Lead Animator

Job Description

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
Epic Games is searching for a Lead Animator to join our team working on Fortnite, to develop Emote concepts and animation for our wide variety of IP partners and Epic Original Content. A successful candidate should have a great understanding of the fundamentals of animation and how they relate to acting, rhythm, and game animation. A strong understanding of the Unreal editor, including how to implement animations, is strongly desired.
In this role, you will
• Oversee and supervise/lead character-specific animations such as dances and emotes in Maya and Unreal, using our ART tools set
• Guide emotes from initial concept, through animation, and final implementation, in Unreal Engine
• Collaborate across various art disciplines here at Epic, as well as Vendor teams
• Lead the growing library of cosmetic animations/emotes offered to players, helping to shape and drive the style and feel of Fortnite's animation
What we're looking for
• You have an animation reel showing key-framed character and creature animations
• Strong experience with Maya and gameplay systems such as Unreal Engine
• Good instincts for realistic and stylized motions
• Strong communication and leadership skills and experience
• Related skills, such as modeling, skinning, rigging
• Experience working with mocap data
• Leadership Experience having shipped at least one title
• User-focused, passionate, solutions-focused, and innovative

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-6knb28-18-97-14-85-42 in your application.