Art Manager Jobs

Job Title: Art Department Manager Company: Vicarious Visions Location: Albany, NY Description: ART DEPARMENT MANAGER Ensure company artists meet expectations for art quality and direction. Help create an advocacy for artist needs and development, increase awareness and capability of artistic processes and to increase specific competency within individuals. Ideal candidate for the position will have 10 years or more experience in art leadership with a recognized high level of artistic achievement and demonstrated success as a leader of people. The position requires an excellent knowledge of product development practices within the games industry, a thorough understanding of 2D and 3D art processes, the desire to mentor and develop other artists and a desire for ensuring a broader understanding of business practices as it relates to quality expectations for art and processes required to deliver at a very high level. Job Description: Manage a staff of artists including Junior-Senior Level Artists, Lead Artists, Art Directors, and Technical Artists Develop annual plan for artist training programs and oversee overall group capabilities. Mentor artists in leadership, skill development, and quality standards. Develop individual career paths through goal planning and positioning for success. Oversee the hiring of artists. Active participation in portfolio reviews, technical screens, and on-site interviews. Work with Human Resources/Recruiter to facilitate rapid positioning for project and company needs. Develop the art direction capabilities of lead artists for smaller projects and art directors for larger projects. Collaborate with peer art group manager to develop and improve the effectiveness of the project review process within the art group. Collaborate with peer art group manager to develop annual plans and objectives for the group Model and reinforce professional attitudes and relationships with clients among staff. Provide advocacy for artist needs and development. Collaborate with production management to develop plans to address common issues. Facilitate idea and process sharing among artists. Responsibilities: Meet regularly with other managers to communicate art needs and issues, and to plan for implementation. Work with individual artists to identify and agree on annual objectives. Track success/progress through 1:1 meetings throughout the year.. Perform year-end performance evaluations. Monitor performance on a project by project and quarterly basis. Ensure appropriate documentation. At least twice a year develop and execute annual development plan for the art group. (through training, resource planning and global art community forums). Research industry standards, and work with peer managers to develop a strategy to increase the company's artistic quality. Work directly with production management to communicate customer and company goals for artistic standards. Develop group plans for increasing art skills, training, tools needs and internal relationships. Hiring of new artists and retaining key performers within the company. Qualifications: Must have 10 or more years experience in game development in an artistic leadership capacity. 5 Years direct experience in a leadership capacity: employee selection, performance management and goal setting, coaching and training/development. Must possess a solid knowledge of production life cycles and demands. Must possess a solid knowledge of various art processes from art-related industries, such as traditional film or animation. Must have a passion for sharing and mentoring art methodologies with fellow artists. Ability to communicate. Strong written and verbal skills. Bachelor's degree or equivalent art production experience. Masters in Fine Arts preferred but not required. Come work with us on our exciting new titles! We offer a modern work environment, an outstanding compensation and benefits package, a fun, team environment, impressively affordable living, and an exceptional quality of life! Please apply at www.vvisions.com

Job Title: Textile Graphic Design/Art Manager Company: Location: Madison, WI Description: Top Promotions, Inc. in Middleton, WI has a management position open for a Graphic Designer/Artist. Top Promotions has been in business since 1983 as a promotional marketing company with on site screen printing, embroidery and specialty decorating on textiles and off site production on promotional marketing items. Qualified applicants will have management experience, a graphic arts degree plus 5+ years job experience specifically designing for textiles. The position manages the daily activities of the graphic art staff, interacts with other departments including sales and production, handles project scheduling, web store development, creative logo and design development for both corporate and retail accounts and process separations. Qualified applicants are expected to have significant knowledge of screen printing presses and ability to trouble shoot art issues on press. Position is 8am-5pm Monday to Friday with overtime and weekend work a strong possibility depending on project load. Hot Market (sporting playoff's like Superbowl, Stanley Cup, NBA Finals, etc) requires late hours and weekend work. Only qualified applicants will be considered.

Job Title: Art Manager (Game Animation Design & Development) Company: Rocket Gaming Systems Location: Las Vegas, NV Description: As an Art Manager, you will ensure company artists meet expectations for art quality and direction. Help create an advocacy for artist needs and development, increase awareness and capability of artistic processes, and to increase specific competency within individuals. Ideal candidate for the position will have 10 years or more experience in art leadership with a recognized high level of artistic achievement and demonstrated success as a leader of people. The position requires an excellent knowledge of product development practices within the games industry, a thorough understanding of 2D and 3D art and animation processes, the desire to mentor and develop other artists, and a desire for ensuring a broader understanding of business practices as it relates to quality expectations for art and processes required to deliver at a very high level.

Job Title: Art Manager Company: Adkins & Associates Location: Atlanta, GA Description: Art Manager Job Description: one of the biggest and best producers of Licensed Sports apparel needs an outstanding manager to lead the efforts of 75 to 100 people in the art department of a business Serving one of the top brands in the USA that dominates it's category and niche by providing over $30MM of wholesale valued product. This person Directs Creative and Production Art Managers to execute art strategies to include Import and Domestic screenprint and embroidery. The person hired for this key position will Manage demand, capacity, and timelines to achieve department goals. Communicate with Senior Management to provide current and accurate visibility of art demand, capacity, and execution. They will also manage Art Dept budgets for personnel and controllable costs. They will be responsible for budgeting and forecasting and anages Art Dept budgets for personnel and controllable costs. Responsible for budgeting and forecasting

Job Title: Art Manager (Game Animation Design & Development) - 23967 Company: Location: Las Vegas, NV Description: Casino Careers Online has a client seeking a candidate for an Art Manager (Game Animation Design & Development) position. The position description is as follows: As an Art Manager, you will ensure company artists meet expectations for art quality and direction. Help create an advocacy for artist needs and development, increase awareness and capability of artistic processes, and to increase specific competency within individuals. Ideal candidate for the position will have 10 years or more experience in art leadership with a recognized high level of artistic achievement and demonstrated success as a leader of people. The position requires an excellent knowledge of product development practices within the games industry, a thorough understanding of 2D and 3D art and animation processes, the desire to mentor and develop other artists, and a desire for ensuring a broader understanding of business practices as it relates to quality expectations for art and processes required to deliver at a very high level. Requirements: * Must have 10 or more years experience in game development in an artistic leadership capacity or in educating and training artists. * 5 Years direct experience in a leadership capacity: employee selection, performance management and goal setting, coaching and training/development. * Must possess a solid knowledge of production life cycles and demands. * Must possess a solid knowledge of art processes from art-related industries, such as traditional film or animation. * Must have a passion for sharing and mentoring art methodologies with fellow artists. * Ability to communicate. Strong written and verbal skills. Please paste your resume in the body of your email. Please no attachments! Email your questions with the job title and ID# to: Questions

Job Title: Art Manager Company: Blizzard Entertainment Location: Irvine, CA Description: Blizzard Entertainment is looking for a talented and experienced art manager to join the World of Warcraft team. This position will involve the management of the animation team, working with production on scheduling and tasking, as well as the growth and improvement of the animation department. The ideal candidate has experience managing talented individuals through content creation for games, film, television, or other creative media. ResponsibilitiesManage individuals and production in the animation department for World of Warcraft.Supervise all staff and provide work direction, performance reviews, and coaching to team.Create and implement action plans for the departments future success emphasizing training and development.Administer staffing decisions that help achieve both the short-term and long-range goals of the teamHelp create and manage department schedule and insure proper workflow through the department.Partner with the lead visual animator to manage career paths of the animation team.RequirementsProven ability to deal a with a wide range of personnel issues including recruitment, career development, and conflict resolutionStrong interpersonal communication skillsAbility to manage a group of artists in a dynamically changing game production environmentStrong diplomatic skillsAbility to interact as part of a team and to contribute to increasing productivity goals and efficienciesSeveral years management experiencePlusesStrong organizational skillsFamiliarity with the process of game animation production