Director, Technical Art

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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 seeking a Technical Art Director to help define the visual and technical direction for our next-generation mobile experiences. You’ll bridge art and engineering to deliver exceptional visuals that perform seamlessly across a wide range of devices—from high-end hardware to mid-tier mobile platforms. You’ll build tools, pipelines, and rendering solutions that empower artists to create beautiful, efficient, and scalable content in Unreal Engine.

In this role, you will

• Lead and mentor a team of technical artists focused on delivering optimized, high-quality visuals for mobile and cross-platform experiences; partner with art, design, and engineering to balance visual fidelity, performance, and production efficiency.


• Develop and maintain material, lighting, and rendering workflows that support both mobile and high-end platforms.


• Build tools and pipelines that enable efficient iteration and validation across a variety of device profiles.


• Establish and uphold standards for asset optimization, texture compression, and draw call management.


• Profile, analyze, and optimize content to ensure consistent performance and scalability.


• Collaborate with gameplay, animation, and VFX teams to ensure visuals support gameplay readability and responsiveness.


• Contribute to defining technical art best practices that scale across multiple projects and visual targets.

What we're looking for

• Proven experience leading or directing technical art for real-time projects across mobile or multi-platform pipelines


• Deep understanding of Unreal Engine’s rendering pipeline, materials, and profiling tools


• Strong technical foundation in shaders, lighting, performance optimization, and asset validation


• Experience with both lightweight and advanced rendering techniques (e.g., dynamic lighting, post-processing, material layering, and virtualized geometry)


• Ability to develop tools and workflows that scale from stylized to realistic visual goals


• Familiarity with mobile GPU Frameworks, memory constraints, and cross-platform performance considerations


• Strong collaboration and communication skills across disciplines


• Ability to mentor and grow technical art teams, fostering both creative and technical excellence


• Experience with next-gen rendering features in Unreal Engine 5 (Lumen, Nanite, virtual shadow maps) and strategies for scaling them across hardware tiers

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. 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.