FX Artist

Posted:
11/4/2024, 9:46:49 PM

Location(s):
North Carolina, United States ⋅ Cary, North Carolina, United States

Experience Level(s):
Junior ⋅ Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Art, Graphics & Animation

Pay:
$86/hr or $178,880 total comp

WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

ART

What We Do

Push your artistic talent to the limit on a team of world-class environment, character and concept artists who strive to innovate and inspire.

What You'll Do

Epic is looking for experienced FX Artists to join our dynamic team, contributing across various aspects of FX for our collaboration with Disney. A successful candidate should have a strong sense of dramatic effects and an understanding of how to recreate them in a real-time particle editor. They will be, first and foremost, a team player while also having the ability to be self-motivated and work autonomously. If you have a strong sense of weight, timing, and motion, and you demonstrate technical aptitude with Materials and Logic, we are ready for you to bring those abilities to execute outstanding FX in our games.

In this role, you will

  • Bring a wide variety of FX to life in a dynamic world
  • Own the entire process, from concept to reality in a variety of art styles that don't rely on spritesheet animation
  • Show the team what an FX Artist armed with Houdini can add to the mix
  • Create lasting memories and experiences that inspire all generations of players

What we're looking for

  • Must have a strong reel/portfolio showing your best real-time FX work
  • Well versed in carrying FX tasks from conception to completion, owning the entire process
  • Experienced using Houdini to create art assets and tools for real-time FX needs in Unreal
  • Comfortable working with Blueprint
  • You enjoy sharing and teaching those around you what's possible with Houdini in your toolkit
  • You understand the shifting scale of quality and how to achieve it when working on a multiplatform project

This role is open to multiple locations across North America (including CA & WA). 

Pay Transparency Information

The expected annual base pay range(s) for this position are detailed below. Each base pay range is relevant only for individuals who are residents of or will be expected to work within the specified locale. Compensation varies based on a variety of factors, which include (but aren’t limited to) things such as skills and competencies, qualifications, knowledge, and experience. In addition to base pay, most employees are eligible to participate in Epic’s generous benefit plans and discretionary incentive programs (subject to the terms of those plans or programs).

California Base Pay Range
$120,254$176,373 USD
Washington Base Pay Range
$114,788$168,356 USD

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

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