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Lead Environment Artist (R27210)

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Description

Epic Games is seeking an experienced Environment Art Lead for the Rocket League team. This role involves collaborating with the Art Director to define, maintain, and enhance the visual quality of Rocket League's worlds, ensuring a balance of realism, readability, and performance. The Lead will guide multidisciplinary artists and external partners to deliver high-quality environments at scale, requiring a blend of artistic vision, technical expertise, and leadership skills. Key responsibilities include understanding the world's artistic direction, guiding execution, reviewing work, and ensuring the team produces visually cohesive, performant, and engaging environments.

What We're Looking For

Define and drive the Environment Art vision for Rocket League while respecting visual pillars.,Partner with Discipline Leads, Production, and Outsource teams for efficient, high-quality content delivery.,Translate high-level direction into clear, actionable guidance for internal and external teams.,Support the Art Director by conducting reviews, providing early feedback, and ensuring team alignment.,Represent the Art Director in cross-discipline meetings, reviews, and planning discussions when needed.,Oversee large outsourcing pipelines, including asset briefs, reviews, feedback, and quality control across multiple vendors.,Collaborate closely with Designers to support core game loops.,Grow, mentor, and lead teams with clarity and empathy.,Lead end-to-end environment development, including internal teams and external partners.

Ideal Candidate

Demonstrated experience overseeing large outsourcing pipelines.,Experience shipping at least one commercial game with realistic 3D environments across multiple platforms (console and PC), ideally live or long-running titles.,Experience as a Lead responsible for end-to-end environment development.

Hard Skills

Environment art for games
realistic architecture
natural landscapes
manmade and organic elements integration
outsourcing pipeline management
3D environments
Unreal Engine (plus)
performance optimization
memory trade-offs
scalability
asset reuse
PBR pipelines
Photogrammetry pipelines
art fundamentals
composition
lighting
color theory
PBR
Photogrammetry

Soft Skills

Creative
collaborative
leadership
empathy
problem-solving
communication
low-ego leadership style

Benefits

Medical
Dental
Vision HRA
Long Term Disability
Life Insurance
401k with competitive match
mental well-being program (Modern Health)
free therapy and coaching
company-wide paid breaks
unlimited PTO and sick time
paid sabbatical (after 7 years of employment)

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.

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