Lead Environment Artist

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Epic Games seeks an experienced Lead Environment Artist to join the Rocket League team in Montréal, full‑time and onsite. You’ll partner with the Art Director to define and elevate the worlds, balance realism, readability and performance, and lead multidisciplinary artists and outsourcing partners to deliver high‑quality environments at scale. The role demands a proven track record shipping realistic 3D environments across consoles and PC, strong people leadership, and deep technical art knowledge covering pipelines, optimization, and PBR/photogrammetry. To succeed, communicate a clear vision, mentor with empathy, and keep cross‑discipline partners aligned. For applications, tailor your portfolio to show end‑to‑end environment work, outsourcing management, and measurable impact; highlight collaboration with designers and any Unreal Engine experience.

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.

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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 an experienced Environment Art Lead to join the Rocket League team. In this role, you will partner closely with the Art Director to define, maintain, and elevate the visual quality of Rocket League’s worlds, balancing realism, readability, and performance across the game’s visuals. You will lead and collaborate with multidisciplinary artists and external partners to deliver high-quality environments at scale. This role requires a strong mix of artistic vision, technical depth, and people leadership, with proven experience shipping games featuring realistic 3D environments and managing robust outsourcing pipelines. Working closely with the Art Director, Design Leads, Programmers, and Production, you will be accountable for understanding the world direction, guiding execution, reviewing work, and ensuring the team delivers visually cohesive, performant, and engaging environments.

In this role, you will

• Be highly creative, helping define and drive the Environment Art vision for Rocket League while respecting established visual pillars.
• Partner with Discipline Leads, Production, and Outsource teams to deliver content efficiently and at quality
• Translate high-level direction into clear, actionable guidance for internal teams and external partners.
• Support the Art Director by conducting reviews, providing early feedback, and ensuring alignment throughout the team.
• Represent the Art Director when needed in cross-discipline meetings, reviews, and planning discussions.

What we're looking for

• Strong understanding of environment art for games, including realistic buildings, natural landscapes, and the integration of manmade and organic elements
• Demonstrated experience overseeing large outsourcing pipelines, including asset briefs, reviews, feedback, and quality control across multiple vendors
• Experience collaborating closely with Designers to support core game loops
• Strong desire and ability to grow, mentor, and lead teams with clarity and empathy
• Experience shipping at least one commercial game with realistic 3D environments, across multiple platforms, including console and PC, ideally on live or long-running titles (Unreal Engine experience a plus)
• Deep understanding of performance, optimization, and memory trade-offs, with a practical approach to scalability and asset reuse
• Strong technical art knowledge, including workflows, tooling, and content integration for PBR and Photogrammetry pipelines
• Excellent grasp of art fundamentals, composition, lighting, color theory, scale, and visual appeal
• Experience as a Lead responsible for end-to-end environment development, including internal teams and external partners
• Highly collaborative mindset, low-ego leadership style, and strong instincts for what makes environments fun

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

We pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program), we also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents.

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.

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