Published: Wed, 18 Jun 2025 04:50:47 GMT
Principal Lighting Artist at Ghost Story Games
Who We Are:
Ghost Story Games is a self-publishing game development studio, known for creating award-winning games such as System Shock 2, BioShock, and BioShock Infinite. We are currently working on our latest project, Judas, and we are looking for a talented Principal Lighting Artist to join our team.
The Challenge:
As the Principal Lighting Artist, you will be responsible for creating stunning real-time lighting in Unreal Engine 4. Your expertise in environmental and character lighting, post-processing, and HDR pipelines will be crucial in maintaining the technical and aesthetic standards for Judas. You will work closely with our Creative and Art Direction, Design, and Tech teams to ensure a cohesive and visually striking gameplay experience.
What You’ll Take On:
– Pushing the visual and technical quality bar for lighting and troubleshooting any scalability or quality issues within the lighting team.
– Collaborating with Art Leadership, Tools and Graphics Engineering, and Tech Art to identify areas for quality, efficiency, or performance improvements in the technical pipeline and custom tool set for lighting on Judas.
– Upholding the highest standards of aesthetic and technical quality in your work and identifying opportunities for improvement across the project.
What You Bring:
– Extensive experience as a Senior or Principal Lighting Artist in the game industry, preferably on larger and more complex productions.
– Adeptness in crafting real-time lighting for gameplay, with a deep understanding of how lighting can enhance the player’s experience.
– An expert eye for value, color, composition, and creating deliberate visual hierarchy reads.
– Proficiency in Unreal Engine (preferably Unreal 4) and balancing game-spanning illumination and emissive standards for adaptive-exposure and HDR.
– Familiarity with performance evaluation and optimization, and experience working with Engineering and Tech Art to maintain best practices for the lighting team.
Who You Are:
– A proactive problem solver who enjoys collaborating with different departments and can effectively pitch creative, visual, and technical ideas.
– Mindful of individual and team efficiency, with a proven ability to work on challenging cross-functional tasks with ambiguity and autonomy.
– A positive force multiplier for the team, mentoring other Lighting Artists and promoting proactive, supportive collaboration across all departments.
Great to Have:
– A passion for narrative-driven games, particularly First Person Shooters.
– Additional background in traditional art, lighting, or cinematography.
– Experience working with diverse teams, both internally and remotely.
Please note that Ghost Story does not conduct job interviews or make job offers through third-party messaging apps. We also do not engage in any financial exchanges during the recruitment or onboarding process. Our recruitment team will only contact candidates through official Ghost Story email addresses. If you have any concerns or questions, please contact [email protected].
As an equal opportunity employer, Ghost Story Games, LLC is committed to celebrating and fostering diversity within our organization. We do not discriminate against any employee or job applicant based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other protected trait. If you have any concerns or questions regarding our equal opportunity commitment, please contact [email protected]. Apply link