Rare

Art Manager

Principal VFX Artist

Release Manager

Rare seeks an Art Manager to support and mentor a team of artists, reporting to the Senior Art Manager.  Responsibilities include delivering high-quality content for Sea of Thieves, collaborating with internal and external teams, identifying skill gaps, promoting best practices, participating in recruitment, and ensuring consistent quality across all artwork. The ideal candidate possesses strong people management, communication, and organizational skills, with experience in art lead, direction, or management roles.  Experience with performance evaluations, team building, and managing external partnerships is highly valued.

<div class="prose prose-sm prose-alpha">OverviewRare is an Xbox Game Studio creating the kind of games the world doesn’t have. Our values – explorers, evolving, together – are fundamental to the games we make and how we make them. Rare offers rewarding and fulfilling careers for exceptional people, supporting you to learn and grow. Our studio is a welcoming campus in the heart of the Midlands, where the majority of our team work in a flexible hybrid work pattern. Rare are looking for an Art Manager to join our Studio Team. Reporting to the Senior Art Manager this role will support, mentor and grow a talented team of artists. The ideal candidate will have outstanding people management, communication and organisation skills and a great understanding of Art Department dynamics within game development.Responsibilities<ul><li>Support the Sea of Thieves art team in delivering high quality content.</li><li>Work with both the wider studio team and external parties to ensure art content meets requirements.</li><li>Identify any skill gaps within the art team and work with the art leadership team to help resolve these.</li><li>Promote good working practices and high standards across the art content team.</li><li>Participate in recruitment and help onboard and support new team members.</li><li>Capable of troubleshooting, guiding, and adjusting ongoing tasks as needed.</li><li>Build relationships with co-dev Art Managers and Producers to align on and address any possible challenges that could arise.</li><li>Ensure artwork developed by external partners is held to the same high standards as our own.</li></ul>QualificationsRequired Skills and Experience<ul><li>A strong foundation in art content creation and a comprehensive understanding of relevant art and project disciplines.</li><li>Confident managing a team of artists in a dynamic production environment with experience of performance evaluations and team building.</li><li>Strong interpersonal communication skills and an effective communicator.</li><li>Experience with hiring and interviewing artists.</li><li>Takes initiative to solve problems with excellent follow-through.</li><li>Strong experience in an art lead, art direction, or art management role.</li></ul>Desirable Skills and Experience<ul><li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills.</li><li>Up to date knowledge of current art techniques and software.</li><li>Familiarity with task management tools.</li><li>Managing external partnerships.</li><li>High level of emotional intelligence and tact.</li><li>Open and honest, whilst being considerate of others.</li></ul>Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html">requesting accommodations</a>.</div>