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.
PRODUCTION
What We Do
Whether it’s driving a vision from start to finish or collaborating with teams to inspire and deliver projects of Epic quality, Epic’s production teams take pride in consistently delivering world-class products and experiences.
What You’ll Do
Today we are growing the team which is forging the first adventures in LEGO Fortnite, blending the engaging and welcoming Fortnite universe with the creativity and playfulness of LEGO. We are looking for a Lead Art Producer to join us on the LEGO Fortnite production team. You will drive the delivery of all art needs for gameplay features and cosmetics, process standards, and lead other art producers in this position. Our team of producers focuses on concept, modeling using LEGO Digital Designer, environment art, technical animation, animation, VFX, and tech art. You will also be responsible for ensuring the smooth creation of cosmetics which range from emotes to minifigures to building sets. The ideal candidates are passionate about working in games, have a strong understanding of dependency-driven production methodologies, a firm understanding of a 3D art creation pipeline, excellent communication and collaboration skills, and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
In this role, you will
- Work directly with multiple art discipline producers/leads/directors to successfully drive high velocity, high-impact development cycles, balancing out short-term needs and long-term vision. Help troubleshoot and balance resources as plans evolve.
- Partner with multiple leaders to understand requirements and critical timelines. Collaborate with game teams across Fortnite to understand and balance dependencies, deliveries, and output targets.
- Lead roadmap planning activities for the art and production teams, requirements gathering, vendor assessments, workflow, and initiative build-out plans, estimations, and resourcing in order to drive a solid roadmap that achieves strategic product goals. Proactively seek out efficiencies to boost team productivity.
- Communicate proactively and consistently. Collaborate with producers, product managers, and other disciplines on the development teams needed to complete initiatives, understand and report on progress, risks, and mitigations.
What we’re looking for
- At least 7+ years experience working in a production role where you’ve managed teams in the creation and delivery of hundreds of high-quality art assets.
- Demonstrated production leadership experience and history of mentoring talent to foster growth.
- Adept at operating within ambiguous situations and high pressure scenarios.
- Expert communication, organizational skills and highly efficient time management.
- Deep understanding of dependency-driven pipelines, scheduling and asset tracking, and project management practices and tools
- Ability to build strong partnerships at every level. The kind of person that people want to work for and work with.
- Bonus: Previous experience working with IP partners or managing creative collaboration.
This role is open to multiple locations across North America & Europe (including WA).
Pay Transparency Information
The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors, which include (but aren’t limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic’s generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).
California Base Pay Range
$197,408—$289,532 USD
Washington Base Pay Range
$193,296—$283,501 USD
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.
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