Senior Manager, Art Management - Unpublished R&D Product
On-siteCentral, Louisiana, United States
Job Summary
Build and sustain an environment where art leads and teams can thrive by balancing craft excellence, team health, and player-focused outcomes. Lead, mentor, and grow a multi-disciplinary art team in Singapore by managing craft leads to build high-performing groups. Oversee the creation and delivery of high-quality art that upholds a creative vision, while building and improving art production pipelines for efficiency and scalability. Translate vision into actionable goals with production to ensure reliable, sustainable, and on-schedule content delivery. Make clear prioritization and process decisions to ensure timely, high-standard delivery across multiple content streams. Partner with recruiting to hire world-class talent and coach craft leads on their career growth and leadership impact. Collaborate with peers and leadership to ensure alignment across disciplines, stepping into art direction to guide decisions and resolve conflicts. Build strong relationships with global partners, including Rioters in NA and Singapore, to ensure goals and dependencies are effectively executed.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years in the games industry, with at least 4+ years in art management / art leadership roles.
- Experienced with the game art production pipeline and interdependencies between disciplines.
- Proven experience leading and developing multi-disciplinary art teams.
- Strong background collaborating with external vendors and co-development partners.
- Skilled in performance management with the ability to coach, develop, and, when needed, address underperformance effectively and empathetically to sustain a high bar for excellence.
- Fluent in English (spoken and written), able to communicate abstract or complex ideas clearly.
- High self-awareness, empathy, and strong stakeholder management skills.
- Growth-minded and outcome-driven, able to navigate ambiguity with optimism and guide others to learn and improve through change.
- Comfortable leading through others - balancing people development, team performance, and creative alignment to achieve exceptional outcomes.
Desired Qualifications
- Experienced with the entire game art production pipeline, knowing the dependencies and how every discipline coordinates with each other.
- Experience collaborating with producers or development managers on planning and schedules.
- Broad experience shipping stylized AAA game content.
- Multilingual skills (Mandarin or other regional languages) to support external partner collaboration.
- Proven ability to design or refine team frameworks that improve culture, growth, and long-term.
- World-class mentorship and coaching skills.
Hiring someone like this?
Get your role in front of qualified candidates on Sorce.