Art Director

Job Description

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 is looking for a seasoned Art Director to join our growing team on Fortnite. This Art Director will lead and collaborate with multidisciplinary artists, programmers, and designers to help create the future vision of Fortnite. This person will have experience guiding a high-level vision. You will harness a balance of creative thinking with a strong ability to partner and lead teams in developing content for our various projects. By working closely with the Senior Director of Art you will be accountable for identifying and communicating a high-quality visual style. You will also develop a seasonal vision and execute that vision with a team of artists and coach them to do the same.

In this role, you will
• Be highly creative; Imagine and communicate vision to leadership and the team to develop new content that players will love
• Collaborate with multiple teams, including Design, Programming, and Production to develop world-class player experiences and interpret the needs of all development disciplines into final artwork
• Deliver effective feedback across all art disciplines - concept, modeling, environment, tech art, lighting, VFX, etc.
• Collaborate with the teams to identify great ideas and steer them through the pipeline
• Filter multiple sources of analysis and feedback into visual direction for creating new art
• Think strategically about art and how it informs the player experience
• Work within the style of our projects with an eye towards driving the Fortnite brand forward

What we're looking for
• Experience defining and shipping a product-level vision
• Strong desire to partner with disciplines outside of Art to create a unified vision
• Clear understanding and value of art team roles in the player experience
• Experience as a product-level Art Director in a game studio with a deep understanding of art disciplines and their workflows
• Strong understanding of art fundamentals, multiple art styles, anatomy, appeal, and storytelling
• Experience supporting and directing artists across multiple disciplines
• The ability to adapt to and innovate on new styles and techniques
• Strong collaborative nature to partner with art directors, other discipline leads, and production
• Strong leadership skills, with an expectation to guide large teams toward a shared vision
• Experience with effective feedback for outsourcing and contractors

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-gk4634-18-216-97-229-42 in your application.