Company: Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Location: Vancouver, B.C.
This course introduces students to the principles and workflows of lighting within Unreal Engine, with an emphasis on real-time production pipelines used in animation. Students explore the aesthetics and technical aspects of lighting through pipeline integration and performance optimization. Through hands-on projects, students apply industry best practices such as scene organization, asset integration, and collaborative pipeline strategies.
We are a strong community of outstanding, socially responsible, talented faculty, staff, and administrators. We offer jobs opportunities to engage in challenging work and exciting collaborations with Emily Carr’s local, national, and international partners in the art and design world.
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent professional experience in a related field
- Minimum 5+ years animation industry experience.
- Experience with teaching, supervising, mentoring and independent film production.
- Effective communication and organizational skills
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate and openness to team-teaching
- Fluency in contemporary Animation and in balancing the conceptual, aesthetic, and technical demands of the discipline.
- Ability to effectively engage students in multicultural and multilingual classrooms
- Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in teaching through an awareness of inclusive, anti-racist, and decolonial pedagogies.
- Lighting aesthetics and lighting methods and workflows in Unreal Engine.
- 3D asset preparation, scene building and organization for Unreal integration.
- Asset integration from various softwares into Unreal.
- Best practices for creating real-time lighting and rendering production pipelines.
- A strong portfolio of work demonstrating creative and conceptual rigor, supported by professional experience in the field, such as contributions to media productions (in-house and released).
- Evidence of scholarly, creative, or professional contributions to the field through research, publications, teaching, or innovative practices.
- Familiarity with historical and contemporary Animation (general or specific).
- Familiarity with contemporary animation/media methodologies and interdisciplinary approaches that integrate animation interests.
- Ability to teach through multiple aspects of production.
- Proficiency in relevant techniques, processes, material practices, digital tools, or specialized media.
ABOUT EMILY CARR UNIVERSITY
Emily Carr University of Art + Design, established in 1925, is a world-renowned learning and research community located on unceded, traditional and ancestral xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) territories in Vancouver, Canada.
Encouraging experimentation at the intersection of art, design, media and technology, our teaching and learning community merges studio practice, research creation, and critical scholarship in an interdisciplinary and collaborative environment. Alumni and faculty are internationally recognized as award-winning creators and thought leaders who have significant impact in 21st-century cultural production and cultural sustainability. We engage students, industry, and society to explore continuously and think differently about creativity and how it shapes our world. ECU attracts more than 1800 students, with a diverse student body that welcomes people from more than 50 countries to our undergraduate and graduate programs.
We have four university faculties (Audain Faculty of Art, Faculty of Culture + Community, Ian Gillespie Faculty of Design + Dynamic Media, and Jake Kerr Faculty of Graduate Studies) which, together with the Aboriginal Gathering Place, Ron Burnett Library + Learning Commons, Shumka Centre for Creative Entrepreneurship, Libby Leshgold Gallery, READ Books, and the research centres and workshops in our new state-of-the-art, custom-built campus, offer vibrant and robust conditions for the development of practice-based and practice-led research and education.
Applications should include:
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- a cover letter;
- a current curriculum vitae;
- a teaching statement;
- a portfolio (12–15 images of current work).
Applications will be reviewed by a selection committee for each program area; selected applicants (who are new to Emily Carr) will be contacted for interviews.