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Art Outsource Manager

GSN Games is looking for an Art Outsource Manager to join our fabulous team!

About the GSN New Games Studio:

It’s an exciting time in our New Games Studio! We’re looking toward our next big thing and we’re looking for an Art Outsource Manager to help us realise our vision!

We believe that play matters and that’s why we create genre-leading games that are fun, engaging and rewarding. Joining GSN Games will give you a platform to work on incredible games while working alongside the best people in the business!

What You’ll Do:

You will work with the Art Lead, Producer and external Creative teams to help us build an exciting new mobile social game. You will be a key part of the art team, managing all outsource pipelines keeping a keen eye on quality. You will:

• Support the Art Manager in creating briefs and providing artwork feedback on outsourcing (maintaining brand look).
• Make sure all assets are received, are technically sound and are archived.
• Maintain and improve upon the outsource pipeline as the project progresses.
• Work with the Producer to create and maintain the schedule for content creation.
• Act as the main point of contact for the outsourcing studio.
• Establish and attend any daily meetings/ stand-ups/ retro to ensure a smooth workflow.
• Conduct, track and maintain outsourcing partner reviews to highlight any repetitive issues and successes.
• Troubleshoot problems with outsourcing partners.
• Maintain a good overview of all existing assets and ensure any new briefs and/or items do not overlap too much with existing assets.
• Ensure outsourced assets are good value for money and not duplicating existing assets.

About You:
You should have at least 3 years of experience in art production managemen t in the creative arena for mobile platforms. You will have excellent attention to detail, a thorough knowledge of providing artistic feedback for game assets and experience partnering with distributed teams/outsource partners. You’ll have:

• A strong eye for art style details, design proportions and pleasing visual aesthetics.
• A solid grasp of Photoshop and ability to provide art feedback in written and sketch form where needed.
• The ability to feedback on texturing quality.
• Bonus: Understanding of Physically Based Rendering (PBR), Unity and basic 3D is a plus.
• Supervisory experience in leading international teams.
• Keen project management experience.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to challenge partners to ensure highest quality is achieved.
• A genuine interest in playing and making industry leading social games is a huge bonus.