Lead Environment Artist

3 Months ago • 6-8 Years • Environment Art

Job Summary

Job Description

Epic Games seeks an experienced Environment Art Lead to work on Fortnite. The Lead will guide a team of environment artists and level designers, overseeing the creation and maintenance of game environments, including POIs, biomes, and prop sets. Responsibilities include maintaining artistic direction, conducting reviews, providing feedback, collaborating with Design Leads, and ensuring high-quality standards. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills, a deep understanding of Unreal Engine and DCC tools, and experience managing large art development teams. They should be highly creative, possess a strong understanding of art fundamentals, and be able to implement the high-level goals of Environment Art Direction. The role requires collaborating with internal and external teams to deliver engaging player experiences, optimizing asset reuse, and ensuring alignment with core narrative goals and visual pillars.
Must have:
  • Strong understanding of Environment Art processes
  • Proficient in Unreal Engine and DCC tools
  • Experience leading large art teams
  • Excellent communication & collaboration skills
  • Deep understanding of game art fundamentals
Good to have:
  • Shipped games on multiple platforms (including mobile)
  • Experience with outsourcing partners
Perks:
  • 100% employer-paid benefits (medical, dental, life insurance)
  • Daily meal vouchers
  • Commuter benefits

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 an experienced Environment Art Lead to work with our environment team on projects under the Fortnite IP. The Environment Art Lead will lead and collaborate with multidisciplinary artists to create and maintain the Environment vision for the game. You’ll have a balance of technical capability, creative thinking, and a strong ability to lead a team in developing content for our POIs, Biomes, and prop sets. Working closely with the Environment Art Director, you are responsible for: maintaining the artistic direction of the world, conducting reviews, providing feedback to the team, and collaborating with Design Leads, while holding the highest quality standards.

In this role, you will

  • Be highly creative - ideate and help drive the Seasonal Art Direction forward Represent the Art Director when necessary in meetings and discussions
  • Work with Discipline Leads and Outsource partners to keep team momentum, and deliver engaging player experiences
  • Lead development of a group of Environment Artists and Level Designers, helping identify great ideas and steering them through the production pipeline
  • Implement the high-level goals of Environment Art Direction; help guide artists and implementation toward shipping
  • Ensure the core narrative goals and visual pillars of the game are being achieved
  • In conjunction with the Art Director, deliver constant feedback to a fast moving team
  • Represent the Art Director when necessary in meetings and discussions

What we're looking for

  • You’re passionate, collaborative, innovative, and solutions-based; you’re humble, low ego, and know how to represent or rally the team with confidence. These traits can equal success at Epic and influence all that we do
  • Strong understanding of Environment Art processes for games, architecture, integration of natural and manmade environments (e.g. You have a proven record of creating innovative environments that feel fresh but also have mass appeal)
  • Strong understanding of Unreal Engine, and a variety of DCC tools, not limited to but including various 3D packages, Substance Designer and Painter, Zbrush
  • Experience working with internal concept and development teams, whether local, remote, or vendors. The ability to receive, deliver, and implement clear feedback is a must
  • Experience working with both Level and Game Designers around core game loops
  • Deep understanding of what makes for an engaging player experience (Bonus: You’ve shipped games on multiple platforms, including mobile is a plus)
  • Understanding of performance and optimization, and smart approaches to maximizing asset reuse to deliver an optimal experience at a high level of finish
  • Deep knowledge of the technical aspects of game art creation - You will need a strong understanding of art fundamentals, lighting, composition, art styles, and color theory
  • Experience as a Lead overseeing a large art development team, including an ability to mentor, and promote an environment of continued growth, both professionally and personally
  • A highly organized individual, with experience working with Production to appropriately scope tasks

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits for both employees (EEs) and dependents (deps). Our current benefits package includes coverage for medical, dental, and life insurance. We also offer supplemental benefits including daily meal vouchers, and commuter benefits for onsite employees.

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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