Lead Environment Concept Artist

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 Games is searching for an experienced Lead 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 support external environment concept vendors Communicate the project’s visual direction and world-building goals to outsource partners 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 Develop mood boards, paint-overs, visual target references, callouts, and production documentation to guide external teams Help define environment pipelines, workflows, and quality benchmarks for outsourced concept art production Review outsource submissions and provide clear, actionable artistic feedback to ensure consistency in style, tone, composition, and functionality Collaborate closely with environment art, level design, lighting, VFX, and gameplay teams to ensure concepts support downstream production requirements Identify risks, communication gaps, or quality concerns early and escalate appropriately to leadership when needed Lead, mentor, and provide artistic direction for a small team of environment concept artists 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 Lead 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 Bonus: Fluency in an additional language such as Chinese, Spanish, German, Italian, or Russian This role is open to multiple locations across the US (including CA, NYC, & 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). New York City Base Pay Range $182,204—$303,673 USD California Base Pay Range $200,423—$334,039 USD Washington Base Pay Range $182,204—$303,673 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. Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic! 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 here. 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