Description
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 Epic Games is searching for an experienced Senior Environment Concept Artist to support and supervise environment concept content created by external partners as part of our collaboration with Disney. Reporting to the project Art Director and working closely with the Outsource Manager and Environment Art Leads, you will help drive the visual quality, consistency, and world-building direction of environment concept art across the project. This role requires a highly skilled environment concept artist with strong leadership instincts, exceptional communication skills, and experience working within AAA game production pipelines. You will collaborate with both internal and external teams to ensure concept work aligns with the project’s artistic vision, gameplay needs, and production requirements while helping establish a clear quality bar for outsourced environment art. In this role, you will - Partner closely with the Art Director, Environment Art Leads, Outsource Managers, and internal art teams to ensure high-quality deliverables - Communicate the project’s visual direction and world-building goals to the team(s) while ensuring all submitted work meets Epic and Disney quality standards - Create and oversee high-quality environment concept designs that support the visual identity and storytelling needs of the project - Collaborate closely with environment art, level design, lighting, VFX, and gameplay teams to ensure concepts support downstream production requirements - Make hands-on concept adjustments or fixes when necessary to maintain quality and production readiness - Help maintain visual cohesion and strong world-building across multiple environments and points of interest within the project universe What we're looking for - Exceptional portfolio demonstrating strong environment concept art skills, visual storytelling, composition, color theory, lighting, and world-building - Deep understanding of environmental design principles, including architecture, atmosphere, scale, shape language, and gameplay readability - Experience working as a Senior or Principal Environment Concept Artist on at least one shipped AAA title - Strong ability to communicate visual direction and collaborate effectively with both internal developers and external outsourcing partners - Experience creating production-ready concept packages, including callouts, orthographic designs, paint-overs, and reference sheets &l