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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 looking for a Senior Concept Artist to join our team working on the mobile game Looney Tunes World of Mayhem. In this role you will work directly with the art and design departments to help our team create and quickly iterate on exciting, purposeful characters that look amazing. You should have a combination of strong creative/visual aesthetics, excellent design skill and a clear rendering style in designing characters. You should be able to demonstrate that you can think outside the box and translate an awesome gameplay experience into an awesome visual experience as well as have experience creating stylized to semi-stylized concept content.
In this role, you will
Create characters and environments based on direction from the project Art Director and input from the game design team
Based on visual direction from the Art Director, collaborate on the visual style and ensure our designs are of the Epic quality bar
Help Epic push the visual envelope by creating stunning and inspiring characters for the Looney Tunes project
Create and iterate unique and stunning designs within a determined production schedule
Partner with other departments such as Character Design or Modeling team, to ensure the concept designs work within the project workflow
Produce clear and detailed creative briefs and deliver complex creative feedback across external partners
What we're looking for
Experience with the Unity Engine
Experience in designing slick, detailed, stylized, forward-looking characters and environments
A mind for technical function and aesthetic pursuit with an ability to balance creativity with function
Ability to work within gameplay design restraints (environment scale, character abilities, prototype function, etc.) and translate those restrictions into visuals that enhance the experience
Experience in creating mechanical designs
Strong traditional drawing skills and an understanding of color theory, including how color affects mood and focal points
Excellent verbal, written, and visual communication skills
EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE
We pay 100% of benefits for employees. Our current benefits package includes private medical insurance, pension, life and disability plans. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.
ABOUT US
Epic Games spans across 19 countries with 55 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we’ve been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic’s award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.
Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!
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