Technical Artist Position Available In Wake, North Carolina

Technical Artist (R26428)
Department
Art & Animation
Location
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Product
Rocket League
Company
Epic Games
Requisition ID
R26428
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
Psyonix is looking for a Technical Artist to work with our world-class team! You’ll work closely with artists and engineers to craft awesome game visuals and art workflows in Unreal Engine. Using your technical knowledge, you’ll create and support a variety of vehicle cosmetics, support artists and production teams by creating time-saving workflows, and help bridge the gaps that will ultimately expand the greater Fortnite ecosystem. If that sounds interesting, we would love to hear from you!
In this role, you will
Use a multitude of techniques and workflows to create assets
Liaise with the producer and lead on the project to scope the work required, adding suggestions along the way to make artistic improvements and technical workflows
Balance a variety of tasks, priorities, and bugs sometimes across multiple projects
Create and understand complex material pipelines to support various vehicle cosmetics
Write and maintain documentation for workflows and tools
Confidently execute and work with minimal oversight
What we’re looking for
A confident individual who can creatively problem-solve tasks
Adaptable and quick learning, the individual must have a diverse knowledge of other DCC applications to make content and help aid workflows
A strong eye for detail and an extensive knowledge of Unreal Engine 5 is preferred (proprietary and/or Unity knowledge is fine)
A candidate who can take feedback well and also self-critique their own work
An individual who is always willing to adapt their work and think ‘outside the box’ for solutions
A passion to always improve their own skill and help others improve theirs

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS

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EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits for both employees (EEs) and dependents (deps). Our current benefits package includes coverage for medical, dental, and life insurance. We also offer supplemental benefits including daily meal vouchers, and commuter benefits for onsite employees.