Technical Art Director

Epic Games is looking for a Technical Art Director to define the visual and technical direction of the next generation of mobile experiences. In this role, you will be the link between art and programming to deliver exceptional, performant, and fluid visuals across a wide range of devices. You will design tools, production processes, and rendering solutions, leading a team of technical artists to create beautiful, optimized, and scalable content in Unreal Engine.

Must Have

• Lead and mentor a team of technical artists
• Collaborate with art, design, and programming teams
• Develop and maintain material, lighting, and rendering processes
• Design tools and pipelines for efficient iteration
• Establish and enforce asset optimization standards
• Analyze, profile, and optimize content for performance
• Collaborate with gameplay, animation, and VFX teams
• Contribute to defining technical art best practices
• Proven experience in technical art direction for real-time mobile/multiplatform projects
• Excellent understanding of Unreal Engine rendering, materials, and profiling tools
• Strong technical expertise in shaders, lighting, performance optimization, asset validation
• Experience with lightweight and advanced rendering techniques
• Ability to develop tools for various visual styles
• Good knowledge of mobile GPU frameworks, memory constraints
• Excellent interdisciplinary collaboration and communication skills
• Ability to mentor and advance technical art teams
• Experience with Unreal Engine 5 next-gen rendering features

Perks & Benefits

• 100% paid social benefits for employees and dependents
• Additional coverage for medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine
• Life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, long-term disability insurance
• Weekly indemnity (short-term disability)
• Retirement savings plan with competitive employer contribution
• Employee assistance program
• Extensive mental wellness program through Modern Health (free therapy and coaching)

What we do

Propel your artistic talent within a world-class team of innovative and inspiring artists responsible for environment, characters, and design.

What you will do

Epic Games is looking for a Technical Art Director to define the visual and technical direction of the next generation of mobile experiences. In this role, you will be the link between art and programming to deliver exceptional, performant, and fluid visuals across a wide range of devices — from high-end platforms to mid-range smartphones. You will design tools, production processes, and rendering solutions allowing artists to create beautiful, optimized, and scalable content in Unreal Engine.

What you will be responsible for

• Lead and mentor a team of technical artists focused on creating optimized, high-quality visuals for mobile and cross-platform experiences; collaborate with art, design, and programming teams to find the right balance between visual fidelity, performance, and production efficiency.
• Develop and maintain material, lighting, and rendering processes to support both mobile and high-end platforms.
• Design tools and pipelines that promote efficient iteration and validation across a variety of device profiles.
• Establish and enforce standards for asset optimization, texture compression, and draw call management.
• Analyze, profile, and optimize content to ensure consistent performance and optimal scalability.
• Collaborate with gameplay, animation, and visual effects (VFX) teams to ensure visual elements support game readability and responsiveness.
• Contribute to defining technical art best practices applicable to multiple projects and visual styles.

What we are looking for

• Proven experience in technical art direction or supervision for real-time projects on mobile or multiplatform platforms.
• Excellent understanding of Unreal Engine's rendering process, materials, and profiling tools.
• Strong technical expertise in shaders, lighting, performance optimization, and asset validation.
• Experience with both lightweight and advanced rendering techniques (dynamic lighting, post-processing, material layering, and virtualized geometry).
• Ability to develop tools and production processes adapted to visual styles ranging from stylized to realistic.
• Good knowledge of mobile GPU software frameworks, memory constraints, and cross-platform performance considerations.
• Excellent interdisciplinary collaboration and communication skills.
• Ability to mentor and advance technical art teams by fostering creative and technical excellence.
• Experience with next-generation rendering features of Unreal Engine 5 (Lumen, Nanite, virtual shadow maps) and with strategies for adapting to different hardware performance levels.

Benefits

We pay 100% of the premiums associated with social benefits, for both employees and dependents, and offer additional coverage for medical, dental, and vision care, critical illness, telemedicine, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, and long-term disability insurance. We also offer weekly indemnity (short-term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer contribution. In addition to the employee assistance program, we offer an extensive mental wellness program through Modern Health, an organization that provides free therapy and coaching services to employees and dependents.