About the Role

We are looking for a creative and technically skilled AI 3D Lighting Artist to join the 3DTRIXS production team.

The role involves creating visually appealing and realistic lighting for 3D product visuals, CGI advertisements, animation, environments, cinematic sequences, and branded content, while also using AI-powered tools and workflows to support look development, references, ideation, and production.

The ideal candidate should have a strong understanding of lighting, color, composition, materials, shadows, reflections, exposure, and cinematic visual storytelling.

Freshers and candidates with up to 4 years of relevant experience may apply based on portfolio quality.

Key Responsibilities

- Create high-quality lighting setups for 3D scenes, products, environments, and animation projects
- Develop realistic, cinematic, and stylized lighting based on creative briefs and visual references
- Create product hero lighting, studio setups, environmental lighting, and dramatic cinematic looks
- Work with key, fill, rim, practical, ambient, and HDRI-based lighting setups
- Control shadows, reflections, highlights, exposure, contrast, and color balance
- Ensure lighting complements materials, textures, environments, and overall composition
- Create day, night, indoor, outdoor, studio, and mood-based lighting scenarios
- Match 3D lighting with photographic and video references when required
- Maintain lighting consistency across multiple shots and sequences
- Work with camera angles and compositions to enhance the visual impact of each scene
- Optimize lighting and rendering setups for quality and production efficiency
- Review renders and identify issues related to lighting, noise, reflections, shadows, and realism
- Work closely with 3D artists, animators, compositors, VFX artists, and creative teams
- Use AI-generated images and videos as references for lighting, mood, composition, and visual development
- Generate AI-based lighting references, moodboards, environments, and look-development concepts
- Use AI tools to explore multiple lighting and visual variations during pre-production




- Write and refine prompts for generating relevant visual and lighting references
- Integrate AI-assisted workflows into traditional 3D lighting and rendering processes where appropriate
- Make revisions based on internal and client feedback
- Follow project timelines and deliver production-ready lighting and renders

3D Lighting Skills

- Strong understanding of lighting fundamentals
- Good understanding of color theory, exposure, contrast, and visual balance
- Knowledge of key, fill, rim, bounce, practical, and environmental lighting
- Good understanding of shadows, reflections, highlights, and global illumination
- Ability to create photorealistic and stylized lighting
- Understanding of HDRI-based lighting workflows
- Good sense of composition, framing, perspective, and camera angles
- Understanding of physically based rendering and realistic materials
- Ability to match lighting from photographs and visual references
- Understanding of cinematic lighting and visual storytelling
- Ability to maintain consistent lighting across multiple shots
- Strong attention to detail and visual quality

AI & Creative Skills

- Familiarity with AI image and video generation tools
- Ability to use AI for lighting references, moodboards, look development, and concept exploration
- Understanding of text-to-image and image-to-image workflows
- Basic understanding of AI video-generation workflows
- Ability to write effective prompts for lighting, environments, camera angles, and visual styles
- Ability to generate multiple visual references and select appropriate creative directions
- Ability to identify and correct unrealistic AI-generated lighting references
- Strong creative thinking and visual imagination
- Willingness to experiment with emerging AI tools and workflows

Skills & Qualifications





- 0–4 years of experience in 3D lighting, CGI, animation, VFX, product visualization, or a related field
- Freshers with a strong 3D lighting portfolio may also apply
- Working knowledge of one or more 3D applications such as Blender, Autodesk Maya, 3ds Max, or Cinema 4D
- Experience with rendering engines such as Cycles, V-Ray, Corona, Arnold, Redshift, or similar
- Understanding of materials, textures, shaders, and rendering workflows
- Knowledge of Photoshop, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, or similar post-production tools is an advantage
- Familiarity with generative AI image/video tools is an advantage
- Basic knowledge of compositing and color correction is preferred
- Positive understanding of the complete 3D production pipeline
- Ability to understand visual references and reproduce the required lighting direction
- Strong observation and problem-solving skills
- Ability to handle multiple projects and revisions
- Good organizational and time-management skills
- Strong interest in CGI, cinematography, advertising, product visualization, and generative AI
- Willingness to continuously learn new lighting, rendering, and AI workflows

Portfolio Requirement

Candidates should submit a portfolio or showreel demonstrating work such as:

- 3D lighting
- Product lighting
- Photorealistic renders
- Cinematic lighting
- Interior or exterior lighting
- Studio lighting setups
- Day and night environments
- CGI advertising visuals
- Before-and-after lighting examples
- AI-assisted lighting or visual development work, if available

A strong portfolio demonstrating lighting quality, realism, composition, mood, and visual storytelling will be given preference.

About 3DTRIXS

3DTRIXS is a creative production company specializing in video production, animation, explainer videos, CGI, VFX, 3D services, and AI-powered visual content for brands and businesses across multiple industries.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: ₹25,000.00 - ₹80,000.00 per month

Benefits:

- Health insurance
- Provident Fund

Experience:

- Job : 2 years (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

📌 AI 3D Lighting Artist (Bengaluru)
🏢 3D TRIX
📍 Bengaluru