Art Producer (Commerce)

We’re ArenaNet—we’ve created a studio that makes online worlds infused with innovation, hand-crafted excellence, and creative passion. We're not the only ones who share this passion; gamers made Guild Wars 2 the fastest selling MMO game in the West with more than 3 million copies sold in its first 9 months, and players and press have consistently called it one of the best MMOs of all time. Since launch, over 16 million players have explored the world of Tyria in Guild Wars 2.

Our studio is built on foundations of excellence with a focus on community. We constantly innovate, unlocking the true potential of online role-playing with game-changing titles like Guild Wars 2 and beyond. The status quo is not good enough for our dedicated worldwide community of players, which is why we question the de facto industry conventions and demand more from ourselves as developers.

We are looking for an experienced, compassionate Art Producer ready to partner with Guild Wars 2 development teams to build amazing art for players. You know how to organize a large volume of art requests and build good relationships with leads to consistently output quality art on time and on budget. You’re ready to take on new challenges with established teams, helping improve pipelines, find efficiencies in processes, and increase output. You have an eye for business and player needs and can identify great new items to create for the game. 

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Support art teams tracking art requests, dependencies, timelines, schedules, and budgets
• Collaborate with commerce, design, outsourcing, and marketing, to create project schedules, budget resources, drive milestones, and track monetization
• Assist art leads with dependency management, removing blocking issues, and communicating schedule changes
• Monitor change requests and escalate when significant changes to schedule scope have occurred
• Identify and then develop strategies to mitigate risks
• Communicate art asset status to teams and stakeholders
• Refine the art development processes to increase production efficiency and quality
• Maintain and create reports on development progress
• Ability to ship every two weeks and keep the team on track

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL

• Knowledge of Art pipelines and workflows
• Mid to senior level experience with game production in AAA game development
• Good verbal and written communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of personnel
• Ability to create project schedules and milestones and monitor the progress of tasks towards those schedules
• Experience using Agile game development methodologies
• Experience working with Jira
• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities
• Experienced at bringing clarity to ambiguity and capable of adapting to change
• You are data driven and like using data to help inform decision making