3D Lighting Artist

**Job Summary**:
As a 3D Lighting Artist, you will be responsible for creating visually appealing and realistic lighting effects for digital artworks, animations, and visual effects (VFX) projects. Your role is crucial in setting the mood, atmosphere, and tone of scenes, enhancing the overall visual quality and storytelling of the project.

**Key Responsibilities**:
**Lighting Design**: Create and design lighting setups for 3D scenes, considering mood, atmosphere, time of day, and artistic direction provided by the project leads.

**Lighting Rendering**: Implement lighting solutions using industry-standard software such as Autodesk Maya, Blender ensuring compatibility with rendering engines like Arnold, V-Ray, or Redshift.

**Texture and Shader Optimization**: Collaborate with texture artists and shader developers to optimize materials for lighting effects, ensuring realistic and visually appealing results.

**Color Grading**: Adjust colors, contrasts, and tones to achieve desired visual aesthetics and maintain consistency across scenes and sequences.

**Problem-Solving**: Troubleshoot and resolve lighting issues such as artifacts, flickering, and performance optimization while meeting project deadlines.

**Collaboration**: Work closely with other departments such as modeling, texturing, animation, and compositing teams to integrate lighting effects seamlessly into the final output.

**Quality Assurance**: Conduct thorough reviews and iterations of lighting setups to meet project requirements and client expectations for quality and realism.

**Stay Updated**: Keep abreast of industry trends, lighting techniques, and software advancements to continuously improve skills and workflows.

**Qualifications and Skills**:

- Minimum 12th
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Graphics, Animation, Fine Arts, or related field. (preferred)
- Equivalent work experience may be accepted.
- Proven experience as a 3D Lighting Artist in animation studios, VFX companies, gaming studios, or related industries.
- Proficiency in 3D software such as Autodesk Maya, Blender, or Cinema 4D, and experience with rendering engines like Arnold, V-Ray, or Redshift.
- Strong understanding of lighting principles, color theory, and composition techniques in digital art and animation.
- Knowledge of texture mapping, shaders, and material properties to achieve realistic lighting effects.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment, communicate effectively, and adapt to project requirements and feedback.
- Portfolio: Showcase a diverse range of lighting projects demonstrating creativity, technical skills, attention to detail, and ability to work under production constraints.

**Working Conditions**:

- Typically office or studio environment with regular working hours, although project deadlines may require occasional overtime.
- Collaborative teamwork with artists, animators, and technical teams to achieve project goals.

**Salary**: ₹15,000.00 - ₹25,000.00 per month

Schedule:

- Fixed shift

**Experience**:

- total work: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person

**Speak with the employer**

+91 9093301234