Epic Games is seeking a Technical Artist with a strong focus on material creation to join the Fortnite team. This role involves building visually rich and performant materials for characters and accessories using Unreal Engine and industry-standard texturing tools. The ideal candidate will have a generalist mindset, a solid understanding of the broader game art pipeline, and will collaborate with artists, engineers, and other technical artists to create scalable solutions supporting Fortnite's visual style across various platforms. The company fosters a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment, constantly innovating in game and engine development.
Create high-quality, game-ready materials for characters and other cosmetics.,Build materials leveraging procedural textures and custom material logic for distinctive visual effects.,Generate textures and bake data using tools like Substance Designer, Substance Painter, and Houdini.,Develop reusable material frameworks and workflows for efficient asset creation.,Collaborate with character artists, Tech Artists, and engineers to integrate materials with geometry, effects, and Blueprints.,Optimize materials and textures for performance, memory, and scalability across multiple platforms.,Contribute to improving Unreal Engine material pipelines and best practices.
A strong reel or portfolio demonstrating game materials, ideally with character or cosmetic-focused examples.,Advanced understanding of PBR workflows, real-time rendering constraints, and material authoring best practices.,Proven experience creating complex materials using procedural textures and custom material behaviors.,Hands-on experience with Substance Designer and Substance Painter for texture generation and asset authoring.,Familiarity with the Unreal Engine 5 art and material pipeline.,Experience developing content for multiple platforms.,A solid understanding of modeling and texturing fundamentals within a real-time art pipeline.,Strong collaboration skills and a desire to own features and initiatives from inception through ship.,Bonus: Tools, scripting, or pipeline development experience for Unreal Engine, Substance Designer, and/or Substance Painter.,Bonus: Experience in setting up or working with modern character art pipelines, building custom tools, templates, or automation to improve material and texture workflows.,Bonus: Familiarity with Blueprints, Python, or similar scripting languages and experience in secondary areas such as modeling, lighting, or VFX.
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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