The Art Production Manager works with Producer, Art Director, Leads and vendors to manage and drive asset scheduling and creation – both internally and externally. They will help develop milestone deliverables, budgets and outsourcing plans and are the primary point of contact for external outsourcing partners.

Responsibilities Include:

• Work with internal and external teams (particularly Art) to deliver the visual content for the project at the highest expected level of quality
• Create and maintain schedules and asset tracking lists/systems and communicate the status of these effectively to the team
• Develop and maintain asset list and in-house tracking system for the duration of the outsource project
• Define and maintain both outsource and internal art pipelines
• Review, provide feedback and approve quality of assets being built from external vendors, in concert with Art Director and Lead Artist
• Serve as primary point of contact between the development team and outsourcing/vendor contacts.
• Manage flow of communication and relationships with external vendors, including wrangling training modules, style guides, tools and project documentation
• Review and communicate feedback to the vendors through all stages of contract and work execution.
• Develop “best practices” methodology for distributed development
• Assisting in Researching and negotiating pricing agreements with vendors for equipment, supplies, printing services and office equipment maintenance
• Assist with gathering of art reference materials, as needed
• Assisting with management of staff

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 3 years experience in Art Production Management in the video game or relevant industry
• Proficiency with project scheduling and management
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to autonomously and proactively research, identify, and solve development problems
• Possess a good understanding of the art processes
• Independent multi-tasker with excellent organizational skills