Job Description NBCUniversal is seeking a Lead Lighting Artist to own and drive the execution of lighting direction for an ambitious interactive project set in a contemporary real-life urban environment.

This role is responsible for delivering high-quality lighting that supports mood, realism, readability, and storytelling across a wide range of environments and gameplay contexts.

Reporting to the Associate Art Director Lighting & VFX, the Lead Lighting Artist will work closely with Technical Art and cross-disciplinary teams to ensure lighting is consistently implemented across production.

The role involves leading and managing a team of lighting artists while ensuring that lighting solutions meet both artistic vision and performance constraints across scalable pipelines from high-end to mobile.

Responsibilities Translate artistic direction into lighting setups that support mood, atmosphere, realism, and visual storytelling.

Own the execution of level lighting across environments, gameplay, and cinematic contexts.

Lead and manage the lighting team, providing mentorship, feedback, and direction.

Ensure consistency and quality of lighting across large-scale worlds and varied content.

Collaborate closely with World, Character, VFX, Design, and Tech Art teams for proper integration.

Ensure lighting setups meet both artistic and technical requirements, including performance constraints.

Optimize lighting across environments for scalability from high-end to mobile platforms.

Support production planning, milestone readiness, and workflow efficiency.

Review and validate lighting implementation to ensure alignment with visual direction and technical standards.

Maintain visibility on quality, risks, and production challenges across lighting content. NBCUniversal est la recherche dune dquipe Artiste clairagiste pour diriger et piloter lexcution de la direction de lclairage pour un projet interactif ambitieux se droulant dans un environnement urbain contemporain inspir du monde rel.

Ce rle est responsable de livrer un clairage de haute qualit qui soutient lambiance, le ralisme, la lisibilit et la narration travers une grande varit denvironnements et de contextes de jeu.

Ce rle est responsable de livrer un clairage de haute qualit qui soutient lambiance, le ralisme, la lisibilit et la narration travers une grande varit denvironnements et de contextes de gameplay.

Sous la direction dude la Artistique Associ.e clairage & VFX, lela dquipe clairage collaborera troitement avec les quipes Tech Art et les quipes transverses afin dassurer une implmentation cohrente de lclairage dans la production.

Le rle inclut la gestion dune quipe dartistes clairage tout en garantissant que les solutions mises en place respectent la vision artistique et les contraintes de performance dans des pipelines scalables du haut de gamme au mobile.





Responsabilits Traduire la direction artistique en setups dclairage soutenant lambiance, latmosphre, le ralisme et le storytelling visuel.

Assumer lexcution de lclairage des niveaux travers environnements, gameplay et contextes cinmatiques.

Encadrer et grer lquipe dclairage, en assurant mentorat, feedback et direction.

Assurer la cohrence et la qualit de lclairage grande chelle et sur des contenus varis.

Collaborer troitement avec les quipes World, Character, VFX, Design et Tech Art pour une intgration optimale.

Garantir que les setups dclairage respectent les exigences artistiques et techniques, incluant les contraintes de performance.

Optimiser lclairage pour diffrents niveaux de plateforme, du haut de gamme au mobile.

Contribuer la planification de production, la prparation des jalons et lefficacit des workflows.

Rviser et valider limplmentation de lclairage afin dassurer lalignement avec la direction artistique et les standards techniques.

Assurer une visibilit sur la qualit, les risques et les dfis de production lis lclairage.

Qualifications Minimum of 7 years of experience in AAA game development with a focus on lighting contributing to at least one shipped AAA title.

Proven experience leading and managing a team of lighting artists.

Strong expertise in lighting for day/night cycles, atmosphere, and real-time visual storytelling.

Solid understanding of real-time rendering pipelines and lighting systems.

Experience working on large-scale environments or open-world productions.

Strong collaboration experience across design, technical, and art teams.

Positive leadership, communication, and feedback skills.

Desired Characteristics Experience working with Unreal Engine 5 (Lumen or similar systems).

Strong technical understanding of scalable systems and multi-platform constraints from high end to mobile.

Experience with Unreal Engine 5 (Lumen, Megalight or similar systems).

Positive experience working with outsourcing partners or distributed teams.

Robust artistic sensitivity to mood, atmosphere, and cinematic lighting.

Ability to balance visual quality with performance requirements.

Excellent communication and natural practice of positive communication and leadership skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Desire to think and explore innovative solutions.

Eligibility Requirements Interested candidates must apply to be considered.

Must be willing to work in our Montreal office a minimum of 4 days a week.

Must be legally authorized to work in Canada.





Must be willing to travel for work related business, if necessary Qualifications de base Exprience significative dans le dveloppement de jeux AAA (plus de 7 ans), avec une spcialisation en clairage et/ou effets visuels, sur au moins un titre publi.

Exprience confirme en gestion d''quipes ou de disciplines au sein d''une production.

Solide expertise en clairage pour les cycles jour/nuit, les saisons, l''ambiance et la narration visuelle dans des environnements temps rel.

Matrise des pipelines de rendu et des systmes d''clairage en temps reel.

Exprience de travail sur des environnements grande chelle ou des productions en monde ouvert.

Exprience de collaboration troite avec les quipes de conception, dartistes techniques et autres piliers artistiques.

Excellentes aptitudes en leadership, communication et capacit recueillir et donner des retours constructifs.

Atouts souhaits Exprience de travail avec Unreal Engine 5 (Lumen ou systmes similaires).

Solide comprhension technique des systmes volutifs et des contraintes multiplateformes, du haut de gamme au mobile.

Exprience avec Unreal Engine 5 (Lumen, Megalight ou systmes similaires).

Exprience positive de collaboration avec des partenaires d''externalisation ou des quipes distribues.

Forte sensibilit artistique pour l''ambiance, l''atmosphre et l''clairage cinmatographique.

Capacit concilier qualit visuelle et exigences de performance.

Excellentes aptitudes la communication et capacit instaurer un climat de confiance et de leadership, ainsi qu'' s''panouir dans un environnement dynamique.

Volont de rflchir et d''explorer des solutions innovantes.

Exigences dadmissibilit Les personnes intresses doivent soumettre leur candidature afin dtre considres.

Doit tre dispose travailler dans nos bureaux de Montral au minimum quatre (4) jours par semaine.

Doit tre lgalement autorise travailler au Canada.

Doit tre dispose se dplacer pour des raisons professionnelles, au besoin.

Additional Information As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal''s policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation.

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📌 Lead Lighting Artist / Chef.fe d’équipe Éclairage (Montreal)
🏢 NBCUniversal
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