Intern - Character ID-2296

November 30, 2024

What You'll Do

Epic Games Fortnite team is looking for a creative Character Intern to join them in 2025. In this talented team of veteran and emerging artists you'll collaborate across teams and contribute directly to Fortnite! Joining this team means you're motivated to create engaging scenes that introduce new concepts, characters or experiences to our audience of players.

Our goal is to give each new beat for Fortnite its first impression and keep our audience on their toes with what might be coming next. You'll be asked to contribute ideas and collaborate with others in deciding how to depict the untold stories of our characters and the awesome events that take our players to new worlds.

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Potential Intern profiles we are seeking within Character art:

Concept Art Intern
3D Character Artist Intern

As a Concept Art Intern, you could:

Concept major marketing features for Fortnite including key art, IP integrations, and in-game events
Create concepts or characters based on direction from the Art Director and game design team
Sketch ideas that can then be blocked out in Unreal Engine by the screenshots team

As a Character Art Intern you could:

Create, assemble and maintain state-of-the-art real-time characters in UE5
Work with Unreal Engine's MetaHumans for real-time and linear cinematic content
Collaborate with multiple teams from character artists, to animators, to technical artists
Create 3D characters, enemies, and character accessories such as backpacks in ZBrush/Maya

What we're looking for in a Concept Art Intern:

Concept art portfolio required with application
Strong foundational skills in composition, value, and dynamic posing
Strong understanding of color theory and how color affects mood & focal points
Knowledge of Photoshop required
Knowledge of 3D programs like Unreal and Maya are a plus
Strong sense of storytelling through camera compositions
Experience in storyboarding, previs and thumbnailing are also encouraged

What we're looking for in a Character Art Intern:

Portfolio showcasing artistic and technical aptitude
Knowledge of character workflow including modeling, texturing, rigging and animation
Experience integrating characters in Unreal Engine
Passion for all aspects of character art creation
Skilled in 3D content creation programs like ZBrush, Maya/3DSMax
Knowledge of Marmoset, Substance and Unreal Engine is a plus
Skills in composition, value, and dynamic posing is a plus
Strong understanding of color theory and how color affects mood & focal points
Traditional drawing skills and knowledge of the human anatomy is a plus

This internship has a flexible start date in 2025. Recruitment will be ongoing until teams find an ideal match. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the posting location for the duration of the internship. For more information about Epic's Early Career Program, visit epicgames.com/earlycareers.

Intern - Character ID-2296

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Common Interview Questions And Answers

1. HOW DO YOU PLAN YOUR DAY?

This is what this question poses: When do you focus and start working seriously? What are the hours you work optimally? Are you a night owl? A morning bird? Remote teams can be made up of people working on different shifts and around the world, so you won't necessarily be stuck in the 9-5 schedule if it's not for you...

2. HOW DO YOU USE THE DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION TOOLS IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS?

When you're working on a remote team, there's no way to chat in the hallway between meetings or catch up on the latest project during an office carpool. Therefore, virtual communication will be absolutely essential to get your work done...

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8. HOW TO PRIORITIZE WORK?

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9. HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR A MEETING AND PREPARE A MEETING? WHAT DO YOU SEE HAPPENING DURING THE MEETING?

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Intern - Character ID-2296

Common Interview Questions And Answers

1. HOW DO YOU PLAN YOUR DAY?

2. HOW DO YOU USE THE DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION TOOLS IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS?

3. WHAT IS "WORKING REMOTE" REALLY FOR YOU?

4. WHAT DO YOU NEED IN YOUR PHYSICAL WORKSPACE TO SUCCEED IN YOUR WORK?

5. HOW DO YOU PROCESS INFORMATION?

6. HOW DO YOU MANAGE THE CALENDAR AND THE PROGRAM? WHICH APPLICATIONS / SYSTEM DO YOU USE?

7. HOW DO YOU ORGANIZE FILES, LINKS, AND TABS ON YOUR COMPUTER?

8. HOW TO PRIORITIZE WORK?

9. HOW DO YOU PREPARE FOR A MEETING AND PREPARE A MEETING? WHAT DO YOU SEE HAPPENING DURING THE MEETING?

10. HOW DO YOU USE TECHNOLOGY ON A DAILY BASIS, IN YOUR WORK AND FOR YOUR PLEASURE?

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