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Lead Outsourcing Artist
1 year ago
Lead Outsourcing Artist
Ripple Effect, an evolution of Battlefield's DICE LA, is a Los Angeles and Vancouver-based game studio on a mission to build community-first experiences through continuous innovation and boundary breaking technology.
Our Values: We believe in an honest and transparent environment, where developers grow in our crafts. We value bold risk-taking followed by excellence through iteration. We seek developers with diverse experiences who will enrich our studio creativity.
We are looking for a Lead Outsourcing Artist like you to establish quality and artistic consistency of outsourced art, as established by project art direction. This Lead may also help implement new production methods to improve performance and efficiency of team.
This role will report to our Studio Art Line Director, based in our studio in Los Angeles, California. We are considering on-site and hybrid working options, and welcome full-time remote candidates who are within a three-hour time difference to the Pacific Time Zone to apply.
Responsibilities:
- Content management of assets in Frostbite & Shotgrid
- Partner with Development Director to define roadmap & capacity planning
- Partner with Art Leads to define & scope the workload for OS production
- Create high-level asset production schedule
- Document art pipelines and processes for external production
- Manage performance & qualitative issues with external partners and provide guidance
- Identify trends and find ways to optimize production
- Document and communicate Art Review feedback to the external team.
Qualifications:
- Experience with managing outsource and/or co-dev relationships
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Proficient with Shotgrid
- Ability to understand, match, and communicate art styles
- Excellent organizational skills and proven experience managing multiple 2D and 3D assets in various stages of completion
- An avid gamer is a plus
Benefits
We are proud of the great perks we offer like comprehensive health and benefit packages, tuition reimbursement, 401k with company match, and of course, free video games. And since we realize it takes world-class people to make world-class games, we offer competitive compensation packages and a culture that thrives on creativity and individuality.
Next Steps
As part of the application process, we may ask you to complete a practical work exercise. Apply online with a resume.
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