Lead Environment Artist
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Job Summary
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 award-winning 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 world-class environment character and concept artists who strive to innovate and inspire.
What Youll Do
Epic is looking for an experienced Environment Art Lead to join the Rocket League this role you will partner closely with the Art Director to define maintain and elevate the visual quality of Rocket Leagues worlds balancing realism readability and performance across the games visuals. You will lead and collaborate with multidisciplinary artists and external partners to deliver high-quality environments at scale. This role requires a strong mix of artistic vision technical depth and people leadership with proven experience shipping games featuring realistic 3D environments and managing robust outsourcing pipelines. Working closely with the Art Director Design Leads Engineers and Production you will be accountable for understanding the world direction guiding execution reviewing work and ensuring the team delivers visually cohesive performant and engaging environments.
In this role you will
- Be highly creative helping define and drive the Environment Art vision for Rocket League while respecting established visual pillars.
- Partner with Discipline Leads Production and Outsource teams to deliver content efficiently and at quality
- Translate high-level direction into clear actionable guidance for internal teams and external partners.
- Support the Art Director by conducting reviews providing early feedback and ensuring alignment throughout the team.
- Represent the Art Director when needed in cross-discipline meetings reviews and planning discussions.
What were looking for
- Strong understanding of environment art for games including realistic architecture natural landscapes and the integration of manmade and organic elements
- Demonstrated experience overseeing large outsourcing pipelines including asset briefs reviews feedback and quality control across multiple vendors
- Experience collaborating closely with Designers to support core game loops
- Strong desire and ability to grow mentor and lead teams with clarity and empathy
- Experience shipping at least one commercial game with realistic 3D environments across multiple platforms including console and PC ideally on live or long-running titles (Unreal Engine experience a plus)
- Deep understanding of performance optimization and memory trade-offs with a practical approach to scalability and asset reuse
- Strong technical art knowledge including workflows tooling and content integration for PBR and Photogrammetry pipelines
- Excellent grasp of art fundamentals composition lighting color theory scale and visual appeal
- Experience as a Lead responsible for end-to-end environment development including internal teams and external partners
- Highly collaborative mindset low-ego leadership style and strong instincts for what makes environments fun
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 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.
ABOUT US
Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4500 employees globally. For over 25 years weve 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. Epics 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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Key Skills
- 3ds Max
- Computer Graphics
- Perforce
- Zbrush
- Unreal Engine
- Maya
- Painting
- Teaching
- Adobe Photoshop
- Digital Art
- Music Therapy
- Unity
About Company
Founded in 1991, Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology. Epic operates Fortnite, one of the world’s largest games with over 350 million accounts and 2.5 billion friend connections. Epic also develops Unreal Engine, which powers t ... View more
