Level Design Intern

1 Week ago • Upto 1 Years • Level Design

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Level Design Intern at Epic Games, you'll collaborate with the Fortnite Battle Royale gameplay team to create engaging features and systems. Responsibilities include working with level designers and environment artists to understand successful Fortnite landmarks, designing visually appealing locations in Unreal Engine using modular kits, assisting in improving existing landmarks, attending playtests to provide feedback, and identifying solutions to gameplay challenges. The internship involves direct prop placement, lighting, and atmosphere design, requiring Unreal Engine experience and a passion for games, particularly battle royale and multiplayer titles. You'll need exceptional communication skills and the ability to adapt to feedback.
Must have:
  • Unreal Engine experience
  • Prop placement, lighting, mood design
  • Passion for games, BR & multiplayer knowledge
  • Exceptional communication skills
  • Fast learner, meets deadlines

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.

DESIGN

What We Do

Put your design skills to work at a cutting-edge company that challenges the norm. From character and level design to competitive gameplay and system design, help shape the future of interactive entertainment at Epic.

LEVEL DESIGN INTERN

What You'll Do

Epic Games is looking for a design intern to work with our gameplay team on Fortnite. In this role, you’ll be embedded with the Fortnite Battle Royale gameplay team, helping to create features and systems that delight players with fresh experiences. As an intern, you will work closely with the Gameplay Designers here at Epic, and be a part of a cross-discipline development team that owns the vision and drives to create innovative features and content which expand the Fortnite universe.

In this role, you will

  • Work closely with level designers and environment artists to learn what makes successful Fortnite landmarks and POIs
  • Work in the Unreal Engine using modular kits to design visually appealing and fun locations that follow gameplay rules
  • Assist other designers by helping improve existing landmarks and POIs
  • Attend playtests, provide feedback, and identify practical solutions to problems

What we're looking for

  • Unreal Engine experience is required
  • Direct involvement with prop placement, lighting, mood/atmosphere and design markup
  • Passion for games with a wide breadth of game knowledge
  • Strong interest in BR and multiplayer games with an understanding of what makes them work
  • Exceptional communication skills and the ability to take feedback and direction on assigned tasks
  • Fast learner who meets deadlines

This internship has a flexible start date in 2025. Recruitment will be ongoing until teams find an ideal match. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the posting location for the duration of the internship. For more information about Epic’s Early Career Program, visit . This is going to be Epic!

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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