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Art Director

For over 25 years, Epic Games has been making award-winning games and game engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that brings 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.

Epic Games is searching for an experienced Art Director to collaborate with the Senior Art Director and help lead the art team in developing cosmetic content for Fortnite ( www.fortnite.com) .

Responsibilities:

• Be highly creative. Imagine and communicate your vision to the team to develop new content that players will love
• Direct and mentor artists
• Interpret the needs of all development disciplines such as design and engineering into amazing final artwork
• Deliver effective feedback across all art disciplines - modeling, animation, etc
• Collaborate with the team to identify great ideas and steer them through the pipeline
• Filter multiple sources of analysis and feedback into visual direction for creating new art
• Think strategically about art and how it informs the player experience
• Work within the style of Fortnite with an eye towards driving the brand forward

Qualifications:

• Strong understanding of art fundamentals, multiple art styles, anatomy, appeal
• Experience as an art director or production designer in a game studio
• Experience directing and supporting artists across multiple disciplines
• The ability to adapt to and innovate new styles and techniques
• Strong collaborative nature to partner with senior art director and discipline leads.
• Deep understanding of art disciplines and their workflow.
• Strong leadership skills in order to lead a large number of people toward a singular vision
• Experience with effective feedback for outsourcing and contractors

If you’d like to be part of building a visually stunning game we’d love to hear from you. Please submit your resume with a portfolio and we’ll be in touch soon.

This is going to be Epic!

#L1