Remote Art Outsource Lead — Mobile Games Equity

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, 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