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 Games is searching for Senior Animators to join our Movement team working on Fortnite. You’ll use motion capture as a base and also need hand-key animation skills to add style and appeal. You need a thorough understanding of the fundamentals of animation and how they relate to gameplay feel and the ability to implement animations in the Unreal 5 game engine using our motion matching system. In this role, you will

• Create character-specific animations for locomotion systems in Fortnite

• Take animation from initial concept through implementation in Unreal Engine 5 using our motion matching system

• Drive collaboration across disciplines, including Production, Design, Technical Animation, Technical Design, and implementation to help drive the style and feel of Fortnite’s animation

• Collaborate with leads in a dailies-style critique environment, and find optimal solutions, and address basic issues as they arise

• Refine animations and gameplay feel as needed to get the best quality animation within the timeline

What we’re looking for

• A strong animation reel showing expertise in motion capture as well as key-framed character and creature animation

• Relevant experience in Maya, Motion Builder, and gameplay systems

• Good instincts for realistic and stylized motions

• Familiarity with the Unreal Engine 5 art pipeline

• Related skills; such as modeling, skinning, and rigging

• Experience shipping at least one title

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. We pay 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents. Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and company-wide paid breaks. We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical.

$65,000 — $120,000/year