Bungie hiring Senior Lighting Artist - Remote (United States)

As a Senior Lighting Artist, you will be instrumental in setting the visual aesthetics of our projects. Your main responsibilities will include:

Aesthetic Leadership: Collaborate closely with Lighting Leadership and Art Direction to maintain and elevate the aesthetic and technical standards of lighting across all projects.
Implementation: Utilize proprietary and industry toolsets to own the creation and implementation of stunning real-time lighting setups for significant portions of our in-game worlds.
Content Creation: Develop dynamic/scripted lighting events, character and hard-surface object light rigs, and lighting for in-game narrative content from conception to final polish.
Optimization & Alignment: Ensure all lighting solutions are visually striking, aligned with the artistic vision, and optimized for performance.
Cross-Discipline Partnership: Work with Design stakeholders to ensure lighting supports core gameplay needs and provides clear navigational cues.
Knowledge Sharing: Stay informed on new developments in real-time rendering, particularly concerning lighting, atmosphere, and surface interactions, and provide constructive feedback to junior and production artists.

Mastery of Light: Strong understanding and artistic sense in lighting, shadow, and color theory, with a proven ability to create visually engaging and moody spaces.
Adaptability: Ability to follow and adapt to a wide range of design references and narrative contexts to meet high fidelity and atmospheric expectations.
Versatile Experience: Extensive experience lighting characters, complex environments (interior & exterior), and different times of day using various real-time lighting techniques and tools.
Technical Artistry: Understanding of composition and the ability to enhance mood through lighting; experience with materials/shaders and their relationship with light.
Tool Competency: Proficiency with Unreal Engine 4/5, Unity3D, or other modern development toolsets.
Supporting Skills: Competent 3D modeling/texturing skills (e.g., creating light fixtures or practical light support).
Soft Skills: Strong organizational and communication skills, comfortable working autonomously and collaboratively while taking direction from Art Directors/Leads.
Passion: A genuine passion for games and the medium of interactive entertainment.

Experience partnering with Graphics Engineers, Tech Art, and Tools teams to develop and improve lighting pipelines and technology.
Experience in a mentorship capacity, guiding the work of more junior artists.
Experience coordinating lighting efforts with external development partners.