Lead Technical Artist

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.
Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.
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
EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. We pay 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents. Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and company-wide paid breaks. We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical.
ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 19 countries with 55 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we’ve been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic’s award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.
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