ARTWhat We DoPush 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 DoEpic Games is searching for an experienced Outsourcing Lead to support and supervise creative content provided by outsource partners focused on character concept art. Reporting to the individual art lead(s) and working with the Outsource Manager, the outsource Lead will provide front-line creative feedback for work submitted for Epic review. Though the role will be mainly supervisory, the individual should be an experienced character concept artist, having worked in game studio pipelines before, and have a solid hands-on art background. The ideal candidate would be a talented artist who is able to communicate with outsource partners, including documenting existing pipelines, collecting or creating quality bar and technical example assets, collecting photo references, creating asset blockouts, creating simple blockout paintovers, and finally packaging all files to send off to the external artists.In this role, you willWork closely with the individual Epic Art Leads, Outsource Manager(s), and artists on the team to ensure assets have all the information they need when they are sent out to the external teamsCollect or generate detailed documentation, video references, and examples of art asset production, procedures, and engine requirements to support the external vendorsIf required, make any needed fixes to keep assets consistent and technically game-ready as they're handed off from the outsourcing partnerClearly communicating feedback to the outsource partner, and ensuring those creative notes and goals are met. Informing leadership in the event that isn't happeningCommunicating and partnering with internal Epic art staff ensuring outsourced assets are ingested into the pipeline and engine correctlyWhen required, some amount of hands-on art production delivering assets for the project, ensuring they are familiar and capable of working inside of the Epic pipelineBug support, triage, and resolution for any art assets that have been created by the outsourcing teamWhat we're looking forExperience in shipping AAA titles across multiple platformsExperienced shipping production assets for games in either environment, character, weapon, or concept disciplinesExperienced in game art asset creation in a variety of software packages including Maya, 3ds Max, Zbrush, Photoshop, Substance, etcMust be highly organized, self-driven, customer-focused, and a great team playerMust be a clear and concise communicator, able to deliver complex creative feedback across external vendor locationsExperienced working within a team and a fast-paced production environmentEPIC 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.
