Remote Senior Outsource Artist

Summary

Join a team of world-class artists at Epic Games and push your artistic talent to the limit. As a Senior Outsourcing Artist, you will provide front-line creative feedback for work submitted by outsourcing partners. The ideal candidate is a talented artist who can communicate with outsource partners, document existing pipelines, collect or create quality bar and technical example assets, and package files to send off to external artists.

Requirements

• Experience in shipping AAA titles across multiple platforms
• Experience shipping high-quality game ready assets for production, with an emphasis on stylized art / stylized realism
• Strong understanding of latest toolsets in game art creation, including (but not limited to) Unreal Engine, Substance Painter, Perforce, and 3D modeling packages (A plus if experienced with Shotgrid and Miro)
• Highly organized, self-driven, customer focused, and a great team player
• Ability to critique, mentor, and improve art through written feedback loops
• A keen understanding of technical hurdles, ability to autonomously make choices to further art quality, and excellent communication skills are a must
• Experienced working within a team and a high pressure production environment

Responsibilities

• Work with the Art Leads and Director level to establish visual direction for our outsourcing vendors
• Collect or generate detailed documentation, video references, and examples of art asset production, procedures, and engine requirements to support the external vendors
• Clearly communicating feedback to the outsource partner, and ensuring those creative notes and goals are relayed by internal artists, level designers, game designers, and production to understand the needs and goals of props being created
• Provide prototype meshes with accurate scale and pivot placement, with the understanding of the technical constraints, including vert count management, material setup, and PBR texture creation
• Train outsource partner artists in Psyonix's specific techniques and best practices
• Foster remote teams enthusiasm for the project
• Work with internal stakeholders and or IP owners on licensed asset approvals

Benefits

• We pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents
• Offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability)
• A retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match
• An EAP (employee assistance program)
• A robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents