External Art Manager

Requisition Number: 168232

Position Title: Outsourcing Artist

External Description:

External Art Manager

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 inspire creativity using tech and tools such as the Frostbite engine and work with thousands of 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.

Responsibilities:

• Provide support to Character and Level Art Supervisors, and manage art created by external contributors
• Provide support to Production - task assignments, task readiness
• Perform reviews of external content at each stage of construction and support xDev team’s feedback to the artists
• Work with Quality Verification to 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
• Unshelve, submit and review art assets as needed

Qualifications:

• Must have:
• 4+ years of experience in the industry
• Experience with Photoshop, Maya, zBrush and Perforce
• Experience working with external partners, understanding of cultural diversity
• Experience in Level Art - props and hard surface assets
• Good understanding of clothing and armour
• Excellent understanding of anatomy (human and animal)
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience teaching workflows and reviewing art
• Experience with modern game engines (Unreal, Unity or comparable)
• Familiarity with project management tools such as Jira, and Agile methodologies
• Familiarity with version control and build management database such as Perforce
• Nice to have:
• Experience onboarding new vendors
• Experience with Frostbite
• Desire to travel internationally, confidence using communications tools such as Slack & Zoom to work with remote teams
• Experience with Marvelous Designer and Substance Painter

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Community / Marketing Title: External Art Manager

Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc. är ett globalt ledande mjukvaruföretag för interaktiv underhållning. EA levererar spel, innehåll och onlinetjänster för internetuppkopplade spelkonsoler, persondatorer, mobiltelefoner och surfplattor.

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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: 42

Can this position be remote?: 0

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Om EA

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