Senior Character Artist
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Summary
Epic Games is seeking a Senior Character Artist to join their team in Cary, NC. The role involves creating top-quality characters for use in gameplay, cinematics, and marketing material for Fortnite.
About the Role
As a Senior Character Artist, you will create characters, enemies, and statues based on direction from the project Art Director and input from the game design team. You will collaborate on visual styles, ensure designs meet Epic's quality standards, and create unique designs within production schedules. Additionally, you will partner with other departments to ensure concept designs fit within the project workflow.
About You
Required:
- Experience designing detailed, modern characters.
- Ability to balance creativity with technical function.
- Experience creating mechanical designs.
- Strong traditional drawing skills and knowledge of human anatomy.
- Excellent verbal, written, and visual communication skills.
- Experience with the Unreal Engine.
Preferred:
- Ability to prototype in 3D and work directly with 3D artists.
- Strong understanding of color theory and its effects on mood and focal points.
Benefits
- 100% premium coverage for medical, dental, and vision for you and your dependents.
- Long Term Disability and Life Insurance.
- 401k with competitive match.
- Robust mental well-being program providing free therapy and coaching.
- Unlimited PTO and sick time.
- Paid sabbatical after 7 years of employment.
Epic Games
Founded in 1991, Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology. Epic operates Fortnite, one of the world’s largest games with over 350 million accounts and 2.5 billion friend connections. Epic also develops Unreal Engine, which powers the world’s leading games and is adopted across industries such as film and television, architecture, automotive, manufacturing, and simulation. Through Unreal Engine, Epic Games Store, and Epic Online Services, Epic provides an end-to-end digital ecosystem for developers and creators to build, distribute, and operate games and other content. Epic has over 40 offices worldwide with headquarters in Cary, North Carolina.
Cary, NC