Epic Games is hiring a
Technical Anim Outsource Lead in United States, Canada

Summary

Epic Games is seeking an experienced Outsourcing Lead to support and supervise creative content provided by external partners. The individual will provide front-line creative feedback for work submitted for Epic review, document pipelines, collect or create quality bar and technical example assets, communicate feedback to the outsource partner, and ensure that outsourced assets are ingested into the pipeline and engine correctly. The ideal candidate should have experience in shipping AAA titles across multiple platforms, have a solid hands-on art background, be highly organized, self-driven, and a great team player.

Requirements

• Experience in shipping AAA titles across multiple platforms
• Experience in shipping production assets for games in either environment, character, weapon, or concept disciplines
• Experienced in rigging/technical animation asset production using Maya and Unreal Engine
• Must be highly organized, self-driven, customer focused, and a great team player
• Demonstrate a developed sense of motion, structure, and attention to detail when analyzing assets from a technical animation perspective

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the individual Epic Art Leads, Outsource Manager(s), artists and Directors on the team to ensure assets have all the information they need when they are sent out to the external teams
• Collect or generate detailed documentation, video reference, and examples of art asset production, procedures, and engine requirements to support the external vendors
• If required, making any needed technical animation/rigging-centric fixes to keep assets consistent and technically game ready as they’re handed off from the outsource partner
• Clearly communicating feedback to the outsource partner, and ensuring those creative notes and goals are met. Informing leadership in the event that isn’t happening
• Communicating and partnering with internal Epic art staff ensuring outsourced assets are ingested into the pipeline and engine correctly
• When required, some amount of hands-on art production delivering assets for the project, ensuring they are familiar and capable working inside of the Epic pipeline
• Bug support, triage, and resolution for any art assets that have been created by the outsourcing team

Benefits

Pay Transparency Information: New York City Base Pay Range $189,482 — $277,906 USD, California Base Pay Range $166,744 — $244,558 USD