- Senior
- Office in Cary
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 looking for a Senior Hard Surface Artist with significant character and organic experience to join our team. This individual will be working with art, design, animation, tech animation, and production to help figure out how we supply a steady stream of character, organic, and mechanical content on Fortnite. You will create stylized art and push the quality of organic, and hard surface mechanical modeling while being a solid communicator and team player. Bring your awesome art to life in this stylized world.
In this role, you will
- Create high-quality 3D characters and organics based on concept art and direction from the Art Director.
- Create mechanical models that show a high degree of articulation and animation
- Model high poly, low poly, and texturing assets including characters, creatures, weapons, pickaxes, gliders, vehicles, and gadgets
- Collaborate with various teams including game play, animation, tech animation, visual effects, and tech art
- Create high quality stylized art and high quality models and textures
- Create models that appropriately capture the feeling of the 2D concept art
What we're looking for
- World class modeling skills, proficiency in 3D software e.g. Zbrush for organics, and preferably in e.g MAX for hard surface models
- Solid communicator with an ability to work between disciplines
- Great texturing skills and experience with PBR & materials
- Ability to take 2D concept art to completion
- Ability to create functional, articulated mechanical models
EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = 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.
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.
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