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Head of Art

At Wizards of the Coast, we connect people around the world through play and imagination. From our genre defining games like Magic: The Gathering® and Dungeons & Dragons® to our growing multiverse, we continue to innovate and build new ways to foster friendship and connection. That’s where you come in!

How would you like to lead an award-winning fantasy art team, while nurturing and growing our ultra-talented pool of illustrators and concept artists?

Magic: the Gathering, the world’s first and best-in-class Trading Card Game, is hiring a new Head of Art to oversee our external Art pipeline and internal Art talent!

What You'll Do

This role will be passionate about these three main pillars:

• Leading a cohesive and high-functioning team of worldbuilding and commissioning Art Directors, and in-house Concept Artists, by managing their workloads, developing their skillsets, keeping close tabs on resourcing, keeping an eye towards recruiting the best emerging talent in the field, and reinforcing a culture of inclusivity and excellence.
• Owning the strategy and execution of a large volume of outsourced artwork, including multi-million dollar budget management, rate card development, contract execution, pipeline development, recruiting, resourcing, and working with the vendor management group on crafting efficiencies.
• Developing a culture of collaboration and integration between the art team and multiple other subject areas, including game designers, worldbuilding designers, product strategists, production artists, producers, digital game leads, marketing teams, and leadership.

What You’ll Bring

• 7+ years of creative leadership and vendor management experience
• Understanding of Magic as a brand and a creative platform
• Familiarity with fantasy illustration market/talent
• Strong communication skills and comfort giving and receiving feedback
• High attention to detail and highly developed organizational skills
• Adept in Adobe Photoshop, proficient in Illustrator, InDesign and MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook)

In the Wizards TCG Studio, we believe diversity of experience is fundamental to creating broadly accessible and fun gaming experiences for *all* of our players. We encourage everyone to consider being a part of our team.

We are an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer

The above is intended to describe the general content of and the requirements for satisfactory performance in this position. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of the duties, responsibilities, or requirements of the position.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.