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Lighting Artist (7-month contract)
Blackbirdinteractive · Vancouver, BC, Canada · Remote · Deleted · CAD 75,000–CAD 90,000 / year · Lever
Job facts
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Company | Blackbirdinteractive |
| Title | Lighting Artist (7-month contract) |
| Normalized title | - |
| Department / team | Art / Art |
| Location | Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| Work model | Remote / Remote |
| Employment type | Temporary Full Time |
| Salary | CAD 75,000–CAD 90,000 / year |
| Status | deleted |
| ATS provider | Lever |
| Posted / first seen | 2026-05-22 / 2026-05-29 |
| Changed / last seen | 2026-06-18 / 2026-06-16 |
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| Company | Blackbirdinteractive |
| Source | de15df0c-b3ae-4775-90f0-dd411c9e3c56 |
| ATS provider | Lever |
Description
Blackbird Interactive is a creative-fueled, future-driven, independent game studio where the best talent in the industry can find long-term careers to help grow their abilities while working on a wide range of projects, which encompass world-class IPs as well as our own creations across multiple genres.
Our studio operates as a remote-first workplace, offering flexible work arrangements.
At this time, we are only able to hire candidates who are legally eligible to work in Canada and reside within Canada.
Responsibilities
Work under the direction of Art Leadership to maintain artistic consistency through lighting standards and workflows as well as adhere to established IP’s aesthetic guidelines.
Communicate with the Art Leadership and environment team concerning lighting needs and direction.
Use proprietary engine’s built in lighting tools to produce stunning, cinematic lighting schemes for a range of environments.
Optimize lighting setups, shadows, post-processing, and related systems for real-time performance.
Troubleshoot and resolve lighting, rendering, and visual clarity issues while maintaining artistic intent.
Create and maintain documentation for lighting workflows, standards, and best practices.
Requirements
Experience lighting environments and scenes within real-time game engines such as Unity or Unreal.
Strong understanding of lighting theory, color space, exposure and physically based natural lighting.
Insight into cinematography and dramaturgy, scene blocking and lighting to set different moods.
Solid understanding of real-time rendering principles and physically based rendering (PBR) workflows.
Experience working with post-processing, exposure, atmospheric effects, and lighting optimization techniques.
Ability to balance artistic quality with technical and gameplay requirements
Familiarity with modern game art pipelines and collaboration across multidisciplinary teams.
Highly detail oriented, technically inclined with strong communication skills and a collaborative, team-oriented mindset.
Pluses
Passion for grounded, immersive science fiction
Experience with proprietary engines
Knowledge of performance profiling and optimization related to lighting and rendering
Previous cinematic lighting experience
Full job record
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| Title | Lighting Artist (7-month contract) |
| Normalized Title | — |
| Status | deleted |
| Active | no |
| Location Text | Vancouver, BC, Canada |
| Department | Art |
| Team | Art |
| Employment Type | Temporary Full-Time |
| Workplace Type | remote |
| Remote Policy | remote |
| Country | Canada |
| Region | BC |
| City | Vancouver |
| Salary Raw | CAD 75000-90000 per-year-salary |
| Salary Min | 75,000 |
| Salary Max | 90,000 |
| Salary Currency | CAD |
| Salary Period | year |
| Source URL | https://jobs.lever.co/blackbirdinteractive/e87e47be-d34b-49e2-884e-7eff76ad8f8a |
| Apply URL | https://jobs.lever.co/blackbirdinteractive/e87e47be-d34b-49e2-884e-7eff76ad8f8a/apply |
| First Seen At | 2026-05-29 07:02:26Z |
| Last Seen At | 2026-06-16 07:57:42Z |
| Last Checked At | 2026-06-18 07:57:40Z |
| Last Changed At | 2026-06-18 07:57:40Z |
| Inactive At | 2026-06-18 07:57:40Z |
| Source Posted At | 2026-05-22 18:46:23Z |
| Source Updated At | — |
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