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Description

This role involves leading animation efforts for Fortnite, focusing on Emotes and animations for various IP partners and original Epic content. The successful candidate will drive concepts from initial animation to final implementation in Unreal Engine, collaborate with internal and external art teams, and help shape the animation style and identity of Fortnite. Epic Games aims to create a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment, continuously innovating in game and engine development.

What We're Looking For

Supervise, guide, and lead character-specific animations (dances, emotes) in Maya and Unreal using the ART toolset.,Drive emotes from initial concept through animation to final implementation in Unreal Engine.,Collaborate with various art areas within Epic and with external vendor/partner teams.,Lead the growing library of cosmetic animations/emotes offered to players, helping to shape and direct Fortnite's animation style and identity.

Ideal Candidate

Leadership experience, including participation in the launch of at least one title.

Hard Skills

Keyframe character and creature animation
Maya
Unreal Engine (gameplay systems
animation implementation)
ART toolset
Motion capture data (mocap)
Modeling
Skinning
Rigging

Soft Skills

Communication
Leadership
Perception for realistic and stylized movements
User-oriented
Passionate
Solution-focused
Innovative attitude

Benefits

100% paid benefits (medical
dental
life insurance) for employees and dependents
Daily meal vouchers
Transportation benefits for local employees

About the Company

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Epic Games, Inc.

Epic Games is an American video game and software developer and publisher based in Cary, North Carolina. The company is best known for developing the Unreal Engine, the globally popular game Fortnite, and operating the Epic Games Store digital storefront.

Innovative
Ambitious
Tech-driven
Collaborative
Creative
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