Senior Real-Time Materials Artist

Epic Games; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Epic Games in London is seeking a Technical Artist with a strong focus on material creation to join the Fortnite team. You’ll build visually rich, performant materials for characters and cosmetics using Unreal Engine and Substance tools, collaborating with artists and programmers to support Fortnite’s look across platforms.

The ideal candidate has a robust reel, deep knowledge of PBR workflows, hands‑on experience with Substance Designer/Painter and Unreal Engine 5, and a mindset that combines

Qualifications

• Portfolio demonstrating real-time game materials for characters or cosmetics.
• Advanced understanding of PBR workflows and real-time rendering constraints.
• Experience creating complex materials with procedural textures.
• Hands-on with Substance Designer and Substance Painter.
• Familiarity with Unreal Engine 5 art/material pipeline.
• Experience developing content for multiple platforms.
• Solid understanding of modeling/texturing fundamentals in real-time pipelines.
• Bonus: scripting/tools for Unreal Engine, Substance Designer/ Painter.
• Bonus: character art pipelines and automation.
• Bonus: familiarity with Python or Blueprints.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality, game-ready materials for characters and cosmetics.
• Build materials leveraging procedural textures and custom material logic.
• Generate textures and bake data using Substance Designer, Substance Painter, Houdini.
• Develop reusable material frameworks and workflows for teams.
• Collaborate with artists, tech artists, and programmers to integrate materials with geometry, effects, and Blueprints.
• Optimize materials and textures for performance across platforms.
• Contribute to improving Unreal Engine material pipelines and best practices.

Skills

Strong reel/portfolio

PBR workflows

Real-time rendering

Collaboration

Ownership of features

Blueprints

Python scripting

Tools

Unreal Engine 5

Substance Designer

Substance Painter

Houdini

Job description

Epic Games in London is seeking a Technical Artist with a strong focus on material creation to join the Fortnite team. You’ll build visually rich, performant materials for characters and cosmetics using Unreal Engine and Substance tools, collaborating with artists and programmers to support Fortnite’s look across platforms.

The ideal candidate has a robust reel, deep knowledge of PBR workflows, hands‑on experience with Substance Designer/Painter and Unreal Engine 5, and a mindset that combines