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Game Art Producer
1 year ago
PeopleFun™ is the award-winning creator of mobile games for players across the globe. We are part of the AppLovin™ studios family, a publicly traded company, with world-class projects, resources, and infrastructure. PeopleFun™ is a Dallas-based game studio founded and maintained by game industry veterans, where game developers thrive on collaboration, creativity, teamwork and fun. Our games are played by over 25 million players each month, and we have a number of exciting mid-core and casual games in development. Our mission is twofold: excellence in creativity and data-driven product innovation, and to be a best-in-class workplace providing unique opportunities to learn and exercise curiosity.
Candidates who reside or will reside in the following locations are eligible for this role: California, Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington DC, Washington State
Job Summary
Peoplefun is looking for a Game Art Producer who can own the overall product/project management, development schedules, and maintain communication between both internal and external teams. This role is responsible for coordinating art tasks, iteration, and anticipating and identifying potential problems, bottlenecks, quality concerns, unanticipated scope changes, feature creep, etc., and ensuring that such issues are resolved quickly.
Responsibilities
- Use Jira to track priorities and statuses of assets while in the pipeline
- Assist Art Team Leads with communication and organizing with outsourced contractors.
- Create and maintain a roadmap and timetable for asset production for the art team.
- Work with the art and product teams to define deliverables and set timelines.
- Facilitate planning meetings and organize releases.
- Oversee and enable communication with other project producers and be able to flag any issues
- Provide leadership to the team by giving clear guidance, timelines, and goals
- Review products/features to ensure quality and consistency
- Be able to troubleshoot and resolve production problems for art resources
- Manage and maintain outsource partner contracts and agreements
Requirements
- 2+ years of sprint planning and/or project management
- Strong project and people management skills
- Proven ability to focus on priorities, solve problems, juggle multiple tasks, and meet deadlines
- At least one shipped game prefer 2 - 3 mobile games shipped
- Management and experience with Live Products
- Ability to communicate and coordinate effectively across a spectrum of departments
- Superior scheduling, organizational, and multi-tasking skills with the ability and desire to work in a fast-paced game studio environment
- Proficient in Jira, Slack, and Google suite (Specifically Drive and sheets)
- Familiarity with the art pipelines and 2D, 3D, and animation tools
Bonus Points
- Working understanding of Unity
- Experience with production flows in development repositories(Github)
- Experience in mobile and F2P gaming
Benefits
Competitive compensation package
Performance bonuses
401K with 3% employer matching
Family friendly culture
Flex PTO policy
Medical/Dental/Vision insurance
On-Site Gym and free Yoga classes
$1,500 annual budget for career development & education
$1,000 annual game device and IAP budget
Free drinks & snacks, catered lunch on Fridays
Happy hours, social events and more
PeopleFun is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, protected veteran status, medical condition or disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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