Lighter - EA Sports

Requisition Number: 159537

Position Title: Associate Lighter

External Description:

Position Title: Lighter – EA Sports (contract)

Term: 4 – 6 months

Location: EA Redwood Shores
 
We are Artworks! A centralized creative team that enhances the art direction and overall vision of the games we work on.  As an Associate lighter within Artworks you will be working in one of the most innovative and progressive environments within the entertainment industry. Using Physically Based Materials, Real World Absolute Light Values, shooting the game through a Physically Based Camera model using a Film based HDR Grading pipeline, the associate lighters responsibilities are moving from just placing lights, into that of a Virtual Cinematographer.  Here at EA, you are expected and empowered to redefine what games can be!
 
The Team:
We are creatively driven and focused on high end visual production across multiple genres and art styles.  Our art studios are in Vancouver, Orlando, Guildford, Gothenburg, and Shanghai. Collaborating directly with our game team partners we share a unified passion for creating amazing experiences, and industry leading visuals. We are adventurous and creative.  We are courageous and we take chances.  We seek pioneers who cut new paths and conquer challenges with fierce determination.

 

Key Responsibilities:

• Use technical skill to emphasize drama or narrative, and establish/clarify location, weather, time of day, etc.
• Respect and follow an established design theme for a sequence or project
• Refer to relevant production designs and apply visual style faithfully, taking care to maintain continuity throughout the scene and game

 

Required Technical Skills and Experience:

• Degree in Computer Graphics, Computer Science, an art-related subject such as Photography or Computer Animation, Math, or Physics.
• Solid Experience in at least one of the industry standard 3D packages, including Maya, Houdini, XSI, 3D Studio Max, and Lightwave. Familiarity with other relevant programs is a plus
• Background in math and solid artistic skills, including color theory, composition, light, and form
• Experience with a 3D CG package (e.g., Maya, Mental Ray), demonstrating understanding of rendering, lighting, shading networks, polygonal modelling, and texture UV’s.
• Strong ability to work from reference materials
• Strong ability to light moderate to complex interior and exterior scenes.
• Experience with film, photography, or theatre is a plus

 

Performance Competencies:

• Candidate must have a strong work ethic and work well with a team
• Candidate must be meticulous, detail oriented, driven, and need very little supervision to put out high quality work
• Must have ability to work under tight deadlines.
• Experience working in gaming preferred but not essential

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Community / Marketing Title: Lighter - EA Sports

Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc. 是全球领先的互动娱乐软件公司。 EA 提供适用于联网主机、个人电脑、手机和平板电脑的游戏、内容和在线服务。

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Days Open: 41

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EEO Employer Verbiage:

EA 是一个奉行机会均等的雇主。 所有招聘决定均不考虑种族、肤色、国籍、血统、生理性别、社会性别、性别认同或表达、性向、年龄、遗传信息、宗教信仰、残障状况、医疗状况、怀孕状况、婚姻状况、家庭状况或退伍军人身份等因素的影响。 EA 还会遵照相关法律，为符合条件的残障个体改善工作环境。