Chef d'équipe, artiste éclairagiste / Lead Lighting Artist

Accountabilities:

As a Lead Lighting Artist, you will be responsible for maintaining and elevating the game’s visual identity by translating the artistic vision into high-quality lighting solutions across playable environments and cinematics. You will lead a team, establish best practices, and collaborate across disciplines to deliver visually impactful and technically optimized experiences.

• Lead and mentor a team of lighting artists, fostering collaboration, creativity, professional growth, and high-quality execution.
• Work with art leadership and other artists to define and implement lighting schemes aligned with the project’s visual direction and artistic goals.
• Create and oversee lighting for scenes, levels, and cinematics based on concept art, references, and creative briefs.
• Drive storytelling through effective use of lighting, color, atmosphere, and mood to enhance player experiences.
• Establish lighting standards, quality targets, visual prototypes, and workflows to support efficient content creation.
• Ensure team deliverables meet production deadlines while maintaining strong quality standards and sustainable workflows.
• Provide daily feedback, technical guidance, and creative solutions to improve visual quality.
• Collaborate with VFX artists, level designers, technical artists, engineers, and other disciplines to create cohesive AAA experiences.
• Research and implement new lighting techniques while optimizing workflows, pipelines, and performance.
• Partner with technical teams to ensure lighting solutions meet performance requirements and platform limitations.
• Support recruitment activities, onboarding, performance reviews, and team development initiatives.

Requirements:

The ideal candidate combines strong artistic expertise, technical knowledge of real-time lighting, and proven leadership experience within the game development industry.

• Strong portfolio demonstrating AAA-quality lighting work across environments and scenes.
• 7+ years of experience in console or PC game development, including 5+ years working with Unreal Engine.
• Previous experience in a leadership or team management role.
• Deep understanding and hands-on experience with lighting in real-time game engines, CGI, or VFX productions.
• Advanced knowledge of physically based rendering workflows and modern lighting techniques.
• Strong understanding of performance limitations and optimization practices for current-generation consoles.
• Ability to create and manage lighting-related assets, including textures, IES profiles, HDR maps, materials, scripts, and other supporting content.
• Knowledge of traditional art principles, including composition, shape, form, texture, value, and color.
• Understanding of photography concepts such as exposure value, shutter speed, ISO, and composition.
• Experience with industry-standard tools such as Photoshop and Unreal Engine, as well as modeling and sculpting tools like Maya, 3ds Max, ZBrush, or equivalents.
• Ability to interpret artistic concepts and creatively enhance initial ideas.
• Strong mentoring, coaching, and leadership skills with the ability to guide teams through creative and technical challenges.
• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal, with the ability to collaborate with international teams and stakeholders.
• Self-motivated, adaptable, and able to develop new workflows and artistic approaches with minimal guidance.

Benefits:

• Fully employer-paid benefits package, including health and wellness coverage.
• Comprehensive dental coverage, including major dental services and orthodontics.
• RRSP matching contribution of 4%, fully vested from the first day.
• Paid winter holiday week off.
• 20 paid vacation days and 5 paid sick days.
• Access to virtual health and mental wellness sessions for employees and dependents.
• Opportunities for personal and professional development in a global environment.
• Opportunity to work with a passionate creative team on ambitious AAA game projects.
• Collaborative culture focused on innovation, creativity, and technical excellence.