Senior Environment Concept Artist

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 an experienced Senior Environment Concept Artist to support and supervise environment concept content created by external partners as part of our collaboration with Disney. Reporting to the project Art Director and working closely with the Outsource Manager and Environment Art Leads, you will help drive the visual quality, consistency, and world‑building direction of environment concept art across the project.

This role requires a highly skilled environment concept artist with strong leadership instincts, exceptional communication skills, and experience working within AAA game production pipelines. You will collaborate with both internal and external teams to ensure concept work aligns with the project’s artistic vision, gameplay needs, and production requirements while helping establish a clear quality bar for outsourced environment art.

In this role, you will

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 to the team(s) while 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

Proven ability to maintain high artistic standards while balancing production realities and schedules

Experience working with stylized and/or highly immersive world-building aesthetics is a strong plus

Familiarity with building 3D assets is a plus

Bonus: Fluency in an additional language such as Chinese, Spanish, German, Italian, or Russian

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy.

Note to Recruitment Agencies
Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found.

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