Senior Technical Artist

Workingames; North Carolina; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401k with match

Unlimited PTO

Sabbatical

Mental health program

Job summary

Epic Games is seeking a Senior Tech Artist to join Fortnite Events, bringing deep look development, lighting, and art tech to life. You will blend geometry, materials, and UE Blueprints to deliver complex art and optimize content for multiple platforms. The role requires strong reels, proficiency with PBR, and collaboration across ICs, leads, and vendors.

You’ll own features from inception to ship and work within the Unreal Engine ecosystem to push visuals on PC, console, mobile, and VR.

Qualifications

• Strong reel/portfolio showing executed game tech art.
• Experienced knowledge of PBR principles and material editors.
• Establish workflows and tools for other artists.

Responsibilities

• Create complex materials for landscape and environments.
• Manage world lighting, clouds, atmospherics, water lookdev.
• Execute on a range of visuals styles with high fidelity.
• Collaborate with engineers and artists to optimize content for multiple platforms.
• Own gameplay and engine features from TechArt from inception to ship.

Skills

Portfolio

PBR

Material editors

Substance Designer

Unreal Engine

World lighting

UE5

Blueprint scripting

Tools

Substance Designer

Unreal Engine

Blueprint

Job description

# Senior Technical ArtistEpic GamesPosted: 1 day agoWork mode: On-siteLocation: North Carolina, United States, North AmericaApplyMore on WorkinGames:All jobs at Epic Games·Technical Artist jobs·Jobs in United States## 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 is looking for a Senior Tech Artist to join our team working on Fortnite Events. A successful candidate should have a deep knowledge in look development, lighting and complex game art. A successful candidate should have a broad knowledge of art creation for games. You should understand modeling, texturing, and animation fundamentals. You should be able to combine geometry, materials, effects, and UE Blueprints to create complex art. You should be able to work with both internal ICs, leads and directors as well as direct vendors to support the more technical aspects of creating art.### **In this role, you will*** Create complex materials for landscape and environments* Be responsible for world lighting, sets lighting, clouds, atmospherics, water lookdev* Execute on a range of visual styles with emphasis on stylized with a high level of fidelity* Work with engineers and artists to optimize content for many platforms* Own gameplay and engine features from the TechArt side maintaining the high-quality bar for Fortnite Events### **What we're looking for*** Must have a strong reel/portfolio showing executed game tech art* Experienced knowledge of PBR principles and material editors* Establish workflows and tools for other artists to utilize when making unique assets* Experience using texturing packagers such as Substance Designer* High level of proficiency in setting up world environmental lighting* Desire and knowledge of how to push Unreal Engine further* Desire to work with a team and own features and initiatives from inception to ship* Familiarity with the Unreal 5 Engine art pipeline* Experience working on multiple platforms* Scripting experience Blueprint or other## EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFEOur 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.## ABOUT USEpic 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!**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.**Note to Recruitment Agencies:** Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found here.