Job Description
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 Games is searching for a highly talented and creative Senior Environment Artist to join our team in building memorable environment assets and props for our collaboration with Disney. The ideal candidate will have a strong artistic ability, bringing with them a solid understanding of form, function, detail, and the ability to interpret concept art, plus the technical skills to bring their work to life in Unreal Engine 5. We are looking for versatile artists who can build ideally both organic and hard surface assets. Push your artistic talent to the limit on a team of world-class environment, character, and concept artists who strive to innovate and inspire.
In this role, you will
- Own and deliver large and complex areas of game environments
- Model and texture a wide variety of props/assets, adhering to the art direction of the game while considering technical constraints
- Creatively model from rudimentary or unfinished concepts, showing an understanding of the goals of the design, to final, production-ready models
- Create solid, high-fidelity textures of any given surface
- Some environment layout in-engine, but primarily a DCC-driven role
- Be a major driver and voice in cross-discipline visual development
- Scope, plan, and time cost out deliverables and create documentation to support visual direction
What we're looking for
- At least 3 published titles and a strong portfolio displaying environment work across AAA, large-scale games
- Highly skilled in relevant software; 3DS Max, Maya, Photoshop, Zbrush, Substance, etc
- Strong experience with Unreal Engine preferred; proprietary or Unity experience is acceptable
- Proven experience in full-game development cycles from concept to fruition
- Technical expertise in low poly modeling and baking to create mobile-friendly assets
- Great texturing skills and experience with PBR & materials
- Knowledge of real-time engine budgets and optimizations
- Ability to take 2D concept art to completion
- Ability to provide feedback to outsourcers
- Complex, technical shader knowledge is a plus
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 here.
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