Concept Outsource Lead

ART & ANIMATION

Concept Outsource Lead (Creatures) (R26546)

**Department**

Art & Animation

**Location**

Montreal, Canada

**Product**

ArtStation

**Company**

Epic Games

**Requisition ID**

R26546

WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.
- Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re 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 You'll Do**

**In this role, you will**
- Work closely with the individual Epic Art Leads, Outsource Manager(s), and artists on the team to support external vendors
- Create various concept designs for creatures that exist within the Fortnite ecosystem
- Collect or generate detailed documentation, video reference, and examples of art asset production, procedures, and engine requirements to support the external vendors
- If required, make any needed fixes to keep assets consistent and technically game ready as they’re handed off from the outsource partner
- Clearly communicate feedback to the outsource partner, and ensure those creative notes and goals are met. Inform leadership in the event that isn’t happening
- Communicate and partner with internal Epic art staff to ensure that outsource concept art is clear and respects limitations from other disciplines

**What we're looking for**
- Portfolio that demonstrates a range of styles, creativity and craftsmanship developing creatures
- A keen eye for creature anatomy and an understanding of how this may affect downstream production groups
- Worked on at least one AAA game in a Senior Concept Artist role
- An effective communicator, collaborator, and problem solver able to coordinate between internal and external teams and deliver clear and concise feedback
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to accurately estimate tasks and maintain schedules
- Understanding of other game art disciplines, their workflows and limitations (animation, character, environment, VFX)
- Experienced working within a team and a high pressure production environment
- A PLUS - Fluency in a language other than English, including Chinese, German, Spanish, Italian, or Russian

**This role is open to multiple locations across North America and Europe** (including CA, NYC, & WA).**

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ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 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.

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