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Senior Art External Development Manager - Marketing
4 years ago
As a Senior Art External Development Manager, you will work with external vendors to oversee the creation and production of marketing creative assets. This role will maintain ownership of the development process and relationship between Zynga and the external vendors and serve as an enthusiastic and passionate conduit through which great marketing creative is produced on time and to spec.
Able to juggle production tracking for many assets at once, you’re organized and meticulous. You are easily able to handle scheduling and hold external studios to the guidelines set out for them. You are able to maintain scope within allotted budgets.
Communication is something that comes naturally for you. You’re able to translate complex ideas into actionable specs and requirements. You pro-actively seek to strengthen communication channels between internal and external teams. You are able to take the drive the process of ensuring the correct feedback from the Art Director is delivered in a timely matter.
Job Requirements:
- Excellent written and visual communication skills – The Outsource manager is in charge of ensuring smooth delivery of the feedback notes from the Art Director and other key stakeholders to the External Studio on a timely manner. Ensure that the expected guidelines and specs are provided with visual and written support.
- Ability to track 1000’s of assets and the status of each.
- Deep understanding of static and video marketing creative pipelines with the ability to effectively communicate timelines and specs back and forth
- Remove any roadblocks as soon as they appear
- Team-player – RFPs may contain animatics, storyboards, and technical information from other disciplines, necessitating that the Outsource manager not work in a vacuum.
- Ability to manage multiple vendors concurrently, including budget and invoicing
- 5+ years experience in games/mobile marketing, Management experience.
- 3+ years in a Lead or Outsource Manager position
What we offer you:
- Zynga Stock RSUs and Bonus Plan
- Full medical, dental, vision benefits as well as life insurance
- Catered lunch daily
- Generous Paid Maternity/Paternity leave
- Open vacation policy for many employees
- Flexible working hours on many teams
- Casual dress every single day
- Work with cool people!
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