Modeling Outsource Lead

Epic Games; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits for employees and depend

Mental well-being program

Retirement savings plan with employer

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Job summary

Epic Games in Los Angeles is seeking a Modeling Outsource Lead to supervise creative content from outsourcing partners and provide front-line feedback for art assets. You will document pipelines, set visual direction, and ensure in-engine implementation aligns with technical constraints.

The role emphasizes collaboration with Art Leads and Directors. The ideal candidate has AAA production experience, a strong portfolio of game assets, and is capable of mentoring outsourced artists while

Qualifications

• Experience shipping AAA titles across platforms.
• Strong portfolio of game assets with hard surface and organic work.
• Ability to communicate feedback clearly to outsource vendors.
• Knowledge of pipelines, LOD, PBR textures, and in-engine implementation.
• Experience mentoring artists and working in high-volume production.

Responsibilities

• Lead outsourcing artists, establishing visual direction with leads and directors.
• Document asset production pipelines and engine requirements for external vendors.
• Provide constructive feedback to vendors and ensure notes are followed by internal teams.
• Manage vendor documentation for technical constraints like vert count, materials, LODs, PBR.
• Train outsourced artists in Epic's techniques and best practices.
• Foster remote teams' enthusiasm and coordinate with internal IP owners.

Skills

Outsourcing management

Art direction collaboration

Asset feedback & critique

Communication

Team leadership

Tools

Unreal Engine 5

Substance Painter

Marmoset Toolbag

Perforce

3D modeling software

2D/3D texturing

Flow (ShotGrid)

Miro

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

Psyonix is searching for a Modeling Outsource Lead to support and supervise creative content provided by outsourcing partners. The Modeling Outsource Lead will provide front-line creative feedback for work submitted for review and implementation. The ideal candidate would be a talented artist who can communicate with outsource partners, including documenting existing pipelines, collecting or creating quality bar and technical example assets, collecting photo references, creating asset block-outs, creating simple block-out paintovers, and managing the in-engine implementation of art assets.

In this role, you will

• Work with the Art Leads, Art Production and Director level to establish visual direction for our outsourcing vendors
• Collect or generate detailed documentation, video references, and examples of art asset production, procedures, and engine requirements to support the external vendors
• Clearly communicate feedback to the outsource partner, and ensure those creative notes and goals are relayed by internal artists, level designers, game designers, and production to understand the needs and goals of props being created
• Provide and manage documentation of processes and procedures for the vendor with the understanding of the technical constraints, including vert count management, material setup, LOD generation, PBR texture creation and in-engine implementation
• Train outsource partner artists in Psyonix's specific techniques and best practices
• Foster remote teams enthusiasm for the project
• Work with internal stakeholders and or IP owners on licensed asset approvals

What we're looking for

• Experience in shipping AAA titles across multiple platforms
• Experience shipping high-quality game ready assets for production, with an emphasis on stylized art / stylized realism
• Must have a strong portfolio showing executed game assets for hard surface and organics, and experience/examples of shaping outsource team development
• Strong understanding of latest toolsets in game art creation, including (but not limited to) Unreal Engine 5, Substance Painter, Marmoset Toolbag, Perforce, 3D modeling and 2D/3D texturing software (A plus if experienced with Flow (“Shotgrid”) and Miro)
• Highly organized, self-driven, customer focused, excellent visual and verbal communication, and a great team player
• Ability to clearly critique, mentor, and improve art and artists through written and visual feedback loops
• A keen understanding of technical hurdles, the ability to autonomously make choices to further art quality, and to identify and navigate problems in a timely manner
• Experienced working within a team and a high-pressure, high-volume production environment

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 is a leading interactive entertainment company. For over 30 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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