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

The Art Director will lead and collaborate with multidisciplinary artists - to help create and maintain Epic's vision. This person will have a balance of creative thinking and a strong ability to lead a team in developing content for our various projects. By working closely with the Product Art Director you will be accountable for identifying and communicating a high-quality visual style, you will also develop a team of artists and coach them to do the same.

In this role, you will
• Be highly creative. Imagine and communicate your vision to the team to develop new content that players will love
• Help Epic push the visual envelope by creating stunning and inspiring characters
• Direct and mentor a worldwide team of artists; delivering effective feedback across all art disciplines - modeling, animation, etc
• Interpret the needs of all development disciplines such as design and engineering into amazing final artwork
• Collaborate with the Product and IP teams on themes and cosmetic sets
• Deliver effective feedback across all art disciplines - modeling, animation, etc
• Create and iterate unique and stunning designs within a determined production schedule

What we're looking for
• Experience as an art director in a game studio
• A Deep understanding of the game development process and art disciplines
• Strong understanding of art fundamentals, multiple art styles, anatomy, appeal
• Experience designing characters of a wide variety and broad appeal
• Strong understanding of color theory and how color affects mood & focal points - with a focus on modern fashion-forward aesthetics
• Excellent verbal, written, and visual communication skills & experience with effective feedback for outsourcing and contractors
• Strong leadership skills in order to lead a large number of people toward a singular vision
• Experience directing and supporting artists across multiple disciplines
• The ability to adapt to and innovate new styles and techniques
• Strong collaborative nature to partner with senior art directors and discipline leads

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-re6qy7-3-142-135-127-42 in your application.