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Lighting Artist

Cloud Imperium Games · Posted May 19, 2026

Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
On-site
Full-time

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As a Lighting Artist at CIG, you will be joining a team responsible for lighting all the amazing locations in Star Citizen. You will implement high quality and cinematic realtime lighting scenarios following Cinematic Sci-Fi Realism.

Responsibilities

Create believable and cinematic lighting scenarios for the locations in the game.
Ensure the lighting in a location works within defined realtime rendering budgets.
Work closely with the Lighting Lead and Art Director to make sure the artistic vision is coming to life.
Collaborate with other departments to help create the best experience possible.

Skills

Material shading Cinematic lighting Technical know-how Realtime lighting scenarios Physically based rendering

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