Senior Lighting Artist - Viaplay Studios Animation

Viaplay Studios Animation creates, develops and produces animated storytelling. Our production technique is based on shooting realtime character animation with a motion capture setup in a 3D game engine environment.

We are a great team of engineers, animators, artists and storytellers, coming together under one roof in our studio in central Stockholm. We are growing fast, and we are now looking for a team member who will play a key role in our journey moving towards new technologies.

Viaplay Studios Animation is part of Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group).

The Position
We are looking for a Senior Lighting Artist to join our amazing production team! Under the guidance of the Technical Director and Producers, on our CG animated projects, the Lighting Artist is tasked with lighting shots from start to finish as they evolve from preliminary lighting through final renders.

The main areas of responsibilities include decide a workflow, scope the work, light the scenes for realtime performance in the game engine, and act as a helping hand to the Layout Artists in final rendering. 

Who we are looking for
- 5+ years of experience working in a professional environment with real-time lightning and/or rendering.
- Ability to lead and supervise other lighters/team members.
- Ability to craft a variety of lighting styles as necessitated by shot/sequences in a given project. Experience in photography is an asset.
- Strong understanding of principles of lighting (such as choice of light, placement of the light source, its direction and how to create the desired effect such as contrast and shadows). Knowledge of compositing a plus.
- Strong experience in realtime game engines such as Unreal and Unity.
- Experience in creating node-based shaders.
- Knowledge of Maya and rendering software such as Renderman, Redshift and/or Arnold. Ability to script is an asset.
- Ability to communicate ideas clearly and concisely.
- Open to and encourages feedback and new initiatives. Shares information and techniques with team members.
- Solid work ethic and positive attitude. Ability to work under pressure. Self motivated and pro-active. Consistently strives to expand knowledge base.
- Efficient and detail oriented.
- Strong problem solving skills and ability to work collaboratively.
- Ability to deliver lighting assignments per agreed upon specs and schedule.
- A strong passion for animated storytelling.


What we offer you
- Freedom to try out new things and independent decision-making by our autonomous teams.
- To work with famous and established entertainment IP.
- We build everything in-house with cutting edge technologies.
- We inspire others and share knowledge openly.
- A place to grow and learn from our mistakes.
- We have a learning and development focused environment with an emphasis on knowledge sharing, training and regular internal technical talks.
- An innovative environment with hack days two times a year.
- An international and diverse environment with people from all over the world working here. We have 40+ different nationalities at NENT Group coming from different backgrounds.
- An attractive offer with a beneficial occupational pension plan, insurance plan, health care, 30 days of paid vacation, flexible work hours and parental leave pay lift.


We want to hear from you!
You will become part of an amazing company with great people, content and culture. If this feels like your kind of challenge, please apply and attach your CV or LinkedIn profile. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact our Head of Engineering Farshid Tavakoly at farshid.tavakoly@viaplaystudios.com

Nordic Entertainment Group AB (publ.) (NENT Group) (http://www.nentgroup.com/) is committed to equality and diversity and we welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of ethnicity, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, and marital status. We want to make sure your recruitment experience is the best it can be - so, if you’re selected for an interview, please let us know if there are any adjustments we can make that would be helpful for you.

NENT Group is the Nordic region’s leading entertainment provider. We entertain millions of people every day with our streaming services, TV channels and radio stations, and our production companies create content that is experienced around the world. We make life more entertaining by telling stories, touching lives and expanding worlds - from live sports, movies and series to music and original shows. Headquartered in Stockholm, NENT Group is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm (‘NENT A’ and ‘NENT B’).