Art Director Manager: Lead Creative Ops & Team Growth

Ravensburger; Seattle (WA); Presencial; USD 100.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Employee Purchase Program

Helping Hand (EAP)

Personal Insurances

Tax savings (FSAs)

Retirement/Investments

Paid time off

Descripción de la vacante

Ravensburger is a global company with a family feel, dedicated to children and families. We offer a collaborative and creative environment with competitive total compensation and strong benefits in the U.S. This role leads art teams, ensures high-quality creative outputs, and collaborates across projects while advancing processes and documentation.

Salary ranges reflect market norms in the U.S. and include comprehensive perks.

Formación

• 5+ years of experience in art leadership, people management, art buying, illustration commissioning, or creative operations.

Responsabilidades

• Provide leadership accountability, coaching, and mentorship by leading bi-weekly 1:1 meetings with direct reports; delivering clear feedback, development planning, recognition, and support; and surfacing accomplishments, risks, and issues to the Creative Manager.
• Advise and support the Creative Manager on team performance, process health, capacity, risks, and improvement opportunities; monitor follow-through, elevate material concerns, and communicate approved decisions or direction on the Creative Manager’s behalf.
• Monitor team and project performance by tracking milestone adherence, feedback turnaround, brief completeness, revision rounds, pipeline visibility, forecast accuracy, escalation responsiveness, creative quality consistency, and direct-report development progress; identify trends and recommend corrective actions.
• Contribute through art direction and project leadership by providing creative input, mentorship, and leadership on assigned projects, while supporting recruiting efforts, onboarding, and the development of a high-quality freelance artist pool.
• Establish and maintain documentation and quality standards by ensuring clear workflow, responsibility, decision, handoff, risk, and follow-up documentation; reviewing direct reports’ work against Disney Lorcana, IP, licensor, and TCG standards; and providing actionable guidance to maintain consistent quality while delivering artwork against creative, technical, schedule, and budget expectations.

Conocimientos

Art leadership

People management

Art buying

Illustration commissioning

Creative operations

Descripción del empleo

Ravensburger is a global company with a family feel, dedicated to children and families. We offer a collaborative and creative environment with competitive total compensation and strong benefits in the U.S. This role leads art teams, ensures high-quality creative outputs, and collaborates across projects while advancing processes and documentation.

Salary ranges reflect market norms in the U.S. and include comprehensive perks.