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Outsource Art Manager

Ascendant Studios is looking for an art outsource manager to help drive collaboration between our internal artists and our external partners. In addition to setting up and tracking tasks, they will be responsible for integrating finished assets and evaluating delivery quality.

What you'll do:

• Work alongside the art directors and team leads to kick off new projects and provide feedback on deliveries.
• Function as the first point of communication for outsource partners.
• Work with other producers to schedule, scope, and budget asset creation.
• Manage outsource assets, including tracking, review, organization, engine integration, and testing.
• Create and distribute documents for art direction, technical requirements, and pipeline.
• Track and communicate progress of outside studios, anticipate and mitigate problems before they arise.
• Identify and screen potential outsource partners.

Who you are:

• 3+ years of experience in the game industry in an environment art focused role.
• Previous experience managing outsource relationships.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Ability to understand and give both artistic and technical feedback.
• Understanding of artistic and technical fundamentals of environment art, including PBR material workflows, performance considerations, LODs, UV mapping, etc.
• Working knowledge of Photoshop, Maya, Zbrush, and the Substance suite.

Bonus points:

• Previous experience as an art outsource manager or outsource integration artist.
• Experience with Perforce, Jira, and Teamwork software.
• Experience with Unreal Engine
• Additional art experience across concept art, character art, or material creation