Lead Lighting Artist

Keywords Studios

. Create high-quality lighting supporting gameplay, narrative, mood, and artistic direction .

Posted 11/5/2026full-timeSingaporeSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in creating high-quality lighting that enhances gameplay and artistic direction, with a strong understanding of lighting theory and real-time rendering. Proven ability to mentor other artists and establish effective lighting workflows in collaboration with cross-disciplinary teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Senior Lighting Artist ExperienceProficiency With Unreal EngineStrong Understanding Of Lighting TheoryExperience Optimising Lighting For Real-Time PerformanceMentoring And Artistic Guidance

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Hard Skills

Lighting SetupReal-Time RenderingPBR WorkflowsLighting TheoryLighting CompositionLighting OptimizationPost-Processing SetupsLighting PassesDebuggingWorkflow Automation

Soft Skills

CollaborationFeedback IterationMentoring

Tools & Technologies

Unreal EngineUnityProprietary Game Engines

Industry Keywords

AAA Game ProjectVisual BenchmarksArt DirectionEnvironment ArtLevel Design

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

UnityUnreal Engine

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Create high-quality lighting supporting gameplay, narrative, mood, and artistic direction
Help establish the visual and quality bar for lighting across the project
Build, iterate, and optimise lighting setups for real-time environments and gameplay
Collaborate with Art Direction, Environment Art, Level Design, and Technical Art
Provide hands-on guidance, feedback, and mentoring to other lighting artists
Develop and maintain lighting passes, post-processing setups, and related environment settings
Troubleshoot lighting issues involving performance, consistency, and technical constraints across platforms
Contribute to visual benchmarks and establish effective lighting workflows and best practices
Support planning and estimation while remaining actively involved in lighting production

Requirements

What you’ll need

Proven experience as a Senior or Lead Lighting Artist on a shipped AAA or high-quality game project
Strong portfolio demonstrating lighting, composition, mood, and atmosphere
Strong understanding of lighting theory, colour, exposure, and real-time rendering
Proficiency with modern game engines such as Unreal, Unity, or proprietary engines
Good understanding of PBR workflows and how materials respond under different lighting conditions
Experience optimising lighting for real-time performance
Experience mentoring or providing artistic guidance to other artists
Ability to work collaboratively across disciplines and iterate quickly based on feedback
Experience with lighting tools, profiling, debugging, or workflow automation is an advantage

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equal Opportunity Employer commitment and consideration without regard to protected characteristics
Adjustments during the application process available upon request
Dynamic work environment valuing diversity and inclusion, respect and integrity, customer focus, and innovation
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