Concept Art Director

Job Description

ART

What We Do

Push your artistic talent to the limit on a team of world-class character, and concept artists who strive to innovate and inspire.

What You'll Do

Epic Games is looking for a Concept Director to join our team working on Fortnite. In this role, you will work directly with the concept team to help our team create and iterate on exciting, purposeful characters that look amazing. You should have a combination of strong creative/visual aesthetics, excellent design skills, leadership experience, and a proven track record of creating compelling characters.

In this role, you will
• Work with Concept Leads and Art Directors to guide the direction of Fortnite Cosmetics
• Be highly creative. Imagine and communicate your vision to the team to develop new content that players will love
• Direct and mentor a worldwide team of Concept artists
• Contribute and maintain the Fortnite Character Style guide
• Filter multiple sources of analysis and feedback into visual direction for creating new art
• Help Epic push the visual envelope by creating stunning and inspiring characters
• Collaborate with the Product and IP teams on themes and cosmetic sets
• Create and iterate unique and stunning designs within a determined production schedule
• Partner with other departments such as the Modeling and TechAnim teams, to ensure the concept designs work within the project workflow

What we're looking for
• Experience as a Lead Concept artist in a game studio
• Strong understanding of art fundamentals, multiple art styles, anatomy, appeal
• Experience designing characters of a wide variety and broad appeal
• Understanding of modern fashion-forward aesthetics
• Ability to help mentor and coach a growing team of artists
• A mind for technical function and aesthetic pursuit with an ability to balance creativity with function

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.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gxjmqj-3-142-250-114-42 in your application.