This vacancy may offer a work-from-home start until it’s safe to work in-house or relocate to the location.
 

Our client is looking for a talented, passionate Art Manager to join their team in London building a new and highly ambitious online shooter. They are looking to grow a relatively small, tight-knit team, capable of delivering big ideas through experience, smart process, and world-class tools.

As the Art Manager you will utilize your passion, experience, and technical acumen to build and manage a multi-disciplinary art team. You will report to the Art Director and work with production, engineering, and design to implement the Art Director’s vision.

Your tasks:

• Lead, motivate, and inspire a highly creative team of artists. Work with Art Director to review the art team's output for completeness
• Build a team to meet the Art Director’s vision. Work with Art Director to arrive at appropriate compromises for budget and schedule
• Present best practices to art teams, critiquing asset viability, pipelines, and workflows
• Oversee all external vendors. Assist in the organization of packs, documentation, and management of deliverables
• With the Development Manager and Producer, assist in creating a roadmap for development of all art assets, internal and external. Communicate and prioritize dependencies
• With the Development Manager, create a budget for your team including projected headcount, vendor expenses, and hardware and software needs
• Organize and manage all art documentation

Your profile:

• Shipped at least one title credited as Art Manager or Lead Artist
• Substantial management experience
• Substantial experience managing external vendors
• Strong experience with AAA character development preferred
• Experience with Unreal Engine 4 (UE4) preferred
• Significant experience with sci-fi character assets preferred

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