Lighting Artist

About Gameloft

Leader in the development and publishing of multiplatform games, Gameloft® has established itself as one of the top innovators in its field since 2000. Gameloft creates games for all digital platforms, two of which are featured in the “Top 10 Games by All-Time Worldwide Downloads” from App Annie. Gameloft operates its own established franchises such as Asphalt®, Order & Chaos, Modern Combat and Dungeon Hunter and also partners with major rights holders including Universal, Illumination Entertainment, Disney®, Marvel®, Hasbro®, Fox Digital Entertainment, Mattel® and Ferrari®. Gameloft distributes its games in over 100 countries and employs 4,600 people worldwide. Every month, 114 million unique users can be reached by advertisers in Gameloft games with Gameloft Advertising Solutions, a leading B2B offering dedicated to brands and agencies. Gameloft is a Vivendi company.

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The Lighting Artist will work next to art direction and art teams to provide lighting solution to environments as well as characters and other important assets. With big impact on performance and gameplay, the lighting artist will also have be responsible for lighting optimizations as well as working with level designers to ensure the best gameplay experience.

Responsibilities:

• Develop artistically compelling, high-quality lighting and general visual moods across a variety of scenarios
• Generate realistic, high-quality skybox textures using 3D or specialized software
• Work collaboratively and maintain constant communication with other stakeholders to ensure artistic vision and technical goals are met
• Optimize lighting setups to fit within technical budgets while an aspirational visual bar

Requirements:

• 3+ years of industry experience in Games or Film generating high-quality final lighting
• Excellent technical understanding of how real-time and pre-rendered lighting solutions work
• Thorough understanding of visual arts fundamentals, including composition, contrast, and color theory
• Competency in foundational 3D modeling and texturing
• Highly organized with a consistent and efficient working methodology
• Strong communication skills and a team-oriented mindset
• Solid understanding of game development technical budgets and performance optimization techniques is desired

 Nice to have:

• Experience in character and/or vehicle lighting is a plus
• Experience with lighting tools scripting is a plus

Why Join the World of Gameloft?

• Because you want to be part of an exceptional experience within a company that is constantly growing!
• Because you want to work with talented people who are industry pioneers!
• Because you want to be part of an international environment with daily contact with other countries & cultures!
• Because you want to work in an inclusive equal opportunity workplace!
• Or, just because you’re looking for a great place to work!

Benefits:

• Permanent contract, full-time job with excellent Social Benefits.
• 25 vacation days per year
• Private medical health insurance
• Flexible compensation with Ticket Restaurant Card
• Free language courses
• Birthday day off + option to work a shortened schedule on three days.
• Flexible work-from-home hybrid model 
• Merit based salary progression system and a competitive initial salary package.
• Career-development opportunities.
• Excellent local working conditions (quality of offices, geographical location of office in the centre of Barcelona).
• ... and Thursday afterwork beers!

We can’t wait to find our next great talent!

Join our team, recently recognized in Forbes' top 100 companies to work for! We're gamers from all walks of life, united in creating a culture of inclusivity. Partnering with organizations like COGAM, we ensure a safe workplace for everyone, regardless of background or gaming preference. Whether you're a casual or hardcore gamer on any platform (we're cross-platform now!), we want you to feel like you belong. Be part of shaping the gaming industry with us!

Please note that only selected candidates will be contacted and your CV will be saved in our files for a period of 6 months.

Want to know more? Please visit our Website: www.gameloft.com

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