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Art Producer

Pixelberry Studios is a top mobile games developer, creating fun and engaging games with heart for over nine years. We’re a division of Nexon, one of the Top 10 largest gaming companies in the world. Our studio is 3-for-3 launching games into the App Store's Top 25 Grossing chart. Our market-leading, award-winning mobile game, Choices: Stories You Play, broke into the Top 5 in the App Store. Our vision for success is based around innovative game design, diversity, and putting our players first!

We've seen firsthand the positive impact that games can make. Because of that, we leverage our commercial success to make a real difference: we have partnered with numerous non-profits, saved actual lives with our games, and donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to charities. Players love our games’ focus on racial, gender, sexual, and identity diversity while holding us accountable when they expect more.

Some of us at Pixelberry have worked together for over 10 years through multiple companies. As a result, we strive to create long-term relationships that help sustain our success. We continue to add new individuals who aren’t just searching for another stepping stone but a place to put down roots and actively make a difference. We love what we do and are looking for passionate, like-minded people who want to grow, learn, and make a difference together.

SUMMARY OF POSITION

Pixelberry Studios is looking for an Art Producer to assist the team in creating content for Choices: Stories You Play.

With frequent releases to coordinate across several interactive books, the Art Producer should feel comfortable working in a fast-paced & creatively-driven environment. The ideal candidate should have excellent communication skills, demonstrate clear understanding of the game development pipeline, can manage internal development requests and team members, foresee future needs, and develop art asset pipelines to scale, with a keen eye for artistic details.

Currently, all Pixelberry staff are working remotely. Hybrid work model (1 day/week in-office) will be in place once we resume on-site operations, currently scheduled for January 2022. 100% remote option will be available/reviewed on a case-by-case basis only.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with the Art Director, Artists, and Writing teams to manage art production for projects from start to finish
• Handle art pipeline and identify/solve workflow issues
• Manage art production schedule through tools like Google Suite, Asana, etc.
• Coordinate with internal/external art teams to ensure timely production and delivery of all assets
• Act as a point of contact between Art and Writing teams to gather art feedback
• Ensure art quality and style is consistent with established art through all feedback stages
• Independently own budgets and external vendor relationships, craft and inform SOW’s
• Mitigate conflicts and solve problems
• Create processes, guidelines, and templates which help the Art and Art Production teams improve efficiency and quality of work

REQUIREMENTS

• 2 + years of experience managing creative production in games or similar
• Organized, forward thinking, self-motivated, hard-working, with a strong sense of accountability
• Excellent communication skills; ability to collaborate and resolve conflicts among teams
• Experience driving production process and shipping multiple projects
• Understanding of game development and the art-creation process
• A good eye for art, and ability to effectively communicate with art terminology
• Experience managing external vendors
• Familiarity with Adobe Photoshop
• Familiarity with production toolsets (e.g. Google suite, Jira, Asana, etc)

BENEFITS & PERKS (FULL-TIME, DURING SHELTER-IN-PLACE)

• Competitive salary
• High level of autonomy and freedom
• Rich & flexible health, disability, and employee assistance offerings to meet the needs of a diverse workforce
• 401(K) with matching program
• Paid Year-End Break
• Relaxed office environment with free food and snacks and WFH Tuesdays and Thursdays (pre-COVID)
• Virtual escape rooms, video game nights, trivia parties, and other team-building activities throughout the year!

HOW THIS JOB IS DIFFERENT

• Learn about the business side of mobile games. Our team is very good at what we do.
• Good work/life balance. We are family-friendly and individual and team success
• That warm fuzzy feeling that you’re not just making a difference at a company, but in the lives of people all over the world.

Pixelberry Studios values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, Black/BIPOC, LGBT individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply. Pixelberry is also an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.