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Intern - Technical Art

Epic Games

Manchester, United Kingdom 6 days ago
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  • Internship
  • Entry (0-2 years) Experience
Job Description
ENGINEERING - GAMES

What We Do

Unreal projects have been leading the pack of real-time entertainment with our constantly growing team of engineering experts. We're always improving on the tools and technology that empower content developers worldwide.

TECHNICAL ART INTERN

What You'll Do

We are looking for a Technical Artist Intern to join us on the MetaHuman Art team. As part of the Art team, you will interact with our team of experienced artists and engineers as we continue to develop our character technology. You will work with your lead to help support internal projects which will improve the visual fidelity of digital characters in Unreal Engine.

In this role, you will
• Help improve MetaHuman materials and textures
• Support R&D initiatives centered around digital humans
• Build tools to support our art team
• Work on profiling and improving performance of MetaHumans across target platforms

What we're looking for
• Experience with Unreal Engine 5 using Material Graph and Blueprints
• Experience using DCCs such as Substance Designer, Houdini and Maya
• Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python
• Passionate about creating optimized real-time characters
• Self-motivated and excellent communication skills to positively collaborate with our multidisciplinary team

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-d8y2wq-18-217-108-107-42 in your application.

Company Profile
Epic Games

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 also adopted across industries such as film and television, architecture, automotive, manufacturing, and simulation.