Senior Texture Artist

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 searching for a Senior Texture Artist to join our team working on Fortnite. In this role you will create top-quality textures and materials for use in gameplay, cinematics, and marketing material. You will primarily be working in the stylized realm, but should be comfortable doing photo-realistic work when needed.

In this role, you will

• Create textures and materials for characters, on occasion will work on additional assets such as backpacks and pickaxes based on concept art or reference photos
• Collaborate with the art director and the leads, be able to give and receive feedback
• Work in a clean and efficient manner within a team environment
• Be forward-thinking and have the ability to help the team refine our technical pipelines so we can continue to push the boundaries of real-time character performance

What we're looking for

• Ability to create appealing textures for characters and other assets to bring life to the worlds we are creating in a wide range of styles
• Possess Intimate knowledge of color theory, PBR lighting, and stylized texturing techniques
• Expert Knowledge of Substance Painter or similar
• Good understanding and the ability to create new materials in UE4 or similar
• Ability to adapt to and innovate new styles and techniques
• Strong organic texturing skills (human faces, clothing, believable creatures)
• Strong hard-surface texturing skills (armor, weapons)

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).