Lead Producer

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

We are looking for a Lead Producer to join us on the Fortnite art production team. You will lead the art team responsible for creating and delivering cosmetics and seasonal and gameplay art. You will manage a team of producers who focus on 2D concepts, 3D character and hard surface modeling and texturing, rigging, animation, VFX, and tech art. 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 Fortnight to understand and balance dependencies, deliveries, and output targets.
• Lead roadmap planning activities for the art and producer 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

• Previous experience working in a production role where you’ve managed art teams in the creation and delivery of high-quality art.
• Demonstrated production leadership experience and history of mentoring talent to foster growth.
• Experience in a software development organization, preferably with platform development.
• 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.
• Adept at operating within ambiguous situations and high pressure scenarios.

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.