Art Manager

3 Months ago • 5 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

As an Art Manager for Eleventh Hour Games, you will be the bridge between artists and developers, ensuring the best technical choices, developing efficient pipelines, and driving game performance and visual quality. This role requires strong technical and communication skills, working with a fully remote team. Responsibilities include leading asset production, providing feedback, aligning goals, designing pipelines, ensuring timely asset delivery, and improving game performance.
Must have:
  • 5+ years creating assets for games.
  • 5+ years in a People Leadership role.
  • 5+ years of experience managing artist workflows.
  • Experience using Unity/Unreal, Blender/Maya, Photoshop/Illustrator.
  • Understanding of animation, particle systems, renderers, shaders in Unity.
  • Experience with management practices, including team member feedback.
  • Experience leading teams and mentoring individuals.
Perks:
  • Flexible fully remote working arrangements.
  • Team focused environment, including casual game nights.
  • 20 vacation days, 10 sick days, 5 floating holidays for U.S. based employees.
  • 90% paid health coverage premiums for U.S. based employees + dependents.
  • Dental, Vision for U.S. based employees + dependents.
  • 401K for U.S. based employees.

Job Details

What is your role? 


As an Art Manager for Eleventh Hour Games, you will act as the bridge between an artist and a developer, making sure we are making the best technical choices, developing efficient pipelines and driving the performance and visual quality of our games. We’re looking for an experienced leader with extensive technical knowledge and who is passionate about managing people and driving best practices across our team. 

This role is ideal for someone who craves ownership and has strong technical and communication skills, both written and verbal. The role requires excellent communication skills and autonomy as you will be working with a fully remote team.


Qualifications:

  • 5+ years creating assets for games in the video games industry  
    • 5+ years in a People Leadership role
  • 5+ years of experience managing artist workflows
  • Professional working experience with Unity (a plus if within past 3 years)
  • Experience using Unity/Unreal, Blender/Maya, Photoshop/Illustrator 
  • Strong understanding of animation, particle systems, renderers, shaders as it pertains to Unity
  • Experience with management practices, including team member feedback and evaluation processes
  • Professional experience and passion for leading teams and growing skills/mentoring individuals

 

Responsibilities:

  • Lead ongoing production of game ready assets related to animation, particle systems, Unity game objects, renderers, shaders
  • Review and provide feedback for art assets
  • Working with other Art Leadership to align goals and processes 
  • Design, build, and optimize pipelines used by associated teams to streamline and support production and implementation
  • Ensure timely delivery of assets needed by other departments
  • Provide fast, sustainable integration support for departments
  • Work with the art team to push the graphic fidelity of Last Epoch further while improving game performance 


Why Eleventh Hour Games?
EHG is a fast growing Indie Studio, focused on a passion for top-down action RPGs. We value open communication, close-knit teamwork, and opportunity for ownership and growth! Our mission is to gather and empower the next generation of creators to forge epic games. Epic games build passionate communities, which create passionate people. Passionate people turn into next year's creators. With our debut title Last Epoch, we are moving fast into the next round of adventure!

  • Flexible fully remote working arrangements
  • Team focused environment, including casual game nights
  • 20 vacation days, 10 sick days, 5 floating holidays at the start of each year for U.S. based employees (increased with company tenure)
  • 90% paid health coverage premiums for U.S. based employees +dependents
  • Dental, Vision for U.S. based employees + dependents
  • 401K for U.S. based employees

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