RAVEN SOFTWARE, developer of numerous award-winning games, including contributions to the blockbuster Call of Duty franchise is looking for a talented and passionate Sr. Outsource Producer to join our high-caliber team. The Sr. Outsource Producer will work directly with the Art Directors, Senior Art Leads and Production to coordinate and manage the outsourcing effort for the studio. As the gatekeeper for our offsite vendors and partners you will keep a close eye on quality control, gather and distribute feedback, negotiate delivery schedules and contracts, and pro-actively seek new partners and workflows to make the process even more efficient.
The candidate we're looking for has a background in art, can speak the language of artists, is up to date on the latest technology and techniques, is highly organized, an expert communicator, and can juggle multiple projects at once.
Job Duties:
Build new or enhance established vendor relationships
Manage and own task estimations with vendors for successful deliveries on multiple projects
Understanding of internal and external vendor pipelines and processes
Ability to collaborate with the Production, Art Leads, and Art Directors
Keep quality control with pre-set quality bars on all deliverables
Coordinate timely review, feedback, and approvals
Create, manage and oversee Raven's internal asset pipeline
Collaborate with Production on timelines and schedules
Solve problems quickly to move things along in the process
Predicting, identifying and proposing solutions for project risks and issues
Qualifications:
Experienced manager of internal and external art deliveries
Experienced in sourcing new art vendors
Can successfully communicate the art needs to potential vendors
Ability to understand and negotiate critical art requests versus displacement of scheduled work
Strong understanding of scheduling and tracking with asset and project management tools
Experience with JIRA and PERFORCE
Ability to juggle multiple projects/multi-task
A great communicator all around; Must be able to communicate well visually
Game shipping experience across various consoles
Have a passion for art and games
Bonus Qualifications:
Ability to quality control incoming art assets, provide detailed feedback, and approvals to the vendor to deliver quality assets to the development team
Game art asset creation experience in a variety of software packages including Maya, 3ds Max, Zbrush, and Photoshop
Have created art assets for a shipped game
Ability and experience implementing assets into a game engine
Located in Madison, Wisconsin, RAVEN SOFTWARE offers an upscale work environment with state-of-the-art workstations, competitive compensation, generous benefits, highly-skilled teammates, affordable living, and an exceptional quality of life.