Lighting Artist | North America | Canada | Europe | Fully Remote

We’re looking for a skilled Lighting Artist to join our team and deliver world-class lighting for our current project. We are seeking a candidate with passion and experience both in the artistry of lighting as well as high-level Tech Art Lighting skills.

The ideal candidate has experience lighting a variety of maps, across different levels of stylization, and takes pride in their ability to control atmosphere and mood. This is an opportunity to join a talented, passionate team of developers and artists, playing an integral part in pushing the boundaries of real-time visuals to new levels.

Requirements

What We Will Do Together

• Get the right tone, mood, and atmosphere for our game

• Light game levels as well as UI experiences and cinematics

• Work on skyboxes and postprocesses

• Work on color grading

• Set up best practices and collaborate with Environment and VFX art teams

• Work closely with the Lead Lighting Artist to establish visual targets

• Collaborate with Tech Artists to ensure optimal performance

What You Will Bring

• Comprehensive experience working with real-time lighting techniques in the video games industry

• Minimum of one released project with Unreal Engine

• Fundamental understanding of colour and lighting theories

• Experience lighting stylized realism projects

• Understanding of material authoring in a physically based rendering pipeline

• Proven experience with color grading

• Sound knowledge of lighting theory

• A comprehensive portfolio showcasing your artistic skills

Benefits

About Escape Velocity

Escape Velocity is a team of passionate, talented developers working at a studio that offers excellent benefits, on what we believe is a once-in-a-career project with a committed publisher.

What makes us special?

• We value the time, energy, and talent of our players and our colleagues

• We want every hour spent developing and playing our games to be rewarding and worthwhile

• We are Fully Remote and support team members nearly anywhere in the world

• We prioritize honesty, even when that means sharing bad news

• We give everyone autonomy to determine how best to work and play

• We care more about what you bring to the game and studio than how many hours you’re clocking

• We are dedicated to building a culture of play, which strengthens the bonds between us all

• We believe in constant improvement across all areas and are always re-evaluating how we spend our time to ensure we’re working on the most important things

A Few Benefits You Can Expect

• A generous PTO allowance

• Summer and Winter holidays studio closure (separate to PTO allowance)

• Private Medical & Dental Healthcare

• Private Mental Health scheme

• A generous annual Health & Wellbeing allowance

• Discretionary Studio Bonus

• Top range tech for your home set up

• Other benefits based on your region

How to Apply

Click apply and complete an application along with a Resume / CV. If we would like to move forward with your application, a member of the Recruiting Team will reach out to you and guide you through our process.

Escape Velocity is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to hiring, promoting, and compensating employees based on their qualifications and demonstrated ability to perform job responsibilities.

Applications will be considered regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief, race, or any other protected category.