Career

Lighting Director

team.Lighting / Dublin / Full -time
With multiple awards to our name, Larian Studios has proven that we’re dedicated to delivering high-quality role-playing games. As we move on to new projects, the studio that brought you Baldur’s Gate 3 & Divinity: Original Sin 2 is looking for a Lighting Director to join the team and help us in crafting the high caliber games our fans have come to expect.
Lighting Director

Responsibilities

  • Develop the look and feel of Lighting that fit projects’ overall stylistic guidelines.
  • Present concepts and ideas to the creative director and other departments, interpreting feedback and making recommendations where appropriate.
  • Communicate with art directors, designers, animation directors, and producers.
  • Provide direction and generate conceptual and creative ideas for the Lighting team. Balance visual satisfaction and gameplay clarity that communicate essential game information.
  • Understand ongoing and upcoming needs of the Lighting department.
  • Anticipate and solve technical challenges within given constraints and visual requirements.
  • Stay up-to-date and be aware of current trends of the game industry. Advocate for the technological needs of the team and push the technology forward.
  • Identify and set up best practices of Lighting workflow for Cinematic and Gameplay lighting.
  • Supervise and inspire lighting artists to produce outstanding work.
  • Optimization of Lighting for better performance without sacrificing quality of the end product.
  • Guide R&D to experiment with new industry technology and trends to improve the projects’ visual quality and efficiency

Requirements

  • Have successfully shipped AAA titles as a Lighting lead or director.
  • Experience in building and leading Lighting team.
  • Passion and ability to work as a positive, collaborative, enthusiastic, ambitious and contributing team member with a real desire to work with the team to find solutions.
  • Excellent presentation skills to inspire the Lighting team and to present goals and creative vision.
  • Adaptability to various aesthetic styles.

Important Notes

  • This is an On-site position.
  • You will be working with different teams so occasional travel to our other studios may be required.