Lead Lighting Artist: Real-Time World Lighting Leader
NBCUniversal
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NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our global theme park destinations, consumer products, and experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through our powerhouse film and television studios, including Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Animation, and Focus Features, and the four global television studios under the Universal Studio Group banner, and operate industry-leading theme parks and experiences around the world through Universal Destinations & Experiences, including Universal Orlando Resort, home to Universal Epic Universe, and Universal Studios Hollywood. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. Visit for more information.
Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.
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Job DescriptionNBCUniversal is seeking a Lead Lighting Artist to own and drive the execution of lighting direction for an ambitious interactive project set in a contemporary real-life urban environment. This role is responsible for delivering high-quality lighting that supports mood, realism, readability, and storytelling across a wide range of environments and gameplay contexts.
Reporting to the Associate Art Director – Lighting & VFX, the Lead Lighting Artist will work closely with Technical Art and cross-disciplinary teams to ensure lighting is consistently implemented across production. The role involves leading and managing a team of lighting artists while ensuring that lighting solutions meet both artistic vision and performance constraints across scalable pipelines from high-end to mobile.
Responsibilities
- Translate artistic direction into lighting setups that support mood, atmosphere, realism, and visual storytelling.
- Own the execution of level lighting across environments, gameplay, and cinematic contexts.
- Lead and manage the lighting team, providing mentorship, feedback, and direction.
- Ensure consistency and quality of lighting across large-scale worlds and varied content.
- Collaborate closely with World, Character, VFX, Design, and Tech Art teams for proper integration.
- Ensure lighting setups meet both artistic and technical requirements, including performance constraints.
- Optimize lighting across environments for scalability from high-end to mobile platforms.
- Support production planning, milestone readiness, and workflow efficiency.
- Review and validate lighting implementation to ensure alignment with visual direction and technical standards.
- Maintain visibility on quality, risks, and production challenges across lighting content.
NBCUniversal est à la recherche d’un·e Chef.fe d’équipe Artiste éclairagiste pour diriger et piloter l’exécution de la direction de l’éclairage pour un projet interactif ambitieux se déroulant dans un environnement urbain contemporain inspiré du monde réel. Ce rôle est responsable de livrer un éclairage de haute qualité qui soutient l’ambiance, le réalisme, la lisibilité et la narration à travers une grande variété d’environnements et de contextes de jeu.
Ce rôle est responsable de livrer un éclairage de haute qualité qui soutient l’ambiance, le réalisme, la lisibilité et la narration à travers une grande variété d’environnements et de contextes de gameplay.
Sous la direction du·de la Directeur.trice Artistique Associé.e – Éclairage & VFX, le·la Chef.fe d’équipe Éclairage collaborera étroitement avec les équipes Tech Art et les équipes transverses afin d’assurer une implémentation cohérente de l’éclairage dans la production. Le rôle inclut la gestion d’une équipe d’artistes éclairage tout en garantissant que les solutions mises en place respectent la vision artistique et les contraintes de performance dans des pipelines scalables du haut de gamme au mobile.
Responsabilités
- Traduire la direction artistique en setups d’éclairage soutenant l’ambiance, l’atmosphère, le réalisme et le storytelling visuel.
- Assumer l’exécution de l’éclairage des niveaux à travers environnements, gameplay et contextes cinématiques.
- Encadrer et gérer l’équipe d’éclairage, en assurant mentorat, feedback et direction.
- Assurer la cohérence et la qualité de l’éclairage à grande échelle et sur des contenus variés.
- Collaborer étroitement avec les équipes World, Character, VFX, Design et Tech Art pour une intégration optimale.
- Garantir que les setups d’éclairage respectent les exigences artistiques et techniques, incluant les contraintes de performance.
- Optimiser l’éclairage pour différents niveaux de plateforme, du haut de gamme au mobile.
- Contribuer à la planification de production, la préparation des jalons et l’efficacité des workflows.
- Réviser et valider l’implémentation de l’éclairage afin d’assurer l’alignement avec la direction artistique et les standards techniques.
- Assurer une visibilité sur la qualité, les risques et les défis de production liés à l’éclairage.
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in AAA game development with a focus on lighting contributing to at least one shipped AAA title.
- Proven experience leading and managing a team of lighting artists.
- Strong expertise in lighting for day/night cycles, atmosphere, and real-time visual storytelling.
- Solid understanding of real-time rendering pipelines and lighting systems.
- Experience working on large-scale environments or open-world productions.
- Strong collaboration experience across design, technical, and art teams.
- Positive leadership, communication, and feedback skills.
Desired Characteristics
- Experience working with Unreal Engine 5 (Lumen or similar systems).
- Strong technical understanding of scalable systems and multi-platform constraints from high end to mobile.
- Experience with Unreal Engine 5 (Lumen, Megalight or similar systems).
- Positive experience working with outsourcing partners or distributed teams.
- Strong artistic sensitivity to mood, atmosphere, and cinematic lighting.
- Ability to balance visual quality with performance requirements.
- Excellent communication and natural practice of positive communication and leadership skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
- Desire to think and explore innovative solutions.
Eligibility Requirements
- Interested candidates must apply to be considered.
- Must be willing to work in our Montreal office a minimum of 4 days a week.
- Must be legally authorized to work in Canada.
- Must be willing to travel for work related business, if necessary
Qualifications de base
- Expérience significative dans le développement de jeux AAA (plus de 7 ans), avec une spécialisation en éclairage et/ou effets visuels, sur au moins un titre publié.
- Expérience confirmée en gestion d'équipes ou de disciplines au sein d'une production.
- Solide expertise en éclairage pour les cycles jour/nuit, les saisons, l'ambiance et la narration visuelle dans des environnements temps réel.
- Maîtrise des pipelines de rendu et des systèmes d'éclairage en temps reel.
- Expérience de travail sur des environnements à grande échelle ou des productions en monde ouvert.
- Expérience de collaboration étroite avec les équipes de conception, d’artistes techniques et autres piliers artistiques.
- Excellentes aptitudes en leadership, communication et capacité à recueillir et donner des retours constructifs.
Atouts souhaités
- Expérience de travail avec Unreal Engine 5 (Lumen ou systèmes similaires).
- Solide compréhension technique des systèmes évolutifs et des contraintes multiplateformes, du haut de gamme au mobile.
- Expérience avec Unreal Engine 5 (Lumen, Megalight ou systèmes similaires).
- Expérience positive de collaboration avec des partenaires d'externalisation ou des équipes distribuées.
- Forte sensibilité artistique pour l'ambiance, l'atmosphère et l'éclairage cinématographique.
- Capacité à concilier qualité visuelle et exigences de performance.
- Excellentes aptitudes à la communication et capacité à instaurer un climat de confiance et de leadership, ainsi qu'à s'épanouir dans un environnement dynamique.
- Volonté de réfléchir et d'explorer des solutions innovantes.
Exigences d’admissibilité
- Les personnes intéressées doivent soumettre leur candidature afin d’être considérées.
- Doit être disposé·e à travailler dans nos bureaux de Montréal au minimum quatre (4) jours par semaine.
- Doit être légalement autorisé·e à travailler au Canada.
- Doit être disposé·e à se déplacer pour des raisons professionnelles, au besoin.
As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
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