Senior External Art Manager

Requisition Number: 161195

Position Title: Senior Outsourcing Artist

External Description:

At BioWare, our mission is to create worlds of adventure, conflict, and companionship that inspire you to become the hero of your story. Our teams drive innovation using cutting-edge tech and tools such as the Frostbite engine and collaborate with thousands of world-class 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.

What the Senior External Art Manager will do at BioWare:

Responsibilities:

• Manage and direct art created by external contributors, in partnership with the larger External Development team
• Work with programmers, artists, and designers to establish metrics and workflows around performance management and asset validation to ensure that the game operates within established targets
• Create and maintain tools to assist artists with their daily workflows
• Perform in-depth reviews of major pieces of content at each stage of construction and provide feedback to the artists
• Provide the first line of support for troubleshooting artist issues, and ensure that those which need escalation are effectively resolved
• Deliver and maintain art and build tools to partner studios

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in the industry, 2+ years as Senior or Lead
• Expertise in Level Art, props, photogrammetry, and hard surface assets
• Good understanding of Level Design from concept to final, previous AAA FPS or RPG titles
• Good understanding of all types of game art
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience teaching workflows and directing art
• Experience onboarding new vendors an asset
• Experience working with external partners, understanding of cultural diversity
• Experience with modern game engines (Unreal, Unity or comparable)
• Experience with Frostbite an asset
• Familiarity with project management tools such as Jira, and Agile methodologies
• Familiarity with version control and build management database such as Perforce
• Desire to travel internationally, confidence using communications tools such as Slack & Zoom to work with remote teams

What’s in it for you? Glad you asked!

We are proud of the great perks we offer like comprehensive health and benefit packages, tuition reimbursement, pension with company match and, of course, free video games. And since we realize it takes world-class people to make world-class games, we offer competitive compensation packages and a culture that thrives on creativity and individuality. Health, Dental, Financial offered (ESPP and RRSP matching); Bonus and relocation assistance also offered.

More about our location: http://careers.ea.com/our-locations/edmonton

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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.

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About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

Days Open: 59

Can this position be remote?:

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