Art Manager

This position will be responsible for managing the Art Leads. This role is a combination of technical knowledge and people skills. By working side by side with the Art Director, this position will fundamentally support the entirety of the artists through management of the leadership. Assist in the growth of our leadership team, oversee day to day needs, be a point of contact for RFI/RFPs, and communicate any needs or issues vertically. Lastly, create and oversee new initiatives to help level up our art team as a whole.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish quality standards for Kokku's art teams. Review and approve visual materials on bids by working with Art Directors before they go to our partners, ensuring they meet the required standards.

• As a key manager within the company, maintain a positive, and optimistic attitude. Praise publicly, critique privately. Work with your Head of Delivery to handle complaints or issues that can improve the team. Act as a problem solver, constantly looking for ways to help the team.

• Work with Marketing and BD to ensure we are able to constantly show off our work, both internally and externally. For our internal portfolio projects, work with Art Leads to ensure our portfolio continues to grow in diversity and quality, matching the needs of the Marketing and BD teams.

• Stay updated with the latest trends in art styles, gaming technology, and tools. Implement innovative strategies and tools to enhance visual quality and efficiency in production. Drive production excellence initiatives, working closely with all producers, project managers, and art production services.

• While budget and schedule management is not your main task, you need to have a clear understanding that Kokku is a Co-Dev and Full Dev service provider and that project budgets, resources, and scheduling are a priority.

• Be the point of contact for Art on RFI/RFPs. Help allocate resources to ensure we have a competitive but feasible bid. Work with the Art Director to provide additional art where necessary to successfully win contracts. Participate in client calls to defend the estimates provided if needed.

• Oversee the growth, development and career paths for the Art Leads. Guide each of them with an individualized plan, objectives and timelines. Identify courses, tools or tutorials that can help the Leads, or the entire Art Team improve. Create video guides and tutorials to help with onboarding and overall team growth.

• Regularly gather production data and project information and communicate this information using various channels (Confluence, Teams, Emails). Create a regular cadence for reporting on the wins, losses, and improvement plans for each team. Work with the Art Leads on these reports.

• Oversee the growth, development and career paths for Artists. Guide each of them with an individualized plan, objectives and timelines. Identify courses, tools or tutorials that can help the entire team improve. Create video guides and tutorials to help with onboarding and overall team growth. Conduct bi-annual Performance Assessments with the help of the Art Leads and Art Director to provide feedback to the department.

• Coordinate the Art department's hiring plan and support hiring and recruitment choices with the recruiting and producers/production teams. Support Head of Delivery in defining the vision and strategy for creating tools to support our Art Department, in accordance with the company's strategy and input from the Art teams.