Senior Environment Artist

Epic Games; Cary (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Medical and Dental insurance

401k with competitive match

Mental well-being program

Job summary

Epic Games, located in Cary, North Carolina, is seeking a talented Senior Environment Artist to work on exciting collaborations with Disney. The role involves bringing concept art to life using Unreal Engine and collaborating with a world-class art team to craft stunning game environments.

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5 years in the video game industry, showcasing AAA quality art in at least 3 shipped titles. Epic Games offers a diverse, inclusive environment with extensive employee benefits, including unlimited PTO and robust medical coverage.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in the video game industry.
• At least 3 shipped titles demonstrating AAA game quality art.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Utilize Unreal Engine to bring concept art to life.
• Collaborate with leads and production for high-quality work delivery.
• Mentor other Environment Artists and provide guidance.

Skills

3D asset creation

Unreal Engine

3DS Max

Maya

Blender

ZBrush

Substance Painter

Communication

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 looking for experienced Senior Environment Artists to help build several initiatives as part of our collaboration with Disney. Our Senior Environment Artists are highly talented, creative, and versatile individuals who build the aesthetically groundbreaking and technically advanced environments used in our games. In this role, you will work directly with a world‑class art team to help create exciting and compelling environments and own points of interest that will invite the player to discover and explore.

In this role, you will

• Taking basic game designs and concept art, utilizing Unreal Engine, and bringing new points of interest to life, by collaborating with a variety of stakeholders, as an environment art point of contact
• As an environment art point of contact you will work closely with Leads and Production to ensure a high‑quality delivery of work through tasking and prioritizing deliverables, driving creative conversation with your level design partner, and maintaining clear and open lines of communication
• Working in pre‑production by contributing to ideation, building prototypes for both environmental sets and environmental gameplay needs - helping to ensure team success throughout the upcoming production cycle
• Building and texturing assets, namely focused on architectural and thematic sets, that Level Design will use to dress the environments
• Being an expert in 3D asset creation in DCC tools, such as 3DS Max, Maya, Blender, ZBrush. Strong knowledge of baking and texturing tools, such as Marmoset, Substance Painter and Designer, in order to develop assets in a high‑to‑low poly baking process, utilizing tileable textures, trim sheets, and unique unwraps, and displacement map creation
• Strong understanding of performance restraints, and developing for multiple platforms
• Providing mentorship to other Environment Artists, and making the team around them stronger through individual guidance, tutorial and documentation creation, and leading by example through setting and raising our high bar of quality and timeliness

What we're looking for

• At minimum, 5 years of professional experience in the video game industry building environments and assets for shipped titles
• At minimum, 3 shipped titles which exhibit AAA game quality art
• Online portfolio of previous professional and personal work
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. We pay 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match. We also offer a robust mental well‑being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents. Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and company‑wide paid breaks. We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical.

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.