance (if applicable)
About the Company
- Sledgehammer Games is a leading developer in the video game industry, best known for its work on the Call of Duty franchise.
- At Sledgehammer Games, we believe in pushing boundaries, redefining the possibilities of interactive storytelling, and setting new standards for visual and gameplay fidelity.
- Sledgehammer Games is part of the Activision family and is wholly owned by Microsoft.
- At Activision, we strive to create the most iconic brands in gaming and entertainment.
- We are driven by our mission to deliver unrivaled gaming experiences for the world to enjoy, together.
- We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, Crash Bandicoot™, Tony Hawk’s™ Pro Skater™, and Guitar Hero®.
- We have bold ambitions to create the most inclusive company as we know our success comes from the passionate, creative, and diverse teams within our organization.
- We’re in the business of delivering fun and unforgettable entertainment for our player community to enjoy.
Equal Opportunity
- We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics.