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Art Manager - Hybrid/Flexible

Are you an experienced and organised Art Manager with a passion for collaborating with creative individuals? Are you ready to be the backbone of a growing art department?

We want you to #JOINTHEREBELLION!

For 30 years we’ve been creating incredible video games at our multiple studios, but Rebellion is more than just games. We have our own film and mo-cap studio, we create board games, publish books, and through 2000AD, publish comics and graphic novels such as the amazing Judge Dredd.

We operate across multiple UK locations, with studios based in Oxford, Warwick, Liverpool, and Wakefield. Work-life balance is important to us, and we want everyone at Rebellion to work in the way that works best for them. so as long as you are based in the UK, we are always open to discussing how we can support remote and/or Hybrid working options.

We are on the lookout for Art Manager to help develop and grow our expanding the Art Team, working on a variety of unannounced projects including a co-op strategy shooter' & survival action-adventure games.

You will work closely with the Head of Art and alongside the Art Producer and Art Directors to continue to drive for improvement and quality.

You will need to be a confident, supportive, and enthusiastic leader proud to be an advocate for the art team with a holistic knowledge about the impact of art in the development lifecycle. With a passion for excellence, you will drive consistent working practices, set ambitious standards, mentor, and support the Art Directors and Leads.

Responsibilities:

• Develop short and long-term strategies for a growing art department
• Create and track personal goals and the career development of individuals within the art team
• Identify gaps in art pipelines to ensure working practices are improved where needed
• Grow the art department into a talented and flexible team
• Develop spinoff projects to R&D new software and process
• Review, direct and provide positive constructive feedback for central Art Directors and Leads to develop their abilities and output
• Consistently update senior management on the status and progress of central art and resolutions for Art production issues
• Collaborate with Producers and Art Managers to identify and resolve art workflow and staffing issues
• Advocate and be a spokesperson representing the Studio at shows and universities

Requirements

• Shipped AAA console titles as a Studio Art Manager or comparable role
• Experience managing Art teams through the complete life cycle of project development
• Worked collaboratively and productively in cross discipline teams
• Proficient in identifying workflow issues identifying resolutions and the ability to implement them
• Strong aesthetic judgement and able to articulate reasons for their approaches
• Good understanding of games development & the technical aspects of the art pipeline
• Solid knowledge of industry standard task tracking software such as Jira, Excel, and MS Project

Benefits

We offer an extensive benefits package to our team including:

• 26 days holiday + Bank holidays (increasing with service at 5 years – one day each year until you reach 31 days)
• Private Medical Insurance, healthcare cash plan, including dental and Vision
• Life Assurance, Income Protection & Critical Illness Cover
• Enhanced Family Leave
• Interest Free, Tax-Free loans
• Enhanced Pension Scheme
• EAP a range of Mental Health and Wellbeing Support
• Plus loads more… including a wide range of discounts, freebies, and social events!

About Us

Whichever team you join at Rebellion we are proud of our open, friendly, and creative atmosphere. We love what we do, and we have fun doing it! As a big indie developer, we have complete creative freedom over our titles which allows us to work on a massive variety of projects across all the major platforms.

Find out more about us here

Our size, stability, and the variety of in-house expertise across multiple industries, makes Rebellion completely unique! We work in our own way, and we celebrate that as the key to our success. We foster an inclusive culture where you are encouraged to be yourself, to express your creativity and your talent. We are people focused and will support you in every way to can be the best at what you do. We recognise the importance of enjoying what you do and having a healthy work-life balance. We offer a friendly, creative, and relaxed working atmosphere, with sensibly managed projects and a wide variety of benefits and development opportunities for all our teams to ensure you are fully supported with your physical and Mental Well-being.

We are actively recruiting for a diverse team and continue to add to our culture of growth and inclusion. Rebellion encourages innovation in all areas, and we look forward to hearing how you can help us to be better. We encourage all demographics of culture, gender, ethnicity, neurodiversity and beyond, because a representative team makes better products.

If you are interested in working at Rebellion, but this role doesn’t sound quite like you, we’re recruiting for a range of positions across the studio and we’re always happy to receive speculative applications via our website. Visit our Careers website to view all of our live vacancies: Rebellion: Careers