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
The Art Director will lead and collaborate with multidisciplinary artists - to help create and maintain Epic's vision. This person will have a balance of creative thinking and a strong ability to lead a team in developing content for our various projects. By working closely with the Product Art Director you will be accountable for identifying and communicating a high-quality visual style, you will also develop a team of artists and coach them to do the same.
In this role, you will
- Be highly creative. Imagine and communicate your vision to the team to develop new content that players will love
- Help Epic push the visual envelope by creating stunning and inspiring characters
- Direct and mentor a worldwide team of artists; delivering effective feedback across all art disciplines - modeling, animation, etc
- Interpret the needs of all development disciplines such as design and engineering into amazing final artwork
- Collaborate with the Product and IP teams on themes and cosmetic sets
- Deliver effective feedback across all art disciplines - modeling, animation, etc
- Create and iterate unique and stunning designs within a determined production schedule
What we're looking for
- Experience as an art director in a game studio
- A Deep understanding of the game development process and art disciplines
- Strong understanding of art fundamentals, multiple art styles, anatomy, appeal
- Experience designing characters of a wide variety and broad appeal
- Strong understanding of color theory and how color affects mood & focal points - with a focus on modern fashion-forward aesthetics
- Excellent verbal, written, and visual communication skills & experience with effective feedback for outsourcing and contractors
- Strong leadership skills in order to lead a large number of people toward a singular vision
- Experience directing and supporting artists across multiple disciplines
- The ability to adapt to and innovate new styles and techniques
- Strong collaborative nature to partner with senior art directors and discipline leads