Senior Technical Artist

2 Months ago • 5 Years + • Technical Art

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior Technical Artist at Epic Games, you'll partner with art, design, and engineering teams to design, implement, and validate workflows, tools, and solutions for creators building experiences in Fortnite Creative and Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN). Responsibilities include consistently using tools to create content, supporting internal UEFN experiences, developing content guidelines, gathering feedback on features, and creating "How To" guides. You'll work with various teams (product design, publishing, etc.) and act as an ambassador for FN Creative and UEFN. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of experience in game development tools, focusing on technical art and interactive experiences; UEFN and Fortnite Creative experience is highly desirable. You'll be deeply involved in shaping the future of game development tools for a wide range of users.
Must have:
  • 5+ years game dev tools experience (technical art)
  • UEFN & Fortnite Creative experience (highly desirable)
  • Game editor tool development experience
  • End-user perspective assessment skills
  • Workflow development for optimization & performance
  • Experience working with various disciplines
  • Strong problem-solving & critical-thinking skills
Perks:
  • 100% premium coverage (Medical, Dental, Vision)
  • Long Term Disability & Life Insurance
  • 401k with competitive match
  • Mental well-being program
  • Unlimited PTO & 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

You’ve made games and sample games as a core of your career. You can create assets and scripts and pull together all the elements to stand up the prototype to communicate the vision. You’ve done this to help set the direction with both tools and games. You’ve developed a passion for the technical side of art, workflows, pipelines, texturing, modeling, characters, and VFX. In this role you’ll help to design and inform the development of tools for the metaverse with an artist's perspective. From in-game Creators to AAA developers you’ll ensure that users have an opportunity to contribute with whatever tool and capability they have. You’ll gather feedback and be open to testing your assumptions on the product design working with engineering, design, art, and community in developing a new generation of game development tools.

In this role, you will

  • Partner with the art, design, and engineering teams to design, implement and validate workflows, tools, and solutions to help creators build their experiences in FN Creative and UEFN.
  • Consistently exercise the tools and workflows to create content and experiences.
  • Directly support internal UEFN experiences and use those lessons to help inform future development of features and workflows for all creators.
  • Work with the team to develop guidelines on content development that allow for the highest quality content across multiple platforms.
  • Work with product design, publishing, partnerships, developer relations, and the community to gather feedback on existing features, as well as gather ideas for new features.
  • Actively create “How To” guides for our internal development, and for the community, to help disseminate best practices.
  • Act as an ambassador for FN Creative and UEFN, within Epic Games, as well as creator forums and Discord.

What we're looking for

  • 5 years of experience in games or game development tools with a focus in technical art implementing interactive experiences.
  • Experience with UEFN and Fortnite Creative is highly desirable.
  • Experience with developing game editor tools and/or in-game creation tools, such as Houdini, Maya, 3ds Max, Unreal Editor, Unity, or internal game development tools.
  • Ability to assess systems and features from an end-user perspective.
  • Ability to develop workflows with a strong focus in driving optimization and performance.
  • Experience working with a variety of disciplines.
  • Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
  • Ability to drive consensus with clever, thoughtful people.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.

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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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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