Lighting Artist Vic/SA/Qld

About the Position

Lighting Artist Vic/SA/Qld

We are seeking a skilled Lighting Artist to join our team in Australia. This role is ideal for someone passionate about creating visually compelling lighting for game environments and cinematics.

Company Description

We're constantly working with some of the world's largest Publishers and most popular AAA games. Our Australian studios, located in Adelaide, Brisbane, and Melbourne, employ about two hundred of Australia's leading game professionals. Our studio brands operating under the Keywords Studios group are Tantalus Media (Vic, SA, Qld), and Liquid Development (Vic, SA, Qld).

This position is to be hired into the Liquid Development studio brand:

• Liquid Development
• ArtStation - Liquid Development

Liquid Development was founded in 2000 and is the largest outsourcing art studio in North America. We are at the forefront of modern game production, contributing to AAA titles within the Halo, Mass Effect, Borderlands, and Call of Duty franchises. Our team has expanded into Australia, consisting of 30+ talented creatives. We offer a fun and cooperative work atmosphere, where collaboration is encouraged among a diversely skilled team.

These positions are preferably based in either Adelaide, Brisbane, or Melbourne. Other Australian cities will be considered as remote based.

Responsibilities

Lighting Creation

• Create high-quality, visually compelling lighting for environments and cinematics.
• Produce lighting that aligns with the project’s artistic direction and storytelling, through mood, tone, and atmosphere.
• Develop lighting optimized for real-time game engines.

Collaboration & Production

• Work closely with the Art Director to maintain the overall art direction.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams throughout the production pipeline to ensure artistic consistency and quality.
• Participate in reviews, feedback sessions, and iterative development processes.

Technical Art & Optimisation

• Ensure lighting meets performance, memory, and platform-specific requirements across a variety of platforms.
• Collaborate closely with environment, VFX, and technical art teams to integrate lighting with assets and pipelines.
• Apply a strong understanding of lighting for real-time performance.
• Maintain consistency in quality while adhering to technical constraints and engine limitations.
• Troubleshoot and resolve creative and technical lighting challenges.

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

• Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, tools, and workflows.
• Contribute ideas and improvements to pipelines and production processes.
• Continuously push the visual quality and innovation of game art production.

Requirements

Required Skills and Experience

• Extensive experience as a Lighting Artist within the video game industry, with a strong portfolio showcasing high-quality real-time game assets.
• Strong understanding of lighting, composition, colour theory, and visual storytelling.
• Experience creating optimized assets for modern real-time game engines such as Unreal Engine or Unity.
• Strong understanding of lighting tools (Lumen, light baking, and post-processing), performance optimization, and technical limitations across multiple gaming platforms.
• Ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams, communicate ideas effectively, and incorporate feedback throughout production.
• Knowledge of game development pipelines and the ability to adapt artistic styles to suit various game genres and target platforms.

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Passion for gaming and a strong understanding of market trends, player expectations, and gaming cultures across PC, Console, and Nintendo platforms.
• Experience successfully guiding and communicating with other art teams to ensure artistic vision and asset quality are maintained from concept through to final in-game implementation.

We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Opportunity to work with top-tier game titles
• Collaborative and innovative work environment
• Professional development opportunities

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