Senior Concept Art Manager

Summary

Join Wildlight Entertainment, a new, fully-funded entertainment studio creating AAA games, as a Senior Concept Art Outsource Manager. Partner with internal and external teams to manage outsourced concept art, primarily focusing on characters and weapons. You will generate documentation, review assets, provide feedback, and foster relationships with vendors. This remote-first position requires 5+ years of experience as a Concept Artist with at least 2 years managing outsourced artists. The role offers a competitive salary ($130,000-$170,000 USD), annual bonus, royalties, comprehensive healthcare, unlimited PTO, and paid parental leave. We are a remote-first company with offices in Los Angeles and Seattle.

Requirements

• 5+ years experience as a Concept Artist with at least 2 years as an outsource manager, leading/guiding artists through the concept art workflow
• Experience as a Concept artist focusing on character and weapon concepts
• Clear and concise communication, leadership, and people skills
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to align art outsourcing activities with internal project milestones and deadlines
• An eye for the nuances within particular art styles and the components that make them cohesive and unique
• A strong portfolio showcasing character and weapon concepts and paintover examples demonstrating your feedback process

Responsibilities

• Generate and gather detailed documentation, references, example art assets, production procedures, and gameplay requirements to support external artists
• Review assets submitted by our outsourcing partners, according to project needs and requirements
• Collaborate with art leadership and the production department to ensure that the assets stay on target, from a quality, direction, and schedule point of view
• Provide paintovers and callouts to the outsource artists to help align their concepts to our new universe
• Clearly communicate feedback to external artists and teams
• Foster long-term relationships with outsource partners to build trust, passion, and craft excellence in best practices and techniques

Preferred Qualifications

A deep understanding of first person shooter game development processes

Benefits

• Competitive industry standard base salaries
• An annual bonus
• Royalties
• Comprehensive healthcare, dental & vision coverage for you and your family
• Paid parental leave
• Unlimited PTO policy