Art Team Project Manager - Data-Driven Production

Jobgether; United Arab Emirates; Hybrid; AED 320,000 - 460,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible working hours

Remote and office options

Career growth and development

Dynamic creative team

Inclusive culture

Mobile game content development

Full-time employment

Job summary

Partner Company, listed by Jobgether, is seeking a Project Manager (Art Team) based in the United Arab Emirates to oversee a 2D art team within a fast-paced mobile game studio. You will manage planning, roadmaps, capacity, and delivery while ensuring art moves smoothly through the production pipeline.

The role emphasizes data-driven workflows, Jira customization, cross-functional collaboration with producers, designers, developers, and marketing, plus ongoing process improvements to deliver

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Project Manager, preferably supporting creative, design, or art teams.
• Strong analytical capabilities, with proven ability to structure, interpret, and work with large volumes of data.
• Familiarity with data visualization and analytics platforms such as Grafana, Tableau, or similar tools.
• Advanced proficiency with Jira, including workflow customization, dashboards, filters, automations, and custom fields.
• Strong understanding of the 2D art production pipeline and creative team workflows.
• Excellent time management, prioritization, and organizational skills.
• Ability to establish effective communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Practical experience with Agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban.
• High level of ownership, attention to detail, and ability to remain effective under pressure.
• Experience in game development, animation, or digital production is a plus.
• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously is advantageous.
• Knowledge of advanced resource management tools is beneficial.
• Basic understanding of artistic disciplines is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Plan, break down, and manage Art team tasks across pipelines, backlogs, and sprints.
• Define and monitor project roadmaps, timelines, deadlines, and release plans.
• Allocate work among artists based on workload, capacity, skills, and individual competencies.
• Customize Jira extensively to support team workflows, including custom fields, workflows, statuses, filters, dashboards, and automations.
• Structure, analyze, and interpret large datasets to identify opportunities for improving production efficiency.
• Consolidate information from multiple sources to create clear reports, performance metrics, and visual dashboards.
• Proactively identify process issues, risks, blockers, and bottlenecks through data analysis and implement practical solutions.
• Coordinate communication and dependencies between the Art team and producers, game designers, developers, marketing, and other stakeholders.
• Oversee the quality of art assets and ensure deliverables align with references and established art brand guidelines.
• Organize and facilitate planning sessions, retrospectives, status meetings, and other team ceremonies.
• Maintain accurate project documentation, task trackers, art guidelines, reporting, and operational information across Jira, Trello, Notion, or similar tools.
• Continuously improve workflows, resource allocation, and project tracking processes based on data and team needs.

Skills

Data analysis

Jira mastery

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder communication

Time management

2D art pipeline knowledge

Data visualization tools

Russian language

English proficiency

Game development familiarity

Multitasking

Resource management tools

Art disciplines basics

Tools

Jira

Grafana

Tableau

Job description

Partner Company, listed by Jobgether, is seeking a Project Manager (Art Team) based in the United Arab Emirates to oversee a 2D art team within a fast-paced mobile game studio. You will manage planning, roadmaps, capacity, and delivery while ensuring art moves smoothly through the production pipeline.

The role emphasizes data-driven workflows, Jira customization, cross-functional collaboration with producers, designers, developers, and marketing, plus ongoing process improvements to deliver