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.
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 Character Artist to work on our collaboration with Disney. In this position, you will work directly with world class concept and character art teams to help create exciting, compelling characters that embody their iconic roots.
You will have the opportunity to innovate and contribute to the visual style of characters as part of building a rich and engaging interactive world.
In this role, you will
- Create characters and enemies based on direction from concept art and reference materials
- Model high and low poly characters with clean and efficient topology
- Optimize and bake characters to look their best within predefined budgets
- Based on visual direction from the Art Director, collaborate on the visual style and ensure our designs are of the Epic quality bar
- Create and iterate on unique and stunning designs within a determined production schedule
- Model characters in a variety of styles. You will primarily be working with stylized characters, but should be comfortable doing photo-realistic work when needed
- Partner with other departments, such as the Character Design or Concept Art team, to ensure the models work within the project workflow
What we're looking for
- Experience working on AAA games for console, PC, and / or mobile
- Experienced in game art asset creation in a variety of software packages including Maya or Max, Zbrush, Photoshop, Substance, etc
- 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
- Strong traditional drawing skills and knowledge of the human anatomy is a plus
- Strong understanding of color theory and how color affects mood & focal points
- Experience with Unreal Engine is a plus
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.
ABOUT US
Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 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.
Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!
Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer.
Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.
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.
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