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Microsoft UK • Atherstone, United Kingdom

Art Manager- Xbox Games Studios- Rare Ltd.

Employment type:  Full time

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top 3 scores:
83%

Location flexibility

81%

Hours flexibility

79%

Autonomy

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Job Description

Rare is an Xbox Game Studio creating the kind of games the world doesn’t have. Our values – explorers, evolving, together – are fundamental to the games we make and how we make them. Rare offers rewarding and fulfilling careers for exceptional people, supporting you to learn and grow. Our studio is a welcoming campus in the heart of the Midlands, where the majority of our team work in a flexible hybrid work pattern.

Rare are looking for an Art Manager to join our Studio Team. Reporting to the Senior Art Manager this role will support, mentor and grow a talented team of artists. The ideal candidate will have outstanding people management, communication and organisation skills and a great understanding of Art Department dynamics within game development.

Responsibilities

  • Support the Sea of Thieves art team in delivering high quality content.
  • Work with both the wider studio team and external parties to ensure art content meets requirements.
  • Identify any skill gaps within the art team and work with the art leadership team to help resolve these.
  • Promote good working practices and high standards across the art content team.
  • Participate in recruitment and help onboard and support new team members.
  • Capable of troubleshooting, guiding, and adjusting ongoing tasks as needed.
  • Build relationships with co-dev Art Managers and Producers to align on and address any possible challenges that could arise.
  • Ensure artwork developed by external partners is held to the same high standards as our own.

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience

  • A strong foundation in art content creation and a comprehensive understanding of relevant art and project disciplines.
  • Confident managing a team of artists in a dynamic production environment with experience of performance evaluations and team building.
  • Strong interpersonal communication skills and an effective communicator.
  • Experience with hiring and interviewing artists.
  • Takes initiative to solve problems with excellent follow-through.
  • Strong experience in an art lead, art direction, or art management role.

Desirable Skills and Experience

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Up to date knowledge of current art techniques and software.
  • Familiarity with task management tools.
  • Managing external partnerships.
  • High level of emotional intelligence and tact.
  • Open and honest, whilst being considerate of others.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

Company benefits

Wellbeing allowance
Health insurance
Dental coverage
Gym membership
Mental health platform access
Buy or sell annual leave
Shared parental leave
Charity donation scheme
Employee assistance programme
Employee discounts
Volunteer days
Fertility treatment leave
Open to compressed hours
Open to job sharing
Fertility benefits
Enhanced sick pay
Enhanced sick days
Compassionate leave
Travel insurance
20 days annual leave + bank holidays
Enhanced maternity leave
Enhanced paternity leave
Adoption leave
Childcare credits
Carer’s leave
Cycle to work scheme
Faith rooms
Annual bonus
Annual pay rises
Company car
Hackathons
Open to part-time employees
Pregnancy loss leave
Life insurance
Equity packages
Financial coaching
Relocation packages
Sabbaticals
Enhanced pension match/contribution

We asked employees of Microsoft UK what it's like to work there, and this is what they told us.

Location flexibility
83%
Employees are very happy with their working location freedom
Hours flexibility
81%
Employees are very happy with the flexibility in the hours they work
Benefits
67%
Employees are largely happy with the benefits their company offers
Work-life balance
63%
Employees feel that they can switch off quite easily from work
Role modelling
74%
Employees feel that most people work flexibly
Autonomy
79%
Employees feel that they can mostly manage how they get their own work done

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Gender diversity (male:female)

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