Senior Lighting Artist

Requisition Number: 152135

Position Title: Senior Lighter

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La motivation nourrit notre industrie – le désir de donner vie à une idée, d’inclure du jamais vu à un jeu. C’est ce qui donne son caractère unique au développement de jeu et la force motrice de l’équipe Motive. Nos seules limites sont celles de notre imagination.

Motive est un nouveau studio créatif, incubateur de PI totalement inédites et prenant à sa charge des projets extraordinaires. Dirigé par Jade Raymond et une équipe de vétérans de l’industrie, le studio Motive vise à redéfinir les jeux d’action et à proposer aux adeptes des jeux novateurs de qualité supérieure. Si les jeux vous passionnent et que vous souhaitez repousser les limites de votre art, profitez de cette occasion unique. Le moteur Frostbite vous donne accès à des outils et à de la technologie de pointe, le réseau de studios de EA vous permet de collaborer avec des milliers de développeurs de renommée mondiale et Motive vous donne la chance de concevoir de A à Z une culture et des jeux propres au studio.

Qu’avons-nous à vous offrir ? Bonne question !

Nous adorons vanter les avantages que nous offrons comme des régimes d’assurance-maladie et d’avantages sociaux complets, le remboursement des frais de cours, un régime d’épargne-retraite avec cotisation équivalente et, bien sûr, plusieurs autres à-côtés. Nous savons que pour créer des jeux de renommée mondiale, il nous faut des talents de classe mondiale. C’est pourquoi nous offrons une rémunération concurrentielle ainsi qu’une culture basée sur la créativité et l’individualité. Chez EA, nous incarnons le modèle « travail-loisir » chaque jour.

Motive, le plus récent studio AAA de Electronic Arts, est à la recherche d'un artiste senior éclairage afin de propulser la qualité visuelle de nos jeux vers de nouveaux sommets. 

Rôle du prochain grand artiste éclairage chez Motive :

Conceptualiser et créer des actifs qui rehaussent la direction artistique et la vision globale du jeu, par exemple :

• Concevoir des plans d'éclairage pour une variété d'environnements
• Éclairer les environnements et la cinématique de jeu
• Collaborer au développement du style visuel du jeu
• Assurer l'étalonnage des couleurs et le travail de post-traitement
• Créer des planches d’ambiances pour communiquer les plans d'éclairage proposés
• Collaborer avec les concepteurs de jeu, les artistes d'environnement, les artistes d'effets visuels et les artistes techniques pour comprendre et interpréter les exigences liées à la conception du jeu 

Exigences : 

Excellente compréhension de la théorie de la couleur et des concepts d'éclairage. De plus, vous répondez aux critères ci-dessous :

• Sens développé de la composition de scènes
• Capacité de diriger l'attention des joueurs à l'aide de plans d'éclairage
• Expérience de travail avec les rendus physiquement réalistes(PBR)
• Connaissance de base en texture et nuance
• Connaissances de base en photographie
• Capacité de travailler conformément aux contraintes de mémoire et de performance tout en assurant une qualité visuelle élevée
• Intérêt et aptitudes au développement technique de l’éclairage dans le moteur de jeu.
• Expérience en production de jeu 
• Vaste gamme de styles artistiques

Plus :

• Expérience en création de textures et d'environnements un avantage
• Expérience en création d'environnements un atout

Tous les membres de notre équipe auront la chance d'évoluer rapidement et à leur guise, et d'assumer de nouveaux rôles et responsabilités au rythme de notre croissance et de notre progression. Nous sommes à la recherche d'innovateurs chevronnés qui sont au sommet de leur art dans un environnement dynamique comme celui de la création de jeux.

Plus sur notre emplacement : http://careers.ea.com/our-locations/montreal

Motive vous offre les moyens et l’occasion. Venez découvrir ce dont vous êtes capable!

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Everyone in our industry has a Motive - an idea they want to bring to life, something they’ve never seen before in a game that they want to make a reality. It’s what is so great about game development and it’s what drives everyone at Motive. The only limit here is the team’s imagination.

 Motive is a new creative-driven studio, incubating entirely new IP and taking on some amazing projects. Led by Jade Raymond and a team of industry veterans, Motive aims to redefine action games and bring the highest quality innovative games to players. If you are passionate about games and motivated to push your craft further this is the opportunity of a lifetime. The Frostbite engine gives you access to cutting edge tech and tools, EA’s network of studios allows you to collaborate with thousands of world-class developers and Motive gives you a chance to shape studio culture and games from the ground up.

Motive, Electronic Arts’ newest AAA studio, is seeking a Senior Lighting Artist to drive visual quality in our games to a new level in the industry. 

What the next great Lighting Artist will do at Motive:

Conceptualize and Create assets that enhance the art direction and overall vision of the game, for example:

• Craft lighting schemes for a variety of environments
• Light game environments and cinematics
• Assist with visual style development
• Colour grading and post-processing work
• Create mood boards to communicate proposed lighting schemes
• Collaborate with game designers, environment, VFX and technical artists to understand and interpret level design, environment art and VFX requirements within the engine’s technical limitations

Who You Are: 

You have an excellent understanding of color theory and lighting concepts. Additionally, you have:

• Strong sense of scene composition
• Ability to lead the player’s attention via lighting schemes
• Experience working with physically based rendering (PBR)
• Basic shader/material knowledge
• Basic knowledge in photography
• Ability to work within memory and performance constraints while maintaining high visual quality
• Interest and skills in lighting development technic for the game engine
• Previous game production experience 
• Breadth of artistic styles

Must have:

• Experience creating textures and environments is an advantage
• Experience creating environments is a plus

All of our team members will have to be able to shift quickly and flexibly and assume new roles and responsibilities as we grow and change. We’re looking for well-rounded innovators who thrive in the dynamic environment that new game creation demands.

What’s in it for you? Glad you asked!

We love to brag about our great perks, like comprehensive health and benefit packages, tuition reimbursement, company-matched RRSP and, of course, many others! And since we realize it takes world-class people to make world-class games, we offer competitive compensation packages and a culture that thrives from creativity and individuality. At EA, we live the “work hard/play hard” credo every day.

More about our location: http://careers.ea.com/our-locations/montreal

Motive offers you the means and opportunity. Come see what you can do!

 

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We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.

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About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

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About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.