Senior Art Producer (Gaming)

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Art Producer (Gaming)

• Focus: Operational management of art and animation production

• Team size: ~40–50 artists and animators

Description

Lead the operational production of game graphics and animation delivered by a team of ~40–50 people. You will manage workload, allocation across parallel projects, estimates, working hours, budgets, timelines, and ensure timely delivery of art assets. Creative direction stays with the Art Lead; you own organization, resources, costs, and delivery.

Responsibilities

• Operatively manage graphics and animation production by the art team

• Plan work and allocate artists/animators across multiple simultaneous productions

• Create and control production schedules from concept and asset/animation preparation to final delivery

• Plan budgets, hours, and headcount needed for each game

• Monitor planned vs actual hours at both person and task level

• Analyze estimation overruns and delays; react via changing priorities, scope, or team allocation

• Ensure on-time delivery of symbols, backgrounds, characters, UI, illustrations, and animations within scope

• Continuously monitor team capacity, identify blockers, and set proper priorities

• Report using metrics such as hours per game, asset costs, budget usage, and plan vs actual delivery

• Improve art/animation production processes and pipelines

• Collaborate closely with the Art Lead (creative direction), while owning organization, resources, costs, and delivery

• Hold direct discussions with team members during delays, execution issues, or recurring estimation overruns

Requirements

• 4–5+ years of gaming experience plus direct art production leadership experience

• Experience managing 2D/3D Artists, Animators, Concept Artists, VFX Artists or similar teams (not only collaboration)

• Practical knowledge of game asset and animation creation process to validate estimates and required time

• Experience with workload planning, staffing allocation, and responding to delays/overload

• Experience controlling planned vs actual hours and production costs

• Experience budgeting production and managing schedules

• Animation pipeline knowledge including skeletal animation, rigging, Spine, and VFX

• Excellent knowledge of Excel/Google Sheets and tools for project management and time tracking

• Proficiency with Claude and other AI tools

• Knowledge of Jira (or equivalent) and time tracking systems

• Fluent Polish and English proficiency at least B2

• Direct communication style; comfortable informing artists about mismatches/delays and proactively reporting at-risk timelines to leadership

Benefits

• B2B contract (rate depends on experience)

• Paid time off within the B2B contract

• Real decision-making authority over schedule and budget

• Flat structure with direct contact with the Art Lead, Lead Games Producer, and CEO (decisions in days, not months)