Character Art Director

2 Months ago • 8 Years + • Concept Art

Job Summary

Job Description

Epic Games seeks a Character Cosmetics Art Director for Fortnite. This leader will collaborate with multidisciplinary artists, establishing and maintaining Epic's visual vision. Responsibilities include directing and mentoring a global team, providing feedback across art disciplines (modeling, animation), interpreting development needs into artwork, collaborating with product and IP teams on themes, creating unique designs within schedules, and ensuring high-quality visual style. The ideal candidate possesses extensive art direction experience with a character design background, strong understanding of 2D/3D processes, game development, art fundamentals, and multiple art styles. Leadership, communication, and collaboration skills are crucial.
Must have:
  • Art Direction experience with character design background
  • Strong understanding of 2D/3D game development processes
  • Proficient in art fundamentals, multiple art styles, anatomy
  • Excellent communication & leadership skills
  • Experience directing and mentoring artists
Good to have:
  • Experience with outsourcing and contractors
  • Understanding of modern fashion-forward aesthetics
Perks:
  • 100% employer-paid benefits for employees and dependents
  • Supplemental medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
  • Robust mental well-being program
  • Retirement savings plan with employer match

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

Epic is looking for a Character Cosmetics Art Director to join our growing team on Fortnite. This person will lead and collaborate with multidisciplinary artists to help create and maintain Epic's vision. This person will have a balance of creative thinking and a strong ability to lead a team in developing content for our various projects. By working closely with the Senior Art Director, you will be accountable for identifying and communicating a high-quality visual style, as well as developing a team of artists and coaching them to do the same.

In this role, you will

  • Be highly creative. Imagine and communicate your vision to the team to develop new content that players will love
  • Help Epic push the visual envelope by creating stunning and inspiring characters
  • Direct and mentor a worldwide team of artists; delivering effective feedback across all art disciplines - modeling, animation, etc.
  • Interpret the needs of all development disciplines such as design and programming into amazing final artwork
  • Collaborate with the Product and IP teams on themes and cosmetic sets
  • Deliver effective feedback across all art disciplines - modeling, animation, etc.
  • Create and iterate unique and stunning designs within a determined production schedule

What we're looking for

  • Experience as an Art Director with a character design background and understanding of the 2D and 3D process in a game studio
  • A deep understanding of the game development process and art disciplines
  • Strong understanding of art fundamentals, multiple art styles, anatomy, appeal
  • Experience designing characters of a wide variety and broad appeal
  • Strong understanding of color theory and how color affects mood & focal points - with a focus on modern fashion-forward aesthetics
  • Excellent verbal, written, and visual communication skills & experience with effective feedback for outsourcing and contractors
  • Strong leadership skills in order to lead a large number of people toward a singular vision
  • Experience directing and supporting artists across multiple disciplines
  • The ability to adapt to and innovate new styles and techniques
  • Strong collaborative nature to partner with senior art directors and discipline leads

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program), 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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