What are the responsibilities and job description for the Art Manager position at AGS LLC?
Job Overview
The Senior Art Manager will be responsible for managing the creative teams while providing the strategic vision and guidance for the art direction across multiple games in development. This is a on-site position where you will help develop and oversee high quality, industry leading content for land-based casino gaming.
Responsibilities
- Oversee the art development effort as a whole and guide the future of the products
- Apply analytical processes to the planning, designing, and implementation of the art assets.
- Track production milestones to ensure creatives teams stay on schedule along with providing feedback, revisions, mock-ups and game reviews until product is approved.
- Work closely with the Creative Director and the Chief Designer to create quality products and improve our current game portfolio.
- Participate in long-term product planning and roadmap with Design, Studio and Project Managers for all creative based production.
- Mentor team members to develop personnel growth opportunities that drive innovation.
- Work with other departments to ensure a positive and effective creative environment.
- Translating market awareness and competitor trends down to the team.
- Review emerging technologies and processes to the pipeline with efficiencies in mind.
- Maintain and establish positive working relationships with external studio leadership and 3rd party partners.
- All other responsibilities as assigned.
Skills/Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
- Eight (8) years of experience of graphic design, 3D art and animation.
- Four (4) years of Art Lead or management experience.
- Candidate must be a self-starter and broad thinker who can demonstrate the ability to work independently, multi-task, and deliver completed projects and testing requirements in a timely manner.
- Experience in Object Oriented Design
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, organizational and management skills.
- Ability to give constructive feedback.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
- Ability to meet deadlines for multiple projects simultaneously and be flexible to the ever-changing environment of a fast-growing company.
- Ability to solve problem and exhibit participatory approach is essential.
- Solid understanding of traditional illustration, animation, audio abilities and techniques.
- Highly proficient in Photoshop – primarily for feedback and art direction.
- Industry standard art production software knowledge (Unity, Spine, Maya, etc) is a plus
Managerial Duties
- Determine staffing requirements, and interview, hire and train new employees, or oversee those personnel processes.
- Accomplish financial objectives by preparing an annual software budget for the Art team.
- Establish and implement departmental policies, goals, objectives and procedures; confer with organization officials and staff members as necessary.
- Manage staff and assigning specific duties.
- Completing employee performance reviews for direct reports.
- Approval of direct report time off.
Note: All offers are contingent upon successful completion of a background check
- Posted positions are not open to third party recruiters and unsolicited resume submissions will be considered free referrals.
AGS is an equal opportunity employer