Project Manager, Art Team

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in India.

📋 Description

• Strategize and break down tasks for the Art team, overseeing the art pipeline, backlogs, and sprints.

• Establish and monitor project timelines, encompassing roadmaps, deadlines, and release strategies.

• Allocate tasks to artists based on their current workloads, capacities, and specific skill sets.

• Tailor Jira extensively to align with team processes, including setting up custom fields, workflows, statuses, filters, dashboards, and automation features.

• Work with extensive tables and datasets, organizing and analyzing data to enhance production efficiency.

• Compile data from diverse sources to create reports, metrics, and visual dashboards.

• Detect process-related issues, risks, blockers, and bottlenecks through data analysis and implement effective solutions.

• Facilitate collaboration between the Art team and producers, game designers, developers, and marketing teams.

• Ensure quality control of art assets in accordance with references and art brand book standards.

• Organize and lead team meetings, including planning sessions, retrospectives, and status updates.

• Maintain comprehensive project documentation, including task trackers, art guidelines, and reporting within Jira, Trello, and Notion.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 5 years of experience in a Project Manager role, ideally with creative/art teams.

• Strong analytical abilities to structure and interpret large datasets.

• Familiarity with data visualization and analytics tools such as Grafana, Tableau, or similar platforms.

• Advanced knowledge of Jira.

• Clear comprehension of the art production process.

• Exceptional time-management and prioritization capabilities.

• Ability to foster effective communication across diverse departments (both technical and non-technical).

• Practical experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban).

• High level of accountability, attention to detail, and resilience under pressure.

• Proficiency in Russian.

• Intermediate or higher proficiency in English.

• Experience in the fields of game development, animation, or digital production.

• Proven ability to manage multiple projects concurrently.

• Knowledge of advanced resource management tools.

• Basic understanding of artistic disciplines.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.

• Opportunity to collaborate with a skilled and passionate team in a creative, dynamic setting.

• Flexible working hours.

• Options for remote or office work.

• Opportunities for career advancement and professional development.

• A fun and inclusive company culture that values diversity and creativity.