Concept Outsource Lead

Epic Games; Montreal; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A globally recognized game development company in Montreal seeks an experienced Concept Outsource Lead to supervise creative content provided by partners. The role involves creating concept designs for the Fortnite ecosystem, ensuring quality standards are met, and partnering with internal teams. Ideal candidates should have a strong portfolio, experience in AAA games, and effective communication skills. Epic offers full benefits for employees and dependents, contributing to a fulfilling work culture.

Benefits

100% coverage for medical benefits

Mental well-being program

Retirement savings plan with employer match

Qualifications

• Portfolio demonstrating a range of styles, creativity and craftsmanship.
• Keen eye for anatomy, design, color theory, composition and FX.
• Experience in a Senior Concept Artist role on at least one AAA game.
• Effective communicator and problem solver in high-pressure production.
• Understanding of video game art disciplines and workflows.

Responsibilities

• Support and supervise creative content from outsource partners.
• Ensure art generated meets Epic’s high standards.
• Create concept designs for environments, characters, and FX.
• Collect documentation and video references for external vendors.
• Communicate feedback to outsource partners to ensure goals are met.
• Partner with internal art staff to respect limitations from other disciplines.

Skills

Creativity

Communication

Art Direction

Organizational Skills

Job description

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 Concept Outsource Lead to support and supervise creative content provided by outsource partners as part of our collaboration with Disney. Reporting to the individual art lead(s) and working with the Outsource Manager, the Concept Outsource Lead will provide front‑line creative feedback for work submitted for Epic review. Though part of the role will be supervisory, the individual should be an experienced concept artist, having worked in game studio pipelines before, and have a solid hands‑on art background. The ideal candidate would be a talented concept artist who understands world building, environment, character and FX art and is able to communicate with outsource partners, including documenting existing pipelines, collecting or creating quality bar and technical example assets, collecting photo reference, creating mood boards, creating paint overs, and finally collaborating with other teams at Epic to ensure that concept art is of the highest quality and adequately supports the needs of those teams and the project.

In this role, you will

• Work closely with the individual Epic Art Leads and project Art Director, Outsource Manager(s), and artists on the team to support external vendors
• Communicate the Rt direction vision to the vendors and make sure the art generated is consistent in tone and meets epics high standards
• Create various concept designs for environments, character and FX that exist within the Fortnite ecosystem
• Collect or generate detailed documentation, video reference, and examples of art asset production, procedures, and engine requirements to support the external vendors
• If required, make any needed fixes to keep assets consistent and technically game ready as they’re handed off from the outsource partner
• Clearly communicate feedback to the outsource partner, and ensure those creative notes and goals are met. Inform leadership in the event that isn’t happening
• Communicate and partner with internal Epic art staff to ensure that outsource concept art is clear and respects limitations from other disciplines

What we’re looking for

• Portfolio that demonstrates a range of styles, creativity and craftsmanship developing a broad range of visual development. From environments to characters to FX, the work should show strong creativity, aesthetics and stylization with the ability to create strong world building visuals
• A keen eye for anatomy, design, color theory, composition and FX with an understanding of how the art translates downstream to production groups
• Worked on at least one AAA game in a Senior Concept Artist role
• An effective communicator, collaborator, and problem solver able to coordinate between internal and external teams and deliver clear and concise feedback
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to accurately estimate tasks and maintain schedules
• Understanding of other game art disciplines, their workflows and limitations (animation, character, environment, VFX)
• Experienced working within a team and a high‑pressure production environment
• A PLUS – Fluency in a language other than English, including Chinese, German, Spanish, Italian, or Russian

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program), we also offer a robust mental well‑being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.

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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