Senior Character Artist Position Available In Wake, North Carolina

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Company:
Epic Games
Salary:
JobFull-timeOnsite

Job Description

Senior Character Artist (R26518)
Department
Art & Animation
Location
Montreal, Canada
Product
Fortnite
Company
Epic Games
Requisition ID
R26518
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 experienced Character Artists to join our team working on Fortnite. In this role you will create top-quality characters for use in gameplay, cinematics, and marketing material.
In this role, you will
Create characters, enemies, and statues for environments based on direction from the project Art Director and input from the game design team
Based on visual style from the Art Director, collaborate on the visual style and ensure our designs are of the Epic quality bar
Help Epic push the visual envelope by creating stunning and inspiring characters
Create and iterate unique and stunning designs within a determined production schedule
Create alternate skin designs for approved hero characters
Partner with other departments such as Character Design or Modeling team, to ensure the concept designs work within the project workflow
What we’re looking for
Experience designing slick, detailed, modern, forward looking characters
A mind for technical function and aesthetic pursuit with an ability to balance creativity with function
Ability to work within gameplay design restraints (environment scale, character abilities, prototype function, etc.) and translate those restrictions into visuals that enhance the experience
Experience creating mechanical designs
Ability to prototype in 3D, work directly with the 3D artists, and knowledge of 3D software
Strong traditional drawing skills and knowledge of the human anatomy
Strong understanding of color theory and how color affects mood & focal points
Excellent verbal, written, and visual communication skills
Experience with the Unreal Engine

EPIC JOB + 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.

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