Studio: Epic Games
Job Opening: Lead Concept Artist
Location: Cary, North Carolina, United States
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Create characters, enemies, and environments based on direction from the project Art Director and input from the game design team
- Based on visual direction 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
- Create and iterate unique and stunning designs within a determined production schedule
- Create alternate skin designs for approved hero characters
- Partner with other departments such as Character Design or Modeling team, to ensure the concept designs work within the project workflow
Qualifications & Skills:
- Ability to help mentor and coach a growing team of artists
- Experience designing slick, detailed, modern, forward-looking characters
- An eye for modern fashion-forward aesthetics that speak to our audience of teens and young adults
- 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
- Strong traditional drawing skills and knowledge of the human anatomy
- Strong understanding of color theory and how color affects mood & focal points
- Excellent verbal, written, and visual communication skills
- Experience with the Unreal Engine
- User-focused, passionate, scrappy, solutions-focused, and innovative. These traits equal success at Epic and influence everything we do
