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We're currently looking for an accomplished, enthusiastic and self-motivated Lead Lighting Artist to join our team working on an exciting, new and unannounced project.\nKeywords Studios is a global leader providing art services to AAA Publishers. Our work can be seen across many of the top-selling titles on console, PC and mobile. You'll get to work alongside seasoned developers bringing expertise from world-class AAA studios.\nThis position may be offered as either a permanent or fixed-term contract role, depending on the project's requirements, business needs, and the candidate's experience and level.\n These opportunities can be located in Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam (Remote), or Singapore (on-site). Sponsorship and relocation are not being offered as part of this package.\nA Lead Lighting Artist at Keywords Studios:\nCreates high-quality lighting that supports gameplay, narrative, mood, and artistic direction.\nHelps establish the visual and quality bar for lighting across the project.\nBuilds, iterates, and optimises lighting setups for real-time environments and gameplay.\nWorks closely with Art Direction, Environment Art, Level Design, and Technical Art to ensure lighting supports composition, atmosphere, and gameplay readability.\nProvides hands-on guidance, feedback, and mentoring to other artists working on lighting.\nDevelops and maintains lighting passes, post-processing setups, and related environment settings.\nTroubleshoots lighting issues related to performance, consistency, and technical constraints across platforms.\nContributes to visual benchmarks and helps establish effective lighting workflows and best practices.\nSupports planning and estimation while remaining actively involved in lighting production.\nRequirements\nProven experience as a Senior or Lead Lighting Artist on a shipped AAA or high-quality game project.\nStrong portfolio demonstrating lighting, composition, mood, and atmosphere.\nStrong understanding of lighting theory, colour, exposure, and real-time rendering.\nProficiency with modern game engines such as Unreal, Unity, or proprietary engines.\nGood understanding of PBR workflows and how materials respond under different lighting conditions.\nExperience optimising lighting for real-time performance.\nExperience mentoring or providing artistic guidance to other artists.\nAbility to work collaboratively across disciplines and iterate quickly based on feedback.\nExperience with lighting tools, profiling, debugging, or workflow automation is an advantage.\nBenefits\nOur Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) Commitment: Keywords Studios is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws. 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