Description
We are seeking an experienced Art Team Lead to support and supervise the creative content provided by our outsourcing partners in collaboration with Disney. As a key member of our Art team, you will provide direct creative feedback on the work submitted to Epic. Although some aspects of the role will be supervisory, the ideal candidate should be an experienced concept artist who has already worked in AAA game studio pipelines and possesses a solid practical artistic background. The successful candidate will be a talented concept artist who understands world-building, environmental art, character art, and visual effects, and can effectively communicate with external partners: documenting existing processes, collecting or creating high-quality references and technical examples, gathering photo references, creating mood boards, doing paint overs, and collaborating with other teams at Epic to ensure that conceptual art meets exceptional quality and meets the needs of the teams and project.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate closely with Epic's art leads, art directors, and outsourcing managers, as well as with the art team to support external providers
- Clearly communicate the artistic vision to external partners and ensure that the produced art is consistent, faithful to the desired tone, and meets Epic's high standards
- Create various concepts for environments, characters, and visual effects that are part of the Fortnite ecosystem
- Collect or produce detailed documentation, video references, and examples related to the creation of artistic elements, procedures, and requirements for the engine to support external providers
- Make necessary adjustments to ensure artistic consistency and technical compliance of delivered elements by partners
- Clearly communicate feedback to outsourcing partners and ensure that artistic objectives are met; inform management when they are not
- Collaborate with internal art teams at Epic to ensure that outsourced conceptual art is clear and respects constraints of other disciplines
Requirements:
- A portfolio demonstrating a wide range of styles, creativity, and mastery in visual development - from environments to characters to FX - as well as a strong ability to create world-building visuals
- Excellent understanding of anatomy, structures, color theory, composition, and visual effects, with a clear vision of how art translates into production
- Experience as a senior concept artist on at least one AAA game
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to coordinate work between internal and external teams and provide clear feedback
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to estimate tasks accurately and maintain schedules
- Good understanding of other game art disciplines, their processes, and limitations (animation, characters, environments, VFX)
- Experience working within a team in a demanding production environment
- Bonus: Mastery of a language other than English, including Chinese, German, Spanish, Italian, or Russian