FX Artist

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 FX Artist to join our team working on Rocket League. A successful candidate should have a strong sense of dramatic effects and an understanding of how to recreate them in a real-time particle editor. They will be first and foremost a team player, while also having the ability to be self-motivated and work autonomously. If you have a strong sense of weight, timing, motion, and you demonstrate technical aptitude with Materials and Logic, then we are ready for you to bring those abilities to execute outstanding FX in our games.
In this role, you will
• Execute outstanding effects for our games by bringing dramatic effects to life
• Create all art needed for the visual effects, including FX concept, prototype, and final FX
• Execute across a range of visual effects styles from realistic to stylized
What we're looking for
• Must have a strong reel/portfolio showing executed Real-Time FX work
• Experience with Unreal is preferred
• You have a critical eye for the timing, animation, and motion of real-world objects and visual FX with an ability to bring dramatic FX to life with flair
• Ability to create all art needed for the FX
• Desire to work with a team, share knowledge, and grow together
• Shipped multiple titles within the game industry
• Strong desire to learn new techniques, and grow tools and pipeline
• Experience working on a live-service game is a plus
This role is open to multiple locations in North America (including CA & WA).

Pay Transparency Information
The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors, which include (but aren't limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic's generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).
EPIC GAMES + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE
We pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program), we also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.
California Base Pay Range
$120,254 — $176,373 USD
Washington Base Pay Range
$109,322 — $160,339 USD

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