Environment Art Lead

4 Months ago • 6-8 Years • Environment Art

Job Summary

Job Description

Epic Games seeks an experienced Environment Art Lead to collaborate with a team on Fortnite projects. Responsibilities include leading and collaborating with artists to create and maintain the game's environmental vision, working closely with the Art Director, conducting reviews, providing feedback, and collaborating with Design Leads. The role demands strong technical skills, creative thinking, leadership abilities, and a commitment to high-quality standards. This involves ideating and driving seasonal art direction, working with outsourcing partners, developing a team of artists and designers, implementing high-level art direction goals, ensuring narrative goals are met, providing constant feedback, and representing the Art Director in meetings. A deep understanding of Unreal Engine 5, various DCC tools, and game art creation principles is crucial.
Must have:
  • Strong understanding of environment art processes
  • Proven track record of creating innovative environments
  • Strong Unreal Engine (UE5) and DCC tool proficiency
  • Experience leading large art teams
  • Deep understanding of engaging player experience
Good to have:
  • Shipped games on multiple platforms (mobile a plus)
  • Experience with outsource partners
Perks:
  • 100% premium coverage for medical, dental, vision
  • Long-term disability, life insurance, 401k match
  • Mental well-being program
  • Unlimited PTO and sick time
  • Paid sabbatical after 7 years

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. You will lead and collaborate with multidisciplinary artists to create and maintain the Environmental vision for the game. You will need a balance of technical capability, creative thinking, and the strong ability to lead a team in the development of content for our POIs, Biomes, and prop sets. Working closely with the Environment Art Director, you’ll be responsible for maintaining the artistic direction of the world, conducting reviews, providing feedback to the team, collaborating with Design Leads, all while holding the highest quality standards.

In This Role, You Will

  • Be highly creative - ideate and help drive the Seasonal Art Direction forward
  • Work with Discipline Leads and Outsource partners to keep team momentum moving forward while you deliver engaging player experiences
  • Lead the development of a group of Environment Artists and Level Designers, helping identify great ideas as you steer 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

  • Required: An online portfolio of previous professional and personal work (please provide any needed passwords on your Resume)
  • You’re passionate, collaborative, innovative, and solutions-based. You’re humble, low ego, and know how to represent or rally a team with confidence. These traits equal success at Epic and influence all that we do
  • Strong understanding of the Environment Art processes for games; architecture, and the integration of natural and manmade environments (e.g. you have a proven track record of creating innovative environments that feel fresh but also have mass appeal)
  • Strong understanding of Unreal Engine (UE5) 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 external 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, mobile is a plus)
  • Understanding of performance and optimization, and you have 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 with an ability to mentor and promote continued growth; both professionally, and personally
  • A highly organized individual who has experience working with Production to appropriately scope tasks

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. We pay 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents. Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and company-wide paid breaks. We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical.

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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