Lead Technical 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 Lead Tech Artists to join our team working on Fortnite. A successful candidate should have a broad knowledge of art creation for games. They should understand modeling, texturing and animation fundamentals. They should be able to combine geometry, materials, effects and UE4/UE5 Blueprints to create complex art. They should be able to work with other developers to ship cosmetics, gameplay and engine features.

In this role, you will
• Create complex materials for characters, weapons and environments
• Establish workflows and tools for other artists to utilize when making unique assets
• Execute on a range of visual effects styles from realistic to stylized
• Work with engineers and artists to optimize content for many platforms
• Own gameplay and engine features from the technical art side maintaining the high quality bar for Fortnite

What we're looking for
• Desire to lead / work with a team and own features from inception to ship
• You're a go-to resource for complex material logic, PBR material standards and organization
• Enthusiastic about in-game performance; making art efficient and forward thinking
• Mastery of UE4/UE5 and related art pipelines
• Very strong technical and logic skills surrounding Blueprints / Scripting
• Abilities in secondary areas such as modeling, skinning, animation, or lighting
• Desire to work with a team, supporting other content creators such as modelers, VFX artists
• Must have a strong reel/portfolio showing executed game tech art
• Desire and knowledge of how to push Unreal Engine further

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-d2m2v6-3-145-16-90-42 in your application.