Studio: Rare Ltd.
Job Opening: Art Manager
Location: Atherstone, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Support the Sea of Thieves art team in delivering high-quality content.
- Work with both the wider studio team and external parties to ensure art content meets requirements.
- Identify any skill gaps within the art team and work with the art leadership team to help resolve these.
- Promote good working practices and high standards across the art content team.
- Participate in recruitment and help onboard and support new team members.
- Capable of troubleshooting, guiding, and adjusting ongoing tasks as needed.
- Build relationships with co-dev Art Managers and Producers to align on and address any possible challenges that could arise.
- Ensure artwork developed by external partners is held to the same high standards as our own.
Qualifications & Skills:
- A strong foundation in art content creation and a comprehensive understanding of relevant art and project disciplines.
- Confident managing a team of artists in a dynamic production environment with experience in performance evaluations and team building.
- Strong interpersonal communication skills and an effective communicator.
- Experience with hiring and interviewing artists.
- Takes the initiative to solve problems with excellent follow-through.
- Strong experience in an art lead, art direction, or art management role.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Up-to-date knowledge of current art techniques and software.
- Familiarity with task management tools.
- Managing external partnerships.
- High level of emotional intelligence and tact.
- Open and honest, whilst being considerate of others.
