Senior FX Artist

7 Months ago • 4-8 Years • VFX

Job Summary

Job Description

Epic Games seeks a Senior FX Artist to join its Fortnite ART and FX team in Shanghai, China. Responsibilities include executing outstanding game effects, creating all necessary visual effects art (from concept to final FX), and working with diverse styles (realistic to stylized). The ideal candidate will have a strong reel showcasing shipped game FX work across multiple titles, a keen eye for timing and motion, and proficiency in creating all art assets for FX. Additional skills in modeling, skinning, animation, or lighting are beneficial, as is experience with Unreal Engine's art pipeline, including scripting (Blueprint, Python). The role demands collaboration, a desire to push technical boundaries, and experience managing multi-platform memory limitations.
Must have:
  • Strong FX reel/portfolio with multiple shipped titles
  • Exceptional eye for timing, animation, and motion of FX
  • Ability to create all art assets for visual effects
  • Unreal Engine pipeline experience and scripting (Blueprint, Python)
  • Experience with multi-platform memory limitations
Good to have:
  • Skills in modeling, skinning, animation, or lighting
  • Desire to push effects and editing tools
Perks:
  • 100% premium coverage for company benefits (medical, dental, vision, etc.)
  • Robust mental well-being program
  • Collaborative and creative work environment

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 Games is looking for a Senior FX Artist to join our Fortnite ART and FX team.

In this role, you will

  • Execute outstanding effects for our games by bringing dramatic effects to life
  • Ability to create all art needed for the visual effects, including FX concept, proto and final FX
  • Execute on a range of visual effects styles from realistic to stylized

What we're looking for

  • Must have a strong reel/portfolio showing executed game FX work and have shipped multiple titles within the game industry
  • You have a critical eye for the timing, animation, and motion of real world objects and visual FX with an ability to bring dramatic FX to life with flair
  • Ability to create all art needed for the FX
  • Abilities in secondary areas such as modeling, skinning, animation, or lighting 
  • Desire and knowledge of how to push our effects and editing tools further
  • Desire to work with a team. Share knowledge and grow together
  • Strong willingness and desire to work collaboratively
  • Experience working with multiple platforms memory limitations
  • Familiarity with the Unreal Engine art pipeline including Scripting experience in Blueprint, Python, Etc
  • Strong desire to learn new techniques, and grow tools and pipeline

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

In addition to any statutory benefits requirements, we pay 100% of the premiums associated with our Company benefits plans, including (where applicable) for both employees and dependents covered by the benefits plan. Our current Company benefits package includes private medical insurance, dental, vision, critical illness, and life and AD&D. 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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