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Senior Environment Lighting Artist (Contingent)

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Hybrid (Santa Monica, CA)$69/hr - $86/hrcontract / contingentPosted 1mo ago

About the role

Senior Environment Lighting Artist responsible for creating lighting and post effects for background environments and aligning visuals across the game, with collaboration across art and outsourcing partners.

Responsibilities

  • Develop the lighting scheme, color-palette, post-processing-fx, and general visual mood that turns unlit 3-D environment models into visually compelling game environments
  • Work with modelers and texture/shader artists to optimize the visual look and run-time performance of the Environments
  • Work with outsource vendors and lighting artists, collaborating on visual looks, tech, training, and workflows both giving and receiving feedback
  • Additional responsibilities may be assigned as needed

Qualifications

  • 3-5 years of industry experience in Film or Games generating final picture
  • Has shipped at least one AAA game
  • Excellent competency in Autodesk Maya and knowledge of Global Illumination
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work with little to no supervision
  • Thorough understanding of direct/indirect light, luminance / exposure and color-theory
  • Proven work experience with generating light-maps, pre-lighting or baked lighting is desired
  • Excellent competency in multi-tasking, being able to handle their own workload as well as having the time to help out other artists where needed

Skills

Required:Autodesk MayaGlobal IlluminationLighting (direct/indirect, luminance, exposure, color theory)

Benefits

  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
Last updated Sep 20, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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