Senior Lighting Artist

Permanent employee, Full-time · Amsterdam

Your mission

We are Vertigo Games, developers and publishers of top-end VR titles like Metro Awakening, Arizona Sunshine, After the Fall and The 7th Guest. Our Amsterdam studio has started development of our next VR game, following Metro Awakening, and we are looking to recruit a Senior Lighting Artist who can aid us in our mission.

Are you looking for a studio that celebrates creativity and sets the bar in immersive entertainment? Then we should meet!

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Setting the mood, atmosphere and implement lighting for all game environments (indoor, outdoor, cinematic) in compliance with art direction and technical specifications.
Closely cooperate with level designers to ensure optimal player guidance.
Setup and improve lighting pipelines from preproduction to the final product.
Plan and coordinate your work regularly with your team, communicating effectively to ensure transparency and deliver tasks on time.
Contribute innovative and original ideas towards optimizing lighting and look development for the production.
Documentation and communication of technical and process guidelines for lighting creation and implementation.

Your profile

Experience as a lighting artist or closely related role in game development typically gained over 4+ years.
Understanding of art fundamentals, e.g. the function of form, light behaviour, color, proportions, and shape.
Great knowledge and use of real-time lighting techniques incl. topics like: Baked Lighting, Physically Accurate Lighting, Exposure, Atmosphere & (Volumetric) Fogging, Skyboxes/domes, Post Processing, IES Lighting Profiles, etc.
Familiarity with HDR & physically-based rendering (PBR) workflows.
Portfolio showcasing a range of lighting setups and visual effects in various digital environments and on characters.
Enthusiastic team player with a great passion for games & English on a proficient level.

Bonus points for

Experience with mobile and/or VR development.
Understanding of modern materials and shaders and being able to create these.
Understanding and being able to create blueprint logic in Unreal Engine.
Experience and understanding of environment building (Unreal Engine preferred) & 3D asset creation.
Background in photography, filmography or traditional art.

We offer

A company culture that values a healthy work-life balance.
A hybrid working model with two office days per week.
26 standard vacation days with an option to buy 5 more.
Free train commuting to and from the office.
Free pension plan.
A healthy lunch in our canteen.
Group activities and an annual VR game jam.
Thursday afternoon drinks.
The latest VR hardware and titles which you can borrow and take home.
Whilst working from home we provide all the relevant hardware, budget for a desk and chair and a contribution toward your energy costs.

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About us

Vertigo Games is a multi-platform VR entertainment company with offices in Rotterdam & Amsterdam (NL) and Los Angeles, California (USA).

With experienced teams in the areas of Studios, Publishing and Arcades, the company develops, publishes and distributes a growing portfolio of quality VR games that offer a novel, powerful and full-featured gaming experience both in- and outside of the home.

In 2020, Vertigo Games joined the leading producer and distributor of digital entertainment products, Koch Media, now PLAION (a subsidiary of the Embracer Group), adding VR gaming to the Group’s global network.

In 2021, the company announced it has five more high-end titles in the pipeline for the coming years.

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