Job Description

In Mixed Reality, people—not devices—are at the center of everything we do. Our tech moves beyond screens and pixels, creating a new reality aimed at bringing us closer together—whether that’s scientists “meeting” on the surface of a virtual Mars or some yet undreamt-of possibility. To get there, we’re incorporating diverse groundbreaking technologies, from the revolutionary Holographic Processing Unit to computer vision, machine learning, human-computer interaction, and more.

We are looking for a Senior Art Outsourcing Manager to come join us in delivering the next wave of experiences across our Microsoft Mixed Reality portfolio. You are drawn to working on the latest and most innovative products in the world. You seek projects that will transform how people interact with technology. You have a drive to grow your skillset by finding unique challenges that have yet to be solved.

We’re a growing team of talented engineers and artists putting technology on a human path across all Windows devices, including Microsoft HoloLens, the Internet of Things, phones, tablets, desktops, and Xbox. We believe there has to be a better way. If you do too, we need you!

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Art, Production, and Design to help scale art catalogs and deliverables across several of our studios.
• Help maintain budget, timeline, and external outsourcing partner relationships.
• Work closely with Art Leads to help develop specification documents and samples for external studios.
• Help monitor, provide feedback, and ingest final art into our pipelines and products.
  
  

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years’ experience and at least 5 AAA shipped titles in art outsourcing management.
• 3+ shipped game titles as a contributing artist in 3D modeling, animation, or concepting.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working across multiple art styles from hyper realistic to super stylized.
• Augmented or Virtual Reality experience.
• Unity, Unreal, or related game engine experience.
• A solid understanding of platform rendering limits from mobile to next generation consoles.
• Awesome cross-discipline collaboration skills.
• Great communication, written and verbal.
  

This position requires access to export-controlled commodities, technical data, technology, software,and services governed by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Due to contractuallimitations and ITAR obligations associated with this role, U.S. citizenship, U.S. legal permanentresident status, or protected person status under 8 U.S.C.

1324b(a)(3) is required.

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Requirements

These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.

Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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