Art Outsource Manager

Lightfox Games, Inc.; Vancouver; Remote; CAD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/vision/dental coverage

RRSP matching

Equity

Job summary

Lightfox Games, based in Vancouver, is seeking an experienced Art Outsource Manager to lead external art production for a world-class mobile game. The role is fully remote, with an optional Vancouver office location by year's end; Vancouver-based teammates may travel to Seattle for on-sites once or twice a year.

You will coordinate outsource schedules, review assets against style guides and IP guidelines, and ensure Unity-ready deliveries while building and maintaining vendor relationships

Qualifications

• 5+ years of art production or art outsourcing experience in games.
• Experience managing outsource vendors across regions and time zones.
• Understanding mobile art constraints, including poly and texture budgets, atlasing, LODs, and performance on low-end devices.
• Proficiency with production and asset tracking tools such as ShotGrid/Flow and Jira/Favro, and version control such as Perforce or Git.
• Working knowledge of Photoshop and Maya or Blender, and the ability to review assets in-engine in Unity.
• Strong written communication skills and a collaborative mindset, comfortable working in small, fast-moving teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage outsource schedules, asset lists, and delivery milestones.
• Partner closely with the Art Director, Artists, Producers, and Engineers to turn art direction into clear, actionable vendor briefs.
• Review delivered assets against style guides, technical specs, and IP guidelines, driving feedback and revision loops through to final approval.
• Define and enforce technical delivery standards (naming conventions, poly and texture budgets, rig and animation specs) so assets land in Unity without rework.
• Manage Publisher art approvals for outsourced work, packaging submissions and tracking feedback through to sign-off.
• Build and maintain vendor relationships across time zones, tracking quality, cost, and throughput to know when to scale up, re-bid, or move on.

Skills

Art outsourcing management

Vendor management across regions

Mobile art pipeline knowledge

Unity asset delivery coordination

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

ShotGrid/Flow

Jira

Favro

Perforce

Git

Photoshop

Maya

Blender

Unity

Job description

Lightfox Games is seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Art Outsource Manager to join our Vancouver based team to work on an unannounced mobile game for a world-class IP and Publisher.

We are looking to build an organization of talented individuals operating in small teams with high levels of ownership.

This is a fully remote role, but there might be an optional office location in Vancouver by the end of the year. When remote, we’re a quick-to-videocall, video-on studio to keep collaboration fast and effective. Vancouver-based team members may be asked to travel to our Seattle office once or twice a year for on-sites.

Responsibilities

• Manage outsource schedules, asset lists, and delivery milestones
• Partner closely with the Art Director, Artists, Producers, and Engineers to turn art direction into clear, actionable vendor briefs
• Review delivered assets against style guides, technical specs, and IP guidelines, driving feedback and revision loops through to final approval
• Define and enforce technical delivery standards (naming conventions, poly and texture budgets, rig and animation specs) so assets land in Unity without rework
• Manage Publisher art approvals for outsourced work, packaging submissions and tracking feedback through to sign-off
• Build and maintain vendor relationships across time zones, tracking quality, cost, and throughput to know when to scale up, re-bid, or move on

Requirements

• 5+ years of art production or art outsourcing experience in games, with at least one shipped mobile title where you owned the external art pipeline
• Experience managing outsource vendors across regions and time zones
• Understanding of mobile art constraints, including poly and texture budgets, atlasing, LODs, and performance on low-end devices
• Proficiency with production and asset tracking tools such as ShotGrid/Flow and Jira/Favro, and version control such as Perforce or Git
• Working knowledge of Photoshop and Maya or Blender, and the ability to review assets in-engine in Unity
• Strong written communication skills and a collaborative mindset, comfortable working in small, fast-moving teams

Nice to have

• 2D or 3D art skills to give vendors direct, actionable feedback
• Experience working within an established IP or licensed property, including Publisher approval cycles
• Experience with mobile free-to-play live ops art cadence, including events, seasons, and store content
• Experience leveraging AI tools to accelerate art production, tooling, reference gathering, or review workflows

Compensation

CAD $95,000 - $125,000 depending on experience, plus health/vision/dental coverage, RRSP matching, and equity.