Hard Surface Outsource Lead

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Epic Games is searching for an experienced Hard Surface Outsourcing Lead to support and supervise creative hard surface content provided by outsource partners. Working alongside Hard Surface Art Leads and reporting to the Hard Surface Cosmetics Lead the Outsource Lead will provide front-line creative feedback for work submitted for Fortnite. Though the role will be mainly supervisory the individual should be an experienced artist having worked in AAA titles before and have a solid hands-on art background with a very strong foundation of 3D modeling for both hard and soft surfaces. The ideal candidate would be a talented 3D artist who is able to communicate equally effectively both with outsource partners and internal teams to ensure the timely delivery of high quality assets to the next stage in the art pipeline. Their skills will include; a keen artistic eye for clean 3D modelling documenting existing pipelines creating blockouts paintovers and exemplar assets and ultimately providing clear visual feedback to vendors at each stage of the process.

• Work closely with the HS Cosmetics Lead and HS Art Leads to pull together clear creative direction for the assets to be created and then ensure this information is packaged and conveyed to the Vendor as clearly as possible. Work with Directors Production and internal partners to evaluate hire and onboard vendors
• Collect or generate detailed documentation video reference and examples of art asset production procedures and engine requirements to support the external vendors
• If required making any needed fixes to keep assets consistent and technically game ready as theyre handed off from the outsource partner
• Clearly communicating modeling and paint feedback to the outsource partner and ensuring those creative notes and goals are met. Informing leadership in the event that isnt happening
• Communicating and partnering with the HS implementation team ensuring outsourced assets are ingested into the pipeline and engine correctly
• When required some amount of hands-on art production delivering assets for the project ensuring they are familiar with and capable of working inside of the Epic pipeline
• Bug support triage and resolution for any art assets that have been created by the outsourcing team

• Experience in shipping AAA titles across multiple platforms
• Experienced shipping 3D production assets for games in either character weapon or prop disciplines
• Experienced in game art asset creation in a variety of software packages including Maya 3ds Max Zbrush Photoshop Substance etc
• Experience in modeling creating UVs and texturing is essential
• Must be highly organized self-driven customer focused and a great team player
• Must be a clear and concise communicator able to deliver complex creative feedback across external vendor locations
• Experienced working within a team and a high pressure production environment
• Youre user-focused passionate solutions-focused and innovative
• A PLUS - Fluency in languages other than English including Chinese German Spanish Italian or Russian

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