3D Art Lead

1 Month ago • 5-10 Years • Technical Art

Job Summary

Job Description

As a 3D Art Lead at Epic Games, you'll partner with art, design, and engineering teams to deliver exceptional experiences within Unreal Engine Fortnite Creative (UEFN). Responsibilities include directing content creation, supporting internal UEFN projects, developing content guidelines, creating 'How To' guides for internal and community use, providing feedback on Unreal Editor improvements, and nurturing both internal and external artist teams. You'll leverage cutting-edge UEFN features, work closely with a multidisciplinary team, and contribute to the evolution of game development tools. Extensive experience in game development and proficiency in 3D DCC applications are crucial.
Must have:
  • 5-10 years game dev experience
  • Unreal Editor expertise
  • Proficiency in 3D DCC apps (Blender, Maya, 3DS Max)
  • ZBrush, Marmoset, Substance experience
  • Lead/individual contributor experience
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Excellent communication skills
Good to have:
  • UEFN and Fortnite Creative knowledge
  • Houdini experience
Perks:
  • 100% benefits coverage (except PMI for dependents)
  • Pension
  • Private medical insurance
  • Health care cash plan
  • Dental insurance
  • Disability and life insurance
  • Critical illness coverage
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Flu shots
  • Health checks
  • Meals
  • Mental well-being program

Job Details

WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

ART

What We Do

Push your artistic talent to the limit on a team of world-class environment, character and concept artists who strive to innovate and inspire.

What You'll Do

You’ve made games, across a variety of genres, as a core of your career. You are skilled at creating world class 3d assets as an individual contributor, and have led internal and external teams of artists. You have a keen interest in building experiences from scratch, with excitement for growing an idea from a seed, visually developing it to a high standard and then realizing that vision in-engine. You have developed a passion for modeling, texturing, environments, characters, weapons, vehicles, lighting, VFX and all the latest tools and techniques to facilitate the creative process. In this role you will be working closely with a small multidisciplinary team to build full fledged experiences using cutting edge features of UEFN. You’ll gather feedback and be open to testing your assumptions on the product design working with engineering, design, art, and community in developing a new generation of game development tools.

In this role, you will

  • Partner with the art, design, and engineering teams to deliver world class experiences in UEFN. Consistently exercise the tools and workflows to create content and experiences
  • Directly support internal UEFN experiences and use those lessons to help inform future development of features and workflows for all creators
  • Work with the team to develop guidelines on content development that allows for the highest quality content across multiple platforms
  • Actively create “How To” guides for our internal development, and for the community, to help disseminate best practices
  • Provide thoughtful and detailed feedback on ways we can improve Unreal Editor for Fortnite (and Unreal Engine) in order to facilitate workflows for creators
  • Be flexible and proactive when working with tools in development, using out of the box thinking to sidestep limitations - while also feeding back to the wider team to help remove these limitations for the future
  • Nurturing and supporting an internal team of artists and vendor teams to help them achieve their goals and the expected level of quality for Epic Games

What we're looking for

  • 5-10 years of experience in games is highly preferred as an individual contributor or in a lead capacity
  • Experience with Unreal Editor is required
  • Knowledge of UEFN and Fortnite Creative is a plus
  • Experience with core 3D DCC applications such as Blender or Maya or 3DS Max is required
  • Experience with ZBrush, Marmoset Toolbag, Substance, is required and knowledge of Houdini is a plus
  • Ability to assess systems and features from an end-user perspective
  • Experience working with a variety of art disciplines
  • Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills
  • Ability to drive consensus with clever, thoughtful people
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits except for PMI (for dependents). Our current benefits package includes pension, private medical insurance, health care cash plan, dental insurance, disability and life insurance, critical illness, cycle to work scheme, flu shots, health checks, and meals. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.                         

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy .

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found .

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Founded in 1991, Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology. Epic operates Fortnite, one of the world’s largest games with over 350 million accounts and 2.5 billion friend connections. Epic also develops Unreal Engine, which powers the world’s leading games and is adopted across industries such as film and television, architecture, automotive, manufacturing, and simulation. Through Unreal Engine, Epic Games Store, and Epic Online Services, Epic provides an end-to-end digital ecosystem for developers and creators to build, distribute, and operate games and other content. Epic has over 40 offices worldwide with headquarters in Cary, North Carolina.

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