Principal 3D Character Outsourcing Supervisor

Summary

Join Theorycraft as a Principal 3D Character Outsourcing Supervisor and play a key role in scaling our art production. You will collaborate with internal and external art teams to create 3D assets, primarily for cosmetics. Responsibilities include managing 3D pipelines, providing feedback, and ensuring high-quality assets. You will work closely with production and art teams to streamline outsourcing and maintain milestone goals. The ideal candidate has 3+ years of experience in game development and working with external teams, strong project management skills, and exceptional communication skills. Theorycraft offers competitive base salaries, generous equity packages, unlimited PTO, comprehensive health insurance, and an annual game budget.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in professional game development environment as a 3D artist
• 3+ years of experience working with external development teams and a thorough understanding of the challenges
• Thorough understanding of the game development process and pipelines
• Shipped at least 1 recent title
• Strong project management skills
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience tracking complex features and reporting crucial information in a succinct manner

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with art teams (both external and internal) to guide the creation of 3D assets
• Provide clear, timely feedback and apply final polish to ensure the assets meet high-quality standards
• Manage 3D pipelines and workflows, including preparing assets and documentation for external teams
• Implement outsourced assets and distribute them effectively to the appropriate internal teams
• Partner with outsource studios to establish a scalable and sustainable pipeline, enabling external artists to efficiently support ongoing art and cosmetic development efforts
• Proactively work with discipline leads in order to ensure all parts of our pipelines are working effectively
• Maintain milestone goals, destroy roadblocks, and problem solve development issues
• Communicate status, risks, and changes to the leads and team
• Host meetings, take detailed notes and create actionable tasks

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working on a character-based game that has an extensive cosmetics catalog
• Airtable experience and/or spreadsheet scripting experience
• Familiarity with Unreal

Benefits

• Equity
• Competitive base salaries
• Health, vision, dental insurance for you and your family
• Annual game budget
• Unlimited, open PTO
• Distributed work (within 3 timezones of PST), with regular, in-person meetups