Lighting Artist - London, United Kingdom - WarnerMedia

WarnerMedia

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Company Overview
Every great story has a new beginning. We're excited to announce that Discovery and WarnerMedia have combined to become Warner Bros. Discovery.

WBD is a premier global media and entertainment company offering audiences the world's most differentiated and complete portfolio of content, brands and franchises across television, film, sports, news, streaming and gaming.

We're home to the world's best storytellers, creating world-class products for consumers. From brilliant creatives to technology trailblazers and beyond, join us as we step into the next chapter.

Rocksteady Studios is a member of the Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment family, and the developer of the award-winning Batman: Arkham series of games.

Our philosophy for game development is all about treating people well to create quality entertainment that stands the test of time.

We're a one-project studio that built our success by combining genre-defining gameplay and character-driven cinematic narrative with AAA production values.

Born in the heart of London, our multicultural team takes inspiration from the culture and history of our home in one of the most diverse cities in the world.

You will enjoy a great deal of creative ownership over what you do and have a direct impact on the visuals of the game instead of being just a cog in the wheel.

We are a small team and that means your contribution will be huge.

The role is permanent and we offer a full remote or hybrid working arrangement

Responsibilities

Creating high quality artistic and functional lighting for environments, cinematics and characters which fulfils both art and design requirements.
Working with the Lead Lighting Artist to realize the project's artistic vision.
Working with Designers, Artists, Technical Artists and Programmers to ensure their lighting needs are met.
Ensuring any lighting content created is within established budgets. Ability to optimize it without a loss in quality, keeping in mind the technical requirements and different platforms' limitations.

Requirements:

Professional experience as a dedicated lighting artist, having completed at least one full production cycle for a shipped title.
Able to comfortably work with both artistic hand placed lighting as well as with more technical and systemic approaches.
Experience with PBR shading in current gen games. Must know how light and materials behave in the real world and how this applies in game.
Strong knowledge of lighting, colour theory and image composition proven with a strong portfolio.
Strong Unreal editor knowledge.

Bonus Points

Keen on keeping up to date with games' cuttingedge techniques.
Experience with Unreal Engine's blueprints and technical side of lighting.
Experience with 3dsmax and Photoshop.
Keen understanding of cinematography and how to best implement lighting for Cinematic scenes.
A photographic eye and mindset to be able to correctly interpret exposure and lighting values in game.

If you do not meet all the requirements, but after reading through the description you feel excited about the position, and believe you'd still be a great fit for the role we'd still love to hear from you