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Cary - USA

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Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

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Job Description

WHAT MAKES US EPIC

At the core of Epics success are talented passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative welcoming and creative environment. Whether its building awardwinning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences were always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. Were constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

ART

What We Do

Push your artistic talent to the limit on a team of worldclass environment character and concept artists who strive to innovate and inspire.

What Youll Do

Epic Games is searching for a Lead Gameplay Technical Animator with a passion for expressive character movement to join our team. In this talented team of veteran and emerging artists youll collaborate across teams and contribute directly to Fortnite and other Epic projects. Joining this team means youre motivated to seek solutions to problems and work with other disciplines to make positive changes to workflows tools and technologies that directly impact Gameplay.

In this role you will

  • Work closely with technical animators Leads Directors and Outsource Managers on the team to ensure assets are set up for success in the different stages of production
  • Communicate and drive alignment around strategy for technical animation and adjacent gameplay teams
  • Work with production to schedule prioritize and delegate assets for the team
  • Working closely with animators modelers and designers to ensure a smooth development pipeline that delivers highquality assets. This will also include mentorship of riggingfocused technical animators
  • Assisting with pipeline tools and working with engine and project leads on the continuous improvement of those engine tools
  • Setting up assets in Unreal Engine 5; including control rigs cloth physics and blueprints
  • Rigging characters weapons creatures and vehicles. Maintain detailed documentation video reference and examples of art asset production procedures and engine requirements to support internal and external artists

What were looking for

  • Extensive experience rigging characters in Maya and/or Unreal Engine
  • A portfolio demonstrating rigging for a range of characters bipeds and creatures both body and faces
  • Attention to aesthetic detail especially with regard to character deformation and physics movement
  • Familiarity with the Unreal Engine 5 art pipeline
  • A positive individual with strong written communication and teamwork skills
  • Exceptional problemsolver
  • Control Rig experience a plus
  • Python programming is a plus

EPIC JOB EPIC BENEFITS EPIC LIFE

Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. 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 wellbeing program through Modern Health which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents. Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and companywide paid breaks. We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical.

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4500 employees globally. For over 25 years weve been making awardwinning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epics awardwinning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build highfidelity 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 worldclass talent.

Like what you hear Come be a part of something Epic!

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.

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.

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