• Create and deliver high-quality advertising creatives - including both video and static formats - tailored to the requirements and best practices of major digital platforms (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, Google Ads/AdWords, etc.)

This description is a summary of our understanding of the job description. Click on 'Apply' button to find out more. Role Description As a Senior Unreal Lighting Artist, you aren’t just placing lights; you are a visual storyteller. You will be responsible for the final look of cinematic sequences, translating mood, atmosphere, and narrative intent into the technical reality of Unreal Engine 5. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who doesn't wait for a list of instructions but instead looks at a shot and asks, "How can I make this look even better?" You will be embedded with our client’s team, collaborating directly with their Lead/Supervising Artist, while representing the high standards of Steamroller Animation. - Craft and execute high-end real-time lighting for cinematic sequences in Unreal Engine 5 with minimal oversight. - Use color theory and composition to establish the emotional tone of a scene based on color scripts and concept art. - Independently improve lighting setups, inventing novel solutions for shots to ensure visual continuity across sequences. - Fine-tune light properties, surface shaders, and post-process volumes (bloom, fog, color grading) to achieve gold-standard visuals. - Navigate a shot-based pipeline to deliver high-quality work within tight production deadlines. - Work seamlessly within the client’s internal pipeline, maintaining clear communication and a solution-oriented mindset. - Ensure lighting setups are optimized for real-time performance without sacrificing visual fidelity. Qualifications - Significant experience as a Lighting Artist in video games or high-end animation (Senior to Upper-Senior level). - Deep knowledge of Unreal Engine 5, specifically using Sequencer and Movie Render Queue (MRQ). - A mastery of lighting fundamentals, including color theory, value, and composition. - Experience with Maya and version control systems like Perforce or GitHub. - Ability to take direction from a Lead/Art Director and translate feedback into beautiful visuals. - This role is remote but requires significant overlap with US Eastern Time (EST) working hours to collaborate effectively with the project team. Requirements - This is a 1099 Contract position. - Artists are responsible for providing their own workstation capable of handling high-end Unreal Engine 5 development. Specific hardware requirements will be discussed during the interview process. - Any hardware upgrades required for smooth operations and performance are the responsibility of the artist. Bonus Skills - Experience with Blueprints to enhance lighting or environmental effects. - Background in live TV, concerts, or virtual production (AR/XR). - Experience in a lead or mentor capacity. - Knowledge of secondary software like Photoshop or Nuke for LookDev.

• Help develop and bring creative concepts to life utilizing editorial and motion graphics skills; • Work to tell visually compelling and engaging brand stories; • Communicate clearly and in a timely manner with all members of the team; • Participate in brainstorming sessions to share new design perspectives and ideas; • Design projects from scratch and expand upon existing packages; • Provide accurate time estimates for each part of the process; • Adhere to current processes and workflows, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement, and proposing and creating processes and tools to support design operations; • Assist in selecting appropriate audio, graphic, and animation styles for the project; • Institute and actively lead editing and post-production projects. This role is responsible for finalizing post production, including video editing when necessary; • Demonstrate the ability to integrate into the video production team, finding where your talents can enhance any given project; • Work with external suppliers who are producing video assets for us to ensure they are adhering to our brand guide and format guidelines.

• Define practical workflows and tools that let artists author high‑quality, performant content, and you’ll partner with rendering, ML, and perception teams to make sure it behaves as expected in our AV stack. • Design and maintain a physically‑based material pipeline for our simulation engines (e.g., MDL, shader graphs, or equivalent). • Author and calibrate high‑quality shaders and materials that respond correctly under a wide range of lighting conditions and camera models. • Standardize material libraries, authoring conventions, and validation workflows to keep content consistent and performant. • Define best practices for environment and hero lighting in simulation scenes, including sky/atmospherics, time‑of‑day setups, and camera‑accurate exposure. • Build in‑engine lighting tools and evaluation scenes to help artists quickly assess quality, realism, and performance. • Partner with rendering engineers to profile lighting and shading, and to ship optimizations that reduce cost without sacrificing critical visual cues. • Build procedural systems to populate large‑scale environments with buildings, vegetation, traffic control devices, road debris, and other set dressing. • Develop procedural tools and workflows for generating layouts (streets, landscaping, prop distributions) that respect design, performance, and simulation constraints. • Collaborate with worldbuilding and content teams to encode art direction and AV testing needs into controllable procedural parameters. • Partner with Simulation, ML, and Perception teams to understand what “realism” means from a sensor and model‑performance perspective, and tune your work accordingly. • Document standards, share best practices, and mentor other artists and technical artists on shading, lighting, and procedural workflows.