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Game Design Intern

2 months ago

Cary, United States Epic Games Full time
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.

DESIGNWhat We Do

Put your design skills to work at a cutting-edge company that challenges the norm. From character and level design to competitive gameplay and system design, help shape the future of interactive entertainment at Epic.

GAME DESIGN INTERNWhat You'll Do

Fortnite’s Festival is seeking a Game Design intern to help work on quests and implementation for the Season Team. In this role, you will work within Unreal Engine, using a custom toolset designed specifically for creating quests in Fortnite. You will build out and test seasonal content that will delight and retain our players. The Game Design Intern will work alongside an experienced team and be expected to actively participate in the development of Fortnite Festival. By the end of the internship, candidates will have a good grasp of what it is like to work in a live service environment and essential knowledge of development principles and practices. In addition, they will have delivered work that will be played by millions of players across the globe

In this role, you will
  • Work with the Fortnite Festival Season Team to design quest content
  • Implement designed quests in engine and directly into the Fortnite project
  • Test your quests to make sure they are up to Epic standards
  • Learn about source control at Epic like Perforce
  • Learn about project management at Epic and more specifically Jira
  • Pitch your ideas to product owners
  • Join in with the team for collaborative work and social play
What we're looking for
  • Familiar with the basics of game design
  • Experience working in a game engine with a preference for Unreal
  • A proactive self-starter who has a hunger to learn
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • Passion for developing games
  • Familiar with Fortnite ecosystem

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. This is going to be Epic

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 19 countries with 55 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.

Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic

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