Senior Lighting Compositing Artist (Game Development)

TL;DR

Senior Lighting Compositing Artist (Game Development): Design and implement lighting and compositing for cinematic shots in Blizzard's game worlds with an accent on cinematic lighting, color grading, and shot continuity. Focus on solving complex multi-shot lighting and compositing challenges and maintaining uniformity across sequences.

Location: Hybrid position based in Irvine, CA, United States, with some remote work possible

Salary: Hourly range $53.74 - $99.46 (U.S. locations)

Company

hirify.global is a premier developer and publisher of critically acclaimed video game franchises including Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, and StarCraft, part of Activision Blizzard and Microsoft.

What you will do

• Design and implement lighting for characters and environments to meet art direction.
• Maintain overall look, color balance, and quality for assigned shots and sequences.
• Collaborate with FX department and supervisors to integrate effects and achieve final look.
• Complete lighting and compositing of shots with quality control.
• Adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements

• Must have at least 12 years of experience in game, TV, film, or commercial production.
• Experience working with directors and lighting supervisors to develop lighting and compositing setups.
• Proficiency with Katana, Nuke, Maya, Linux, Renderman-RIS, Redshift, and modern game engines.
• Strong artistic understanding of light, composition, mood, and cinematic lighting.
• Ability to independently design and troubleshoot complex lighting and compositing setups.
• Comfortable working in an iteration-intensive shot pipeline.

Nice to have

• Experience in full 3D animated pipeline.
• Experience with real-time game engine pipelines.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance.
• 401(k) with company match, tuition reimbursement, and charitable donation matching.
• Paid holidays, vacation, sick time, parental leave, and other leaves.
• Mental health and wellbeing programs, fitness programs, and free/discounted games.
• Relocation assistance may be available if geographic move is required.

Hiring process

• Submit resume and portfolio/demo reel with description of work per shot.
• Evaluation of artistic skills and experience relevant to lighting and compositing.
• Interviews with supervisors and team members to assess fit and skills.