Summary
Lighting artist with over 20+ years of experience in AAA game development, blending artistic vision with deep technical expertise. Proven leader in building and managing lighting teams, developing PBR-compliant workflows, and delivering visually compelling, performant environments across multiple game engines including Unreal Engine 5, Frostbite, and proprietary tech (Firebird/Lithtech). Adept at cross-disciplinary collaboration, driving innovation in real-time lighting, and mentoring teams to achieve high visual standards. Passionate about pushing the boundaries of lighting to enhance storytelling, gameplay, and immersion.
Skills
Software proficiency
Productions
- Video GameBattlefield 6
- Year2025
- RolePrincipal Lighting Artist
- CompanyRipple Effect (EA)
- Video GameUnreleased I Canceled : Marvel's Black Panther
- Year2025
- RoleSenior Lighting Director
- CompanyCliffhanger (EA)
- Video GameDead Space Remake
- Year2023
- RolePrincipal Lighting Artist
- CompanyMotive (EA)
- Video GameMiddle-Earth: Shadow of War
- Year2017
- RolePrincipal Lighting Artist
- CompanyMonolith Productions (WB)
- Video GameMiddle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor
- Year2014
- RoleAdvanced Lighting Artist
- CompanyMonolith Productions (WB)
- Video GameF.E.A.R. 2 : Project Origin
- Year2009
- RoleSenior Artist: World / Environment and Lighting
- CompanyMonolith Productions (WB)
- Video GameCondemned 2 : Bloodshot
- Year2008
- RoleSenior World / Environment Artist
- CompanyMonolith Productions
- Video GameCondemned : Criminal Origins
- Year2005
- RoleWorld / Environment Artist
- CompanyMonolith Productions
- Video GameShadow Ops : Red Mercury
- Year2004
- RoleEnvironment Artist
- CompanyZombie Studios
Experience
- Principal Lighting Artist at Ripple Effect (EA)KIRKLAND, USJuly 2025 - Present
Polished lighting vision for multiple levels across Battlefield: SP, MP and Redsec /BR. Balancing high visual fidelity with performance optimization in the Frostbite engine. Collaborated across departments—environment, design, VFX, cinematics, engineering, and tech art—to deliver immersive, story-driven lighting from blockout to final polish.
- Senior Lighting Director at Cliffhanger (EA)KIRKLAND, USDecember 2022 - June 2025
Led the lighting and materials team to establish PBR-compliant workflows in Unreal Engine 5. Defined global lighting systems, including sky creation, atmosphere, Lumen-based lighting, exposure, and HDR/SDR pipelines. Collaborated with art and engineering leadership to set a high visual bar and ensure cross-discipline alignment. Developed editor tools and processes to support scalable, production-ready lighting environments.
- Principal Lighting Artist at Motive (EA)Issaquah, USDecember 2021 - December 2022
Owned the lighting vision for multiple levels, balancing high visual fidelity with performance optimization in the Frostbite engine. Collaborated across departments—environment, design, VFX, cinematics, engineering, and tech art—to deliver immersive, story-driven lighting from blockout to final polish.
- Principal Lighting Artist I Advanced Environment Artist at Monolith Productions (WB)KIRKLAND, USJuly 2004 - November 2021
Led the lighting team for open-world titles using Monolith’s proprietary Firebird engine. Defined lighting pipelines and visual standards across dynamic and baked lighting systems. Partnered with Art Direction, Graphics, and Engineering to deliver seamless lighting across complex environments, cinematics, and gameplay scenarios.
- Environment Artist at Zombie StudiosSeattle, USAugust 2002 - April 2004
Involved in the look and feel of the game, which consisted of modeling architecture structures, military and commercial vehicles, concept models, environmental and organic objects.