Principal Environment Artist at Epicgames · LumiJobs

Qualification

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Bachelor’s degree or at least 10 years of progressive professional experience creating real-time 3D environments for commercially released video games
Professional experience creating production-ready environment assets, materials, modular kits, and complete real-time scenes
Preferably professional experience using Unreal Engine for environment world-building, PBR materials, lighting, content implementation, and optimization
Professional experience optimizing real-time environment content for performance, memory usage, visual quality, and multiple hardware platforms
Professional experience using a 3D content creation application such as Maya, 3ds Max, or Blender; texture-authoring software such as Substance Painter or Substance Designer; and image-editing software such as Photoshop or equivalent professional tools
Experience developing or improving environment art workflows, pipelines, documentation, or quality standards
Experience reviewing the work of other artists and providing actionable artistic and technical feedback
Experience mentoring or providing professional guidance to environment artists
Portfolio demonstrating professional environment artwork, including examples of 3D modeling, materials, composition, lighting, world-building, and completed real-time environments
Strong written and verbal communication skills and demonstrated experience collaborating with multidisciplinary development teams

Experience developing large-scale worlds for a AAA, multiplayer, or continuously updated game
Experience with procedural environment creation, advanced material systems, shader workflows, terrain systems, or environment art tools
Experience establishing visual benchmarks and discipline-wide quality standards
Experience collaborating with external development partners or reviewing externally produced environment artwork
Experience delivering environment content across multiple platforms with different performance and memory constraints
This role is open to multiple locations across the US (including CA, NYC, & 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).

Principal Environment Artist