About this opportunity
Epic Games lists this Junior Artist opportunity in cary, North Carolina. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
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
Push your artistic talent to the limit on a team of world-class environment, character and concept artists who strive to innovate and inspire.
Epic Games is searching for experienced Character Artists to join our team working on Fortnite. In this role you will create top-quality characters for use in gameplay, cinematics, and marketing material. You will also create accurate likenesses of various celebrities and music icons.
Create characters, and likenesses based on direction from the project Art Director, IP partner and input from the game design team
Based on visual style from the Art Director, collaborate on the visual style and ensure our designs are of the Epic quality bar
Help Epic push the visual envelope by creating stunning and inspiring characters
Partner with other departments such as Character Design or Modeling team, to ensure the concept designs work within the project workflow
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
Experience creating mechanical designs
Ability to prototype in 3D, work directly with the 3D artists, and knowledge of 3D software, and latest technologies
Strong traditional drawing skills and knowledge of the human anatomy
Excellent verbal, written, and visual communication skills
Experience with the Unreal Engine
These traits equal success at Epic and influence everything we do
EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE
Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match. Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and company-wide paid breaks. Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company. For over 30 years weve 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. Epics 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.
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.
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