Outsourced Art Manager

Requisition Number: 160431

Position Title: Associate Art Director

External Description:

ART OUTSOURCE MANAGER

At EA, we exist to Inspire the World to Play. We create amazing experiences for our players everywhere and we consider our players’ experiences first in everything we do. Creating transformational experiences requires constant innovation and passionate people. We are developing extraordinary new game experiences by bringing together great people that combine creativity, technology, and expertise to deliver new ways to play. EA is looking for an experienced art outsource manager with a good eye and a technical knowledge to focus on the management of art assets produced by our vendors. This is a rare and unique opportunity at EA to help establish a new model of game development. You will report to our team's Art Producer.

Who you are:

You are focused, with a strong attention to detail. You know the ins and outs of developing a variety of types of content and how they incorporate it into a game. You are self motivated, and able to work independently when needed. You are ready to be the gatekeeper for our external vendor work and your artistic eye is tuned to ensure that our vendors deliveries are of the highest quality possible. You enjoy working closely with Art disciplines to develop guidelines and packets for our vendors to follow, and working with production to ensure that everything is delivered in an appropriate timeline. And you are the driving force on improvements to these workflows and first line of contact with the daily vendor relationship. 

What you’ll be doing:

• You will report into the Art Producer and work in close collaboration with the Art disciplines, design, tech art and our vendors.
• Conduct regular reviews and send feedback on the art and technical quality of vendor submissions.
• Partner with the discipline art lead ensuring briefs for our vendors are created and delivered.
• Train vendors on our best practices and unblock their workflow issues.
• Work with partners to ensure on time delivery and high-quality of art assets.
• Update our tracking software with estimates of assets and delivery dates based on information from our vendors. Keep our dashboards and pages in good standing to our projects schedule. 
• Partner with the Art Producer to ensure the vendors are hitting their performance targets by conducting monthly reviews on deliveries. Report any issues that need immediate attention.
• Transfer final outsourced assets into our in-house engine
• Identify risks associated with meeting project milestones
• Work with the Art Producer to manage and document the status of outsourced art assets.
• Organize and prepare asset packets for the external team.
• Prescreen visual quality of art assets coming in from outsource artists.

Your Background Includes:

• 3+ years of experience in game art asset creation in different software packages including Maya, Zbrush, Substance and Photoshop
• Have shipped AAA PC, console or mobile titles as an outsource manager
• Strong character, and environment modeling experience
• Self-driven, customer-focused
• Experience creating style guides to be used by vendors 
• Experience with game production process, end-to-end
• Experience working with a range of partners
• Experience with Unity
• Experience managing multiple assets in different states of completion.

Bonus

• Experience with RTS games
• Experience in free-to-play games
• An avid gamer is a plus
• Remote work experience

General Information

As part of the application process we might ask you to perform a practical work test. Apply online with a combined CV and portfolio, our mission is to create worlds of adventure, conflict, and companionship that inspire you to become the hero of your story. Our teams inspire creativity using tech and collaborate with thousands of outstanding developers across EA’s network of studios. We are passionate about games and their potential as a creative medium to reach and inspire people through emotion, artistry, and engaging storytelling. If you share this passion, this is an amazing opportunity to help shape the next generation of gaming.

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Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc.는 세계를 선도하는 인터랙티브 엔터테인먼트 소프트웨어 기업입니다. EA는 인터넷 콘솔, 개인용 컴퓨터, 휴대전화, 태블릿용 게임과 콘텐츠 및 온라인 서비스를 제공합니다.

EEOText: EA는 균등한 기회의 제공을 실천합니다. 모든 채용은 인종, 피부색, 출신 국가, 혈통, 생물학적/사회적 성별, 성 정체성 또는 표현, 성적 성향, 나이, 유전 정보, 종교, 장애 여부, 질병 유무, 임신 여부, 혼인 상태, 가족 상황, 군 복무 여부, 또는 법으로 금지된 기타 요인을 고려하지 않고 결정됩니다. 또한, 해당 직책에 합당한 능력을 갖추고 있다면 범죄 기록이 있는 지원자도 관련 법률을 준수하는 방식으로 채용 여부를 고려합니다. EA는 관련 법률에서 명시하는 대로 업무 공간에 장애가 있는 입사 지원자 또는 예정자를 위한 시설을 마련해두고 있습니다.

Days Open: 21

Can this position be remote?:

EEO Employer Verbiage:

EA는 균등한 기회의 제공을 실천합니다. 모든 채용은 인종, 피부색, 출신 국가, 혈통, 생물학적/사회적 성별, 성 정체성 또는 표현, 성적 성향, 나이, 유전 정보, 종교, 장애 여부, 질병 유무, 임신 여부, 혼인 상태, 가족 상황, 군 복무 여부 등의 요인을 고려하지 않고 결정됩니다. EA는 관련 법률에서 명시하는 대로 업무 공간에 장애가 있는 입사 지원자 또는 예정자를 위한 시설을 마련해두고 있습니다.