Character Concept Outsource Lead (IP)

1 Month ago • 4-8 Years • Concept Art

Job Summary

Job Description

Epic Games seeks a Character Concept Outsource Lead to shape the future of Fortnite. This role involves supervising creative content from outsource partners, providing feedback, and ensuring high-quality concept art. Responsibilities include collaborating with internal teams, documenting pipelines, creating reference materials, and communicating effectively with external vendors. Some hands-on art production may be required. The ideal candidate has AAA game experience in a senior/lead concept artist role, experience managing outsource partnerships, and a strong portfolio showcasing various styles. Strong communication and organizational skills are essential.
Must have:
  • AAA game experience in Senior/Lead Concept Artist role
  • Experience managing outsource partnerships
  • Strong portfolio demonstrating range of styles
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills
  • Understanding of other game art disciplines
Good to have:
  • Fluency in Chinese, German, Spanish, Italian, or Russian
Perks:
  • 100% employer-paid benefits for employees and dependents
  • Supplemental medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
  • Retirement savings plan with employer match
  • 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

Epic is looking for a talented Character Concept Outsource Lead to help us continue shaping the future of Fortnite. We are searching for an experienced artist to support and supervise creative content provided by outsource partners. Reporting to the individual Art team lead and working with the Outsource Manager, the Concept Outsource Lead will provide front-line creative feedback for work submitted for Epic review. Though the role will be mainly supervisory, we are looking for an experienced Concept Artist with a solid hands-on art background who has worked in game studio pipelines before. The ideal candidate would be a talented artist who is able to communicate with outsource partners, including documenting existing pipelines, collecting or creating quality bar and technical example assets, collecting photo references, creating mood boards, creating paint overs, and finally collaborating with other teams at Epic to ensure that concept art is of the highest quality and adequately supports the needs of those teams and the project.

In this role, you will

  • Work closely with the individual Art Leads, Outsource Manager(s), and artists on the team to support external vendors
  • Collect or generate detailed documentation, video reference, and examples of art asset production, procedures, and engine requirements to support the external vendors
  • If required, make any needed fixes to keep assets consistent and technically game-ready as they’re handed off from the outsource partner
  • Clearly communicate feedback to the outsource partner, ensure those creative notes and goals are met, and inform leadership in the event that isn’t happening
  • Communicate and partner with internal Epic art staff to ensure that outsource concept art is clear and respects limitations from other disciplines
  • When required, some amount of hands-on art production to deliver concepts for the project, ensuring they are familiar with and capable working alongside other Epic artists

What we're looking for

  • Worked on at least one AAA game in a Senior/Lead Concept Artist role
  • Experience working with intellectual properties
  • Experience working with and managing outsource partnerships
  • A portfolio that demonstrates a range of styles, creativity, and craftsmanship
  • Effective communicator, collaborator, and problem solver able to coordinate between internal and external teams and deliver clear and concise feedback
  • Excellent organizational skills and ability to accurately estimate tasks and maintain schedules
  • Understanding of other game art disciplines, their workflows, and limitations (animation, character, environment, VFX)
  • A PLUS - Fluency in a language other than English, including Chinese, German, Spanish, Italian, or Russian

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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