Lead Lighting Artist

2K(5 days ago)

HybridFull TimeSenior$150,203 - $199,664 (estimated)Art and Animation

About this role

The Lead Lighting Artist at Hangar 13 is responsible for shaping and delivering world-class real-time lighting across gameplay, cinematics, and marketing assets using Unreal Engine 5. The role involves collaborating with technical and creative teams to maintain high quality and performance standards, and to provide guidance to the lighting team. It offers an opportunity to work on AAA narrative-driven games in a creative and technical environment.

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Required Skills

Unreal Engine
Lumen
HDR Sky Capture
Lighting
Real-time Rendering
Cinematics
Post-processing
Visualization
Technical Collaboration
Color Grading

About 2K

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2K is a global video game publisher that produces and markets interactive entertainment across consoles, PC, and mobile. It publishes titles in today’s most popular genres — shooters, action, role‑playing, strategy, sports, casual, and family entertainment — and is known for major franchises such as NBA 2K, WWE 2K, Borderlands, BioShock, and XCOM. Working with internal and external development studios, 2K supports live services, DLC, and post‑launch content with a focus on high production values and community engagement.

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