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Senior Technical VFX Artist
2 years ago
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 is looking for a Senior Technical FX Artist to join our team working on Fortnite, to create dramatic realtime particle VFX while providing technical solutions across the group. A successful candidate will be equipped to create realtime VFX content using Niagara, Materials, and Blueprints as well as supporting the FX team’s tooling and infrastructure, as an self-motivated and autonomous team player.
Key to the role is an understanding of the artistic needs and goals of Fortnite, and how to support that with realtime VFX.
In This Role You Will
- Execute outstanding effects for our games by bringing dramatic effects to life.
- Create all art needed for the visual effects, including FX concept, proto and final FX.
- Supply creative solutions given a set of technical constraints
- Provide technical solutions that have a wider impact across the group
- Support the core FX infrastructure of Fortnite
What We're Looking For
- An artist with technical capabilities that can make a broader impact across the group
- A critical eye for timing and shape that can bring dramatic FX to life to support gameplay and the overall player experience.
- Understanding of artistic stylization, and how/when to apply those principles
- Fluency in the pillars of Fortnite VFX - Niagara, Materials, and Blueprints (or similar frameworks)
- A working understanding of graphics math and how to use it (and the ability/desire to learn more)
- A working understanding of simulation systems (particles, grid methods)
- Experience constructing modular components reused across a larger graphics framework
- Ability to quickly understand existing systems in order to make improvements/upgrades/repairs on a live, shipping product
- Experience with optimization for multiple platform targets.
- A service-oriented mindset that can engage and assist less technical artists and provide wider-reaching solutions
- User-focused, passionate, scrappy, solutions-focused, and innovative. These traits equal success at Epic and influence everything we do.
- Experience in secondary disciplines - such as modeling, skinning, animation, or lighting.
- Scripting/UI construction experience in Python, QT, Blueprints, etc.
- Experience with procedural systems (e.g. Houdini)
EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = 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 and profit share. 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.
ABOUT US
Epic Games spans across 19 countries with 55 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!
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