Epic Games

Senior Concept Artist

Epic Games$90K — $120K *
Cary, NC 27513In-Person
Media
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of concept art experience in games with shipped titles.
  • Proficiency in Photoshop, Procreate, or similar tools, demonstrable through process.
  • Strong foundational skills in color theory, value, and silhouette with ability to articulate design choices.
  • Experience creating clean, buildable production concepts suitable for 3D implementation.
  • Problem-solving mindset with ability to explore various design directions before finalizing.
  • Comfortable evolving established visual styles while maintaining consistency.
  • Excellent communication skills, both giving and receiving feedback openly.

Responsibilities

  • Generate concept art for a variety of Rocket League content including cars and environments.
  • Collaborate with the Art Director to explore and refine visual directions.
  • Produce clear production concepts that provide 3D Artists with necessary details for execution.
  • Adapt quickly to support the live service content pace, maintaining craft integrity.
  • Evolve the visual language of Rocket League alongside new features and partnerships.
  • Contribute to world-building for seasonal themes and significant moments.
  • Maintain coherence and premium quality across diverse art assets.

Benefits

  • 100% coverage of medical premiums for employees and their dependents.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and long-term disability insurance.
  • 401k plan with a competitive matching contribution.
  • Robust mental well-being program offering free therapy and coaching.
  • Unlimited paid time off and sick leave policies.
  • Company-wide paid breaks and employee recognition events throughout the year.
  • Paid sabbatical after 7 years of employment.
Full Job Description
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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 is looking for a Senior Concept Artist to join the Rocket League team. This is a role for someone who understands that great concept art isn't just beautiful, it solves problems. You'll be responsible for the visual vocabulary that shapes arena, seasonal events, and major visual systems, ensuring the work feels premium, intentional, and unmistakably Rocket League.

Working alongside the Art Director and leads, you'll translate creative briefs into explorations, explorations into direction, and direction into something production can build from while keeping the visual language of the game tight and coherent across a live service that never slows down.
In this role, you will
  • Generate concept work across the full spectrum of Rocket League content - cars, cosmetics, arenas, environments, UI elements, and seasonal events
  • Work closely with the Art Director and leads to explore visual directions and push ideas until the right answer is clear
  • Produce clean, buildable production concepts that give 3D Artists, Environment Artists, and Technical Artists exactly what they need to execute proportions, materials, and clear construction intent
  • Support live service content cadence; you'll be comfortable working at speed without sacrificing craft or cohesion
  • Maintain and evolve the visual language of Rocket League across new features and collaborations, including licensed IP and real-world brand partnerships
  • Contribute to world-building and visual framing for seasonal themes, arenas, and key moments
What we're looking for
  • 5+ years of concept art experience in games on shipped titles, with a portfolio showing range across hard surface, vehicles, organic environments, and stylized design
  • Proficiency in Photoshop, Procreate, or equivalent ability to demonstrate process, not just results
  • Strong foundational skills: color theory, value, silhouette; you can articulate why a design works, not just make one that does
  • Experience producing clean, buildable production concepts that translate clearly into 3D
  • A problem-solver first: you can generate a wide range of reads on a brief before locking direction, and you know when to stop exploring
  • Comfortable working within an established visual style while still finding room to push and evolve it
  • Direct communicator you give and receive feedback without mystery or ego
  • Bonus:
    • Background in live service cosmetics pipelines or high-volume seasonal content
    • Experience designing for licensed IP or real-world brand collaborations
    • Ability to create rough 3D blockouts or paint over 3D models as part of your design process
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.

About Epic Games

Epic Games is a video game development company that is best known for creating the popular game Fortnite. The company was founded in 1991 by Tim Sweeney and is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina. Epic Games has developed a number of other successful games, including the Unreal series and Gears of War. The company is also known for its Unreal Engine, a game engine that is used by many other game developers. Epic Games is committed to advancing the state of the art in game development and creating innovative and engaging experiences for players.
Learn more about Epic Games
Size
2,700 employees
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Founded
1991

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