Art Producer - Legends & Weapons (AAA, Live Ops)

Respawn Entertainment; California; On-site; USD 104,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Sick time

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Respawn Entertainment in California is seeking an experienced Art Producer to drive the creation of hard-surface assets, from concept and 3D modeling through rigging, animation, and final polish. This role owns end-to-end art production pipelines and collaborates with cross-functional teams to deliver assets on a seasonal cadence.

You will align the aesthetic bar with gameplay needs, manage external vendors, track progress with Jira, mitigate risks, and lead reviews with stakeholders to ensure

Qualifications

• 3+ years of art production or art management experience in AAA game development.
• Deep understanding of 3D asset pipelines including concepting, high/low-poly modeling, texturing, rigging, and engine integration.
• Proven experience managing external vendors or outsourcing partners, including briefs and QA.
• Ability to manage complex dependencies between art, design and engineering in live service.
• Strong scheduling and project-management skills with tools like Jira or ShotGrid.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, translating gameplay needs into artistic feedback.
• Passion for hard-surface art, character design, and iconic assets for a global player base.

Responsibilities

• Own Production Pipelines: Drive end-to-end production for Legend and weapon 3D models, delivering on time and to high quality.
• Coordinate Art & Design Alignment: Liaise between Art Director, concept artists, character artists, hard-surface modelers and gameplay designers.
• Manage Cross-Functional Art Dependencies: Partner with Rigging, Animation, VFX, and Technical Art teams for handoffs and issue resolution.
• Oversee Outsourcing (OS) Partners: Manage external vendors, briefs, feedback sessions, milestones and quality.
• Track & Schedule Art Assets: Develop production schedules, asset tracking systems (e.g., Jira), and progress reports.
• Mitigate Art Production Risks: Identify risks related to scope, constraints, feedback loops and resources.
• Facilitate Reviews & Approvals: Lead art reviews and consolidate feedback for stakeholders.

Skills

Art production

Cross-functional

Vendor management

Scheduling

Communication

Risk management

Art direction

Tools

Jira

ShotGrid

Job description

Respawn Entertainment in California is seeking an experienced Art Producer to drive the creation of hard-surface assets, from concept and 3D modeling through rigging, animation, and final polish. This role owns end-to-end art production pipelines and collaborates with cross-functional teams to deliver assets on a seasonal cadence.

You will align the aesthetic bar with gameplay needs, manage external vendors, track progress with Jira, mitigate risks, and lead reviews with stakeholders to ensure