Lighting Artist, Environment Contingent

For nearly 40 years, Naughty Dog has been crafting best‑selling, critically acclaimed games that constantly push the boundaries of narrative, gameplay, and technology. We’ve released The Last of Us Part I, a faithful remake rebuilt from the ground up and fully optimized for the Play Station 5 and currently in development for PC. As a part of the Naughty Dog legacy, you’ll continue the development of extraordinary and enduring experiences for a broad, global range of audiences.

The Lighting Artist will be crafting lighting and post effects for background lighting.

• Develop the lighting scheme, color‑palette, post‑processing‑fx, and general visual mood that turns unlit 3‑D environment models into exciting and visually compelling 3D game environments.
• Work with modelers and texture/shader artists to optimize the visual look and run‑time performance of the environments.
• Work with outsource vendors and lighting artists, collaborating on visual looks, tech, training, and workflows both giving and receiving feedback.
• Additional responsibilities may be assigned as needed.

• 1‑3 years of industry experience in Film or Games generating final picture.
• Has shipped at least one AAA game.
• Excellent competency in Autodesk Maya and knowledge of Global Illumination.
• Excellent problem‑solving skills and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Thorough understanding of direct/indirect light, luminance / exposure and color‑theory.
• Proven work experience with generating light‑maps, pre‑lighting or baked lighting is desired.

As a part of the Naughty Dog application process, candidates will be expected to provide a portfolio or demo reel of their work and may be asked to complete an art test.

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression, and gender reassign­ment), race (including color, nationality, ethnic, national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.

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The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below, this is an hourly rate.

$57.98 — $72.45 USD

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