Texture Artist

2 Months ago • All levels • Concept Art • $109,322 PA - $200,423 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Epic Games seeks an Environment Texture Artist to collaborate with Disney on a new games and entertainment universe. Responsibilities include creating high-quality textures and materials for environments, props, and foliage using provided concept art and reference photos. The role requires collaboration with art directors and the environment team, providing and receiving feedback. Experience with stylized textures in a PBR setting is crucial, with the ability to adapt to photorealistic work as needed. The candidate will contribute to the overall visual style, optimizing textures for various platforms while maintaining quality. This involves working with various teams and contributing to efficient workflows.
Must have:
  • AAA game experience (console, PC, mobile)
  • Strong portfolio showcasing game textures and shading
  • PBR lighting and stylized texturing expertise
  • Substance Painter/Designer & Photoshop proficiency
  • UE material creation and editing
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Good to have:
  • Complex shader knowledge
  • Experience with hand-painted textures and trim sheets

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

The Walt Disney Company and Epic Games are collaborating on an all-new games and entertainment universe.

In addition to being a world-class games experience, this new persistent universe will offer a multitude of opportunities for consumers to play, watch, and engage with content, characters, and stories from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, Avatar, and more. 

Players, gamers, and fans of all kinds will be able to create their own stories and experiences, express their fandom in a distinctly Disney way, and share content with each other in ways that they love. Come join us in creating the future of interactive entertainment. 

Epic Games is searching for an Environment Texture Artist to work on several initiatives as part of our collaboration with Disney. You will work directly with a world-class art team to help create exciting and compelling environments that will invite the player to discover and explore. In this role you will create top-quality textures and materials for use in gameplay, cinematics, and marketing material. We are looking for a candidate who has experience with stylized textures and materials in a PBR setting. You will have the opportunity to contribute to the visual style of the environment as part of building a rich and engaging interactive world.

In this role, you will

  • Create textures and materials for environment assets, props and foliage based on concept art and reference photos
  • Collaborate with the Art Director and the environment team, and be able to give and receive feedback
  • Texture environments in a variety of styles. You will primarily be working with stylized environments and props, but should be comfortable doing photo-realistic work when needed
  • Build materials and develop the look and surface quality of environments in different styles
  • Work with teams across different disciplines creating content for multiple platforms
  • Be forward-thinking and have the ability to help the team define and shape proficient pipeline workflows

What we're looking for

  • Experience working on AAA games for console, PC, and/or mobile, including a strong reel/portfolio showing executed game textures and shading
  • Intimate knowledge of color theory, PBR lighting, and stylized texturing techniques
  • Experience with custom hand painted textures, trim sheets and repeating textures
  • Technical expertise in baking maps for low poly models to create mobile-friendly assets
  • Expert proficiency in Substance Painter/Designer and Photoshop
  • Experience creating and editing materials in UE
  • Understanding of memory and performance constraints, optimizing textures while maintaining high quality
  • Excellent communicator and collaborator with strong understanding of real time workflows and upstream/downstream dependencies
  • Complex, technical shader knowledge and background is a plus

This role is open to multiple locations across the US (including CA, NYC, & WA).

Pay Transparency Information

The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors, which include (but aren’t limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic’s generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).

New York City Base Pay Range
$136,652$200,423 USD
California Base Pay Range
$120,254$176,373 USD
Washington Base Pay Range
$109,322$160,339 USD

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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About The Company

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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