Senior Hard Surface Artist - Characters

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

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.