FX Outsource Lead Position Available In Wake, North Carolina

FX Outsource Lead (R26501)
Department
Art & Animation
Location
Cary, United States
Product
Fortnite
Company
Epic Games
Requisition ID
R26501
WHAT

MAKES US EPIC?

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 Games is searching for an experienced FX Outsourcing Lead to support and supervise creative content provided by outsourced partners. Reporting to the individual art lead(s) and working with the Outsource Manager, the Outsource Lead will provide front-line creative feedback for work submitted to Epic for review. Though the role will be mainly supervisory, the individual should be an experienced artist; having worked in game studio pipelines before, with a solid hands-on art background demonstrated by their portfolio. The ideal candidate would be a talented artist who demonstrates concise, clear communication skills and is able to execute a variety of daily tasks, including; documenting existing pipelines, collecting and/or creating a quality bar and technical example assets, collecting photo references, creating asset block-outs, creating simple block out paintovers, and finally, packaging all files to send off to the external outsourced partners. Based on experience the candidate would be comfortable making artistic and technical decisions regarding construction of FX assets, as well as debugging, solving problems and optimizing.
In this role, you will
Work closely with the individual Epic Art Leads, Outsource Manager(s), and other artists on the team to ensure assets have all the information they need before being sent out to outsourced partners
Collect or generate detailed documentation, video references, and examples of art asset production, procedures, and engine requirements to support outsourced partners.
If required, make any needed fixes to assets received from external partners to ensure they’re consistent and ‘technically’ game-ready
Clearly communicate feedback to outsourced partners, and ensure all feedback is implemented successfully
Communicate with high-level Epic leadership in the event that goals are not being reached
Partner with internal Art staff to ensure assets received from outsource partners are ingested into the pipeline and engine correctly
When necessary, execute hands-on art production, deliver assets to external partners, provide bug support and triage, and facilitate any final polish on art assets that have been received by the outsourcing team
What we’re looking for
Experience with shipping and optimizing AAA titles across multiple platforms, or other large-scale creative projects across film and tv
Experience in game art asset creation across a variety of software packages including; Houdini, Maya, 3ds Max, Photoshop, Substance, etc
Must be a clear and concise communicator who is able to deliver complex, creative feedback to external vendors and is very comfortable with speaking to high-level leadership
Must be highly organized, self-driven, customer-focused, comfortable working in a high-pressure production environment, and a great team player
As an Outsourcing Lead, fluency in a language other than English, is a plus. Primarily Chinese, German, Spanish, Italian, or Russian

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS

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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.