Lead Character Artist

2K; Porto Alegre; Presencial; USD 30.000 - 50.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

A leading game development company is seeking a Lead Character Artist for the Fortnite team. The role involves overseeing character creation, collaborating with design teams, and pushing visual standards to deliver stunning game experiences. Ideal candidates have robust 3D design expertise and leadership skills.

Serviços

100% benefits coverage for employees and dependents

Daily meal vouchers

Commuter benefits for on-site employees

Qualificações

• Experience designing modern, detailed 3D character assets.
• Strong portfolio showcasing fashion-forward aesthetics.
• Ability to mentor and coach a team of artists.

Responsabilidades

• Lead and manage a team of Character Artists on Fortnite projects.
• Create characters based on art direction and game design input.
• Collaborate across departments to ensure quality and seamless workflow.

Conhecimentos

3D character asset design

Collaboration

Technical function understanding

Strong communication skills

Ferramentas

Maya

3ds Max

Zbrush

Photoshop

Substance

Unreal Engine

Descrição da oferta de emprego

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

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 searching for an experienced Lead Character Artist to join our Fortnite Battle Royale team. In this position, you will lead and manage a team of Character Artists working on major initiatives within Fortnite. You will work directly with the art and design departments to help our team create and quickly iterate on exciting, purposeful characters that look amazing. You should have a combination of strong creative/visual aesthetics, excellent design skills, leadership experience, and a clear rendering style in modeling characters. You should be able to demonstrate that you can think outside the box and translate an awesome gameplay experience into an awesome visual experience as well as have experience creating stylized to semi-stylized characters.

In this role, you will

• Create characters and enemies 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
• Partner with other departments such as Character Design or Concept Art team, to ensure the models work within the project workflow

What we're looking for

• Ability to help mentor and coach a growing team of artists
• Experience designing slick, detailed, modern, forward-looking 3D character assets
• Experienced in game art asset creation in a variety of software packages including Maya, 3ds Max, Zbrush, Photoshop, Substance, etc. Experience with the Unreal Engine is a plus
• A strong portfolio that showcases 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

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits for both employees (EEs) and dependents (deps). Our current benefits package includes coverage for medical, dental, and life insurance. We also offer supplemental benefits including daily meal vouchers, and commuter benefits for onsite employees.

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've 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. Epic's 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.

Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!

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