UX DESIGN

What We Do

We design customer and user-focused experiences that are fresh and innovative, while problem solving by anticipating user behavior and hurdles. We approach the most complex of problems and address them with simple, intuitive, and useful solutions.

What You'll Do

Epic is looking for a passionate Lead Technical UI Designer to work on Fortnite Festival. In this position, you will lead and manage a team of Technical UI designers (2–6) working on major music experiences at Epic. You will guide your team to build well thought out features and systems using Unreal Engine, UMG, Blueprints, and view models. You will work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team to ship features to millions of players around the world.

In this role, you will

• Lead a team of Tech UI designers working on music experiences; work collaboratively across multiple teams to create consistency
• Set up a culture of mentorship and excellence within the Tech UI design craft
• Collaborate with other UX/UI leads to ensure great communication is happening and stronger cross-team relationships are built
• Establish best practices and procedures for Tech UI Design
• Help build tools and systems that will help clear up UI tech debt, make it easier and faster to ship UI, and level up the UI overall

What we're looking for

• A service-oriented, compassionate leader
• Experience managing a team of 2–6 people or equivalent training
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills experience presenting to other team members and stakeholders
• Professional engine experience (Custom engine, Unity, UE4, Lumberyard, Snowdrop, etc.), and have game industry 3D-package experience (3D Studio, Maya, etc.)
• Experience in visual or scripting languages such as Lua, Blueprints, etc
• Experience hiring and managing teams
• Ability to identify issues and solve them within extremely complex problem spaces
• Passion for music

If you have a portfolio/reel/website you'd like to share, please hyperlink it to your resume, or submit it as an attachment with your application.

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.