Senior Lighting Artist (7-month contract)

Blackbird Interactive • Vancouver, BC

3d • CA$90,000 - CA$110,000 • Remote

About The Position

Blackbird Interactive is a creative-fueled, future-driven, independent game studio where the best talent in the industry can find long-term careers to help grow their abilities while working on a wide range of projects, which encompass world-class IPs as well as our own creations across multiple genres. Our studio operates as a remote-first workplace, offering flexible work arrangements. At this time, we are only able to hire candidates who are legally eligible to work in Canada and reside within Canada.

Requirements

• 5+ Years of professional experience lighting environments and scenes in a video game production pipeline.
• Strong understanding of lighting theory, color space, exposure and physically based natural lighting.
• Insight into cinematography and dramaturgy, scene blocking and lighting to set different moods.
• Deep understanding of real-time rendering principles and physically based rendering (PBR) workflows.
• Experience working with post-processing, exposure, atmospheric effects, and lighting optimization techniques.
• Ability to balance artistic quality with technical and gameplay requirements
• Familiarity with modern game art pipelines and collaboration across multidisciplinary teams.
• Highly detail oriented, technically inclined with strong communication skills and a collaborative, team-oriented mindset.

Nice To Haves

• Passion for grounded, immersive science fiction
• Experience with proprietary engines
• Knowledge of performance profiling and optimization related to lighting and rendering
• Previous cinematic lighting experience

Responsibilities

• Work under the direction of Art Leadership to maintain artistic consistency through lighting standards and workflows as well as adhere to established IP’s aesthetic guidelines.
• Take ownership of lighting direction in collaboration with Art Leadership to establish a strong, cinematic atmosphere and great composition.
• Use proprietary engine’s built in lighting tools to produce stunning, cinematic lighting schemes for a range of environments.
• Optimize lighting setups, shadows, post-processing, and related systems for real-time performance.
• Troubleshoot and resolve lighting, rendering, and visual clarity issues while maintaining artistic intent.
• Create and maintain documentation for lighting workflows, standards, and best practices.
• Mentor an intermediate Lighting Artist in the production pipeline and provide actionable creative feedback.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed