Art Director

Epic Games • Cary, NC

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About The Position

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.
Epic is looking for a seasoned Art Director to join our growing team on Fortnite. This Art Director will lead and collaborate with multidisciplinary artists, engineers, and designers to help create the future vision of Fortnite. This person will have experience guiding a high-level vision. You will harness a balance of creative thinking with a strong ability to partner and lead teams in developing content for our various projects. By working closely with the Senior Director of Art, you will be accountable for identifying and communicating a high-quality visual style. You will also develop a seasonal vision and execute that vision with a team of artists and coach them to do the same.

Requirements

• Experience defining and shipping a product-level vision
• Strong desire to partner with disciplines outside of Art to create a unified vision
• Clear understanding and value of art team roles in the player experience
• Experience as a product-level Art Director or Creative Director in a game studio
• Strong understanding of art fundamentals, multiple art styles, anatomy, appeal, and storytelling
• Experience supporting and directing artists across multiple disciplines
• The ability to adapt to and innovate on new styles and techniques, with a deep understanding of art disciplines and their workflows
• Strong collaborative nature to partner with art directors, other discipline leads, and production
• Strong leadership skills, with an expectation to guide large teams toward a shared vision
• Experience with effective feedback for outsourcing and contractors

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with multiple teams, including Design, Engineering, and Production to develop world-class player experiences
• Be highly creative; Imagine and communicate vision to leadership and the team to develop new content that players will love
• Direct and mentor a worldwide team of artists
• Interpret the needs of all development disciplines, such as Design and Engineering, into final artwork
• Deliver effective feedback across all art disciplines - concept, modeling, environment, tech art, lighting, VFX, etc.
• Collaborate with the teams to identify great ideas and steer them through the pipeline, and work within the style of our projects with an eye towards driving the Fortnite brand forward
• Filter multiple sources of analysis and feedback into visual direction for creating new art, and think strategically about art and how it informs the player experience

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed