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.

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.

• 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

• 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

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.

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.

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