Description
What You'll Do
Epic Games is seeking an experienced Senior Environment Concept Artist to support and supervise environment concept content created by external partners as part of a collaboration with Disney. Reporting to the project Art Director, you will help drive the visual quality, consistency, and world-building direction of environment concept art across the project.
- Partner closely with the Art Director, Environment Art Leads, Outsource Managers, and internal art teams to ensure high-quality deliverables.
- Communicate the project’s visual direction and world-building goals, ensuring all submitted work meets Epic and Disney quality standards.
- Create and oversee high-quality environment concept designs that support the visual identity and storytelling needs of the project.
- Collaborate closely with environment art, level design, lighting, VFX, and gameplay teams to ensure concepts support downstream production requirements.
- Make hands-on concept adjustments or fixes when necessary to maintain quality and production readiness.
- Help maintain visual cohesion and strong world-building across multiple environments and points of interest within the project universe.
What we're looking for
- Exceptional portfolio demonstrating strong environment concept art skills, visual storytelling, composition, color theory, lighting, and world-building.
- Deep understanding of environmental design principles, including architecture, atmosphere, scale, shape language, and gameplay readability.
- Experience working as a Senior or Principal Environment Concept Artist on at least one shipped AAA title.
- Strong ability to communicate visual direction and collaborate effectively with both internal developers and external outsourcing partners.
- Experience creating production-ready concept packages, including callouts, orthographic designs, paint-overs, and reference sheets.
- Understanding of downstream game development workflows and how concept art supports environment art, lighting, level design, and VFX production.
- Excellent organizational, communication, and feedback skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced production environment.