Intern - Game Design

Job Description

DESIGN

What We Do

Put your design skills to work at a cutting-edge company that challenges the norm. From character and level design to competitive gameplay and system design, help shape the future of interactive entertainment at Epic.

GAME DESIGN INTERN

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 looking for a design intern to work with our gameplay team on a new game project. In this role, you'll be embedded with the gameplay team, helping to create features and systems that delight players with fresh experiences. As an intern, you will work closely with the Gameplay Designers here at Epic and be a part of a cross-discipline development team that owns the vision and drives to create innovative features and content that expand the Fortnite universe.

In this role, you will
• Work with Gameplay designers to learn and create an Epic action game
• Work in the UEFN and the Unreal Engine to implement your designs in close collaboration with programmers, animators, VFX, sound artists and others
• Participate in iterative prototyping, both paper-based and in-game
• Attend playtests, provide feedback, and identify practical solutions to problems

What we're looking for
• Finished student projects or indie games with experience through the entire development cycle
• Passion for games with a wide breadth of game knowledge
• Strong interest in multiplayer games with an understanding of what makes them successful
• Exceptional communication skills and the ability to take feedback and direction on assigned tasks
• Some experience in scripting with items worked on in a completed project
• Unreal Engine and UEFN experience is required

This internship has a flexible start date in 2025. Recruitment will be ongoing until teams find an ideal match. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the posting location for the duration of the internship. For more information about Epic's Early Career Program, visit epicgames.com/earlycareers.

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 here.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r13vpv-3-145-38-67-42 in your application.