Senior Lighting Artist (Call of Duty)

Location: Middleton, Wisconsin, United States; onsite four days per week

Salary: $82,240–$152,160 annual base pay, plus potential incentive compensation.

Company

hirify.global develops and publishes interactive entertainment franchises, including Call of Duty, through studios such as Raven Software.

What you will do

• Create and implement real-time lighting for gameplay, environments, play spaces, and cinematics.
• Use volumetrics, color grading, image effects, and physically grounded lighting to support visual and narrative goals.
• Own lighting development from first pass through final polish while meeting AAA visual and technical standards.
• Collaborate with the Lighting Lead, Art Director, artists, designers, programmers, and other disciplines.
• Contribute to lighting R&D, tools, workflows, performance optimization, and production best practices.
• Mentor artists, estimate milestone scope, and provide creative direction and execution support.

Requirements

• 8+ years of lighting experience in real-time game development or equivalent film/television experience.
• Expert experience with Unreal, Unity, or equivalent proprietary game engines and lighting tools.
• Strong experience with baked and dynamic lighting, light probes, reflection probes, post-processing, color grading, and image adjustment tools.
• Strong understanding of PBR workflows, physically correct lighting, color theory, post-processing techniques, and current lighting trends.
• Ability to work independently, solve technical and creative problems, communicate effectively, and collaborate across disciplines.
• An inspiring reel demonstrating realistic lighting, modern workflows, and creative solutions.

Nice to have

• Experience with Call of Duty tools or other proprietary engines.
• Secondary experience in environments, animation, or VFX.
• Basic scripting, procedural workflows, Houdini, compositing, or console and PC performance optimization experience.
• Strong traditional art foundation and passion for the Call of Duty franchise.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, respectful, direct-communication culture with an emphasis on innovation and accountability.
• Medical, dental, vision, health savings or reimbursement accounts, insurance, and disability coverage.
• 401(k) with company match, tuition reimbursement, and charitable donation matching.
• Paid holidays, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, parental leave, and other leave programs.
• Mental health, wellbeing, fitness, legal, identity protection, rental insurance, and game discount programs.
• Relocation assistance may be available when the company requires a geographic move for the role.