Blizzard seeks Art Manager for Starcraft II/Heart of the Storm!
Blizzard Entertainment has an amazing opening for an art department manager to join the StarCraft II / Heroes of the Storm art team at our Irvine, CA campus.
This role is somewhat of a rare spawn here, and were sure youll appreciate the opportunity it presents. Youll need to put your seasoned skillset to good use as youll be managing folks across the whole of the art department. Of course, wed love it if you have a background in art, though itll be your thorough understanding of art department dynamics within a game development team thatll be most critical to your success in this position. Take a look below at the responsibilities to get a better sense of just how encompassing our game dev management roles are. If your experience satisfies the requirements and youre ready to embrace the challenge of mentoring and growing one of the most talented art departments in the industry, dont hesitate to drop us a line.
Responsibilities
To apply, please visit our site here:
http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/careers/posting.html?id=13000FW
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and its affiliated companies is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.
This role is somewhat of a rare spawn here, and were sure youll appreciate the opportunity it presents. Youll need to put your seasoned skillset to good use as youll be managing folks across the whole of the art department. Of course, wed love it if you have a background in art, though itll be your thorough understanding of art department dynamics within a game development team thatll be most critical to your success in this position. Take a look below at the responsibilities to get a better sense of just how encompassing our game dev management roles are. If your experience satisfies the requirements and youre ready to embrace the challenge of mentoring and growing one of the most talented art departments in the industry, dont hesitate to drop us a line.
Responsibilities
- Partner with the art director, art leads, and producers to manage individuals across the entire art department.
- Develop paths for artists career development, conduct yearly performance reviews for the team.
- Create and implement action plans for the art department's future success, emphasizing training and development.
- Administer staffing decisions that help achieve both the short and long term goals of the art team.
- Work with production to help create and manage team schedules and insure proper workflow throughout the art department.
- A minimum of 3 years management experience in PC, console, or mobile game development
- Demonstrated ability to manage a large team of artists in a dynamically changing game production environment
- Strong communications and organizational skills
- Experience managing a wide range of personnel issues including career development and conflict resolution
- Able to interact as part of a team and to contribute to increasing efficiencies
- Able to build consensus on overall goals and balance resource allocation based on project goals and individual ability
- Game artist or content creation experience
- Expertise with project tracking software and Microsoft Office suite
- Passionate gamer with experience playing a wide range of games
To apply, please visit our site here:
http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/careers/posting.html?id=13000FW
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. and its affiliated companies is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.