Lead Lighting Artist

Location: Helsinki, Finland; permanent full-time position based onsite

Company

Award-winning Finnish game studio creating high-quality AAA titles with a strong focus on gameplay, technical excellence, narrative, and distinctive audiovisual presentation.

What you will do

• Supervise and mentor the lighting team while supporting professional growth and team cohesion.
• Define lighting targets, best practices, workflows, and pipelines for internal and external teams.
• Create and review lighting for game levels and cinematics, maintaining consistent artistic quality across the project.
• Collaborate with Art, Technical Art, Graphics Programming, Production, QA, and other departments.
• Manage lighting tasks, bugs, priorities, assignments, and performance reviews.
• Troubleshoot rendering and performance issues while optimizing lighting for technical budgets.

Requirements

• Shipped at least one PC or console title as a Lead Lighting Artist.
• 8+ years of AAA game development experience for PC and/or console.
• Expert knowledge of real-time lighting techniques and physically based rendering.
• Strong experience with node-based lighting shaders and scripting for lighting interactions.
• Understanding of how lighting supports gameplay, storytelling, and mood, with a strong eye for aesthetics, color theory, and composition.
• Fluent written and verbal English; ability to work onsite in Helsinki, Finland.

Nice to have

• Experience with Unreal Engine or a proprietary AAA engine.
• Background in cinematic lighting or photography.
• Experience with global illumination and ray tracing systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Nordic work-life balance with time and support for personal and professional development during work hours.
• Competitive salary, benefits, and healthcare.
• Tailored immigration and relocation package for settling in Finland.
• State-of-the-art studio facilities in central Helsinki.
• Flexible, open, collaborative, inclusive, and supportive work environment.
• Access to PlayStation Studios collaboration, games, tools, and ambitious projects.

Hiring process

• Interviews begin immediately.
• Background checks are conducted at the offer stage.