Senior 2D FX Artist creating stylized hand - drawn effects for Bardel Entertainment’s 3D animated TV movie. Integrating water, smoke, fire, and other FX into expressive animated scenes.
About the role
- Senior lighting artist creating immersive 3D environments for Activision’s Beenox game studio. Balancing artistic direction, gameplay readability, and engine performance across Quebec City or Montréal.
Responsibilities
- Ensure lighting deliverables meet the production schedule
- Balance visual quality with performance requirements
- Maintain artistic consistency with the style defined by the Art Director
- Collaborate with Level Artists, FX Artists, and the Art Direction team to address lighting challenges
- Work with Designers to ensure lighting supports missions, objectives, and game pacing
- Collaborate with Programmers to integrate new lighting techniques into the engine
Requirements
- 10+ years of proven experience in video game lighting
- Advanced proficiency in 3ds Max and Photoshop
- Proven experience with lighting in a game engine
- Strong understanding of development constraints specific to video game environments
- Solid grasp of lighting techniques, materials, and shaders
- Ability to understand and enhance artistic direction and visual intentions
- Understanding of visual composition principles
- Sensitivity to gameplay objectives, pacing, and player experience
- Solution-oriented approach to changes and iterations
- Strong interest in technical aspects and learning new tools
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- Excellent artistic sensibility and attention to detail
- Intermediate French proficiency, both written and spoken
- Intermediate English proficiency, both written and spoken
- Passion for video games
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