Kylie O’Keefe | Producer at Epic Games
I am dedicated to building scalable and sustainable processes for teams, ensuring on-time delivery without compromising quality. I'm passionate about leading cross-discipline teams, driving efficient production pipelines, and fostering collaboration between internal and external partners. Drawing from my background as an outsource artist and developer, I collaborate closely with leads to identify and eliminate bottlenecks, streamlining workflows.
I’m currently working on the unreleased Epic Games and Disney project.
Check out my previous work on LEGO Fortnite, MetaHuman, Unreal Engine, and more below!
Managing game-ready assets for every Fortnite Outfit and LEGO Brick in LEGO Fortnite
Thousands of Assets in Only 4 Months
On LEGO Fortnite, a survival crafting game, we brought to life thousands of beloved Fortnite characters as LEGO Minifigures. We also crafted game-ready digital replicas for thousands more physical Lego pieces.
When I joined the team, we had no characters in-engine and no Lego pieces tracked. I had less than four months to figure out how to launch 1,200+ characters.
I began by integrating everything into Shotgrid—configuring assets, tasks, and pipeline steps based on existing workflows. I developed burndown charts, custom pages, queries, and scripts to track and evaluate progress at the massive scale the project required.
This data revealed slowdowns in specific steps of our pipeline. I worked closely with artists and developers to revamp our vendor delivery system, prioritizing areas of highest impact to address critical roadblocks in our process.
Delivering elevated artistic and technical standards with MetaHuman + 3Lateral
Multi-Project Management
The character team was a small, scrappy team who contributed to many projects across and outside of Epic.
Beyond my role as an Producer, I also worked closely with leads and directors to develop art tests, create written documentation, conduct reviews, and provide constructive feedback to vendors.
Notably, I even created several assets shipped in MetaHuman Creator!
I cultivated strong vendor relationships, building trust through transparent communication and hands-on support.
I procured new vendors, supported contract negotiation and execution efforts, managed budgets and tasks, evaluated partner performance, and aligned creative output with our business goals.
With multiple simultaneous projects, I had to navigate conflicting tasks, roadmaps, and priorities. I worked closely with artists and developers to ensure work met Epic’s tight deadlines and high standards.
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Horizon Forbidden West
Featuring 168 uniquely generated characters utilizing MetaHuman core tech, we collaborated with Guerilla Games to provide believable and meaningful AAA characters.
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Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
We calibrated MetaHuman facial assets with additional likeness data derived from 4D scans and scan-based texture sets in this new release powered by MetaHuman!
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Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
Senua’s 4D data derived character now comes with further upgraded neck deformations and tongue kinetics capable of conveying Melina’s impressive and engaging performance.
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Blue Dot
A short film created to demonstrate the fidelity to expect when using MetaHuman Animator with a stereo head-mounted camera system and traditional filmmaking techniques.
Documenting and teaching best practices for game development in Unreal Engine
Empowering Through Engagement
I produced educational materials—including sample projects, conference talks, and white papers—to highlight the intended workflows of Engine features.
Developing expert-level content and answering licensee questions via Unreal Developer Network required me to deepen my understanding of game workflows and collaborate across departments to solve complex problems.
In my commitment to knowledge-sharing, I've consistently mentored and led junior production and art staff.
Whether through providing comprehensive training in production tools, organizing department-wide retrospectives, swag giveaways, and team-building events—I tailor my production support to meet the specific needs of my team.
I entered the game industry as a GDC Conference Associate and I bring that enthusiasm and drive to help everyday.
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Pose Driver Connect Code Plugin
This toolkit for artists includes tools for creating secondary animation in Maya and importing into Unreal Engine, generating a one to one match with the secondary deformation authored in Maya.
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ML Deformer UE Feature Sample
This learning sample project demonstrates Unreal Engine’s ML technology with an anatomically correct digi-double derived from 3D, 4D, and MRI data with deformations driven by muscle, flesh, and cloth simulation.
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Grooming for Real-Time Realism White Paper
This white paper details the process of working with real-time hair and fur in Unreal Engine, going beyond the documentation to discuss artistic and technical concerns that artists might encounter while using this feature.
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City UE Feature Sample
This downloadable project reveals how the city scene from The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience was built. It demonstrates new and improved systems such as World Partition, Nanite, Lumen, Chaos, MetaHumans, and more!
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MetaHumans UE Feature Sample
Featuring two digital humans generated from the MetaHuman Creator, this learning example showcases high-fidelity characters that come fully rigged, ready for animation and motion capture.
