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Art Outsourcing Director

We are Socialpoint, a world-renowned mobile games studio based in sunny Barcelona, part of the Take-Two Interactive family. Our games are positioned in the top rankings of both iOS and Android, and they are played and loved by millions of fans all over the world.

About the role:

As the Art Outsourcing Director, you will take a methodical approach to lead the Outsourcing department within our studio and be responsible for ensuring Socialpoint has a successful outsourcing pipeline, with a proactive, analytical and problem-solving approach to all of your tasks.

Your responsibilities:

• Lead a team of talented Art Outsourcing Supervisors and Producers.
• Ensure a frictionless outsourcing pipeline to keep our teams agile and creative.
• Identify areas within our games, that can be outsourced.
• Analyse and negotiate price proposals, contracts and agreements with outsourcing companies.
• Build a functional relationship with existing outsourcing partners and develop a process to evaluate outsourced activity performance.
• Design and iterate effective processes to increase efficiency and reduce risk.
• Identify opportunities to expand the scope of the internal outsourcing department and our outsourcing partner studios.
• Collaborate with other departments such as Finance, IT, Localisation, etc. in order to support them with suppliers related issues.
• Periodically evaluate & forecast the AOS department needs in order to lead recruitment actions if needed.
• Maintain and scale the AOS department in a flexible and efficient way.

This is you:

• Experienced working in very dynamic, changing and demanding environment.
• Highly organised, with outstanding attention to detail and ability to multi-task.
• Clear strategic mindset (focus on prioritisation, efficiency and team/department growth).
• Prior experience leading an OS client team and/or AOS vendor (as a bonus).
• Excellent understanding of the game art production pipelines (on 2d, 3d and animation especially).
• Familiar with Lean and Agile techniques.
• Able to evaluate, hire and maintain teams and update project schedules.
• Experienced with Google Docs, Slides and Sheets, Microsoft Office and Excel, as well as Atlassian JIRA and Confluence. Any other project-tracking and management/database software is welcome. (Wrike is a great bonus).

What we're looking for:

• Excellent prioritisation and communication skills to effectively interact with several departments daily.
• Good professional English skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to adapt quickly in a fast-paced, multifaceted environment.
• Excellent negotiation skills.
• A big passion for games.

Compensation & benefits:

• 25 days annual leave
• Full private medical and dental insurance for you and your family.
• 200€ restaurant ticket each month to spend on a delicious lunch, breakfast or dinner!
• A brand new shiny device when you join! Choose the latest phone or tablet.
• Spotify Premium
• Care packages delivered to our Socalpointers who are Work From Home
• Regular online social events over Zoom (and in person when it’s safe again!)
• Parent survival pack for our SP parents! Extra €€€ or vouchers, you choose!
• All of the latest SP Merch free and discounted products on the T2 Store
• A birthday gift for all our wonderful Socialpointers to celebrate their big day
• Onsite Physiotherapist and Hairdresser

And to help you relocate to Barcelona...

• Access to relocation services to help you deal with the bureaucratic side of moving
• Accountancy & Tax support
• Newbies program to help you assimilate to life in Barcelona if you’re new to the city

Intrigued? We’d love to hear from you. Please click “apply” to level up and submit your application in English.

Socialpoint is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. You’re welcome on the team no matter where you’re from, who you like, what you look like, or if you prefer Xbox over Playstation. It’s a trick question – mobile wins every time! We hire based on your qualifications and demonstrated ability to perform job responsibilities. Our games are for everyone, and so is our workplace.