Supervisor, Artist 3D Environment

Purpose of Position

The 3D Environment Manager is responsible for leading a production team supporting the creation and delivery of the 3D Environment. They manage personnel, assign work based on team capabilities and project deadlines, and actively monitor workload, budgets, quality, and progress to identify issues before they affect delivery. The Manager uses production performance and quality data to evaluate employee capabilities, identify training needs, and support employee development and performance management. They are responsible for keeping their team appropriately utilized, ensuring work is available and progressing as expected, and coordinating with other 3D Environment Managers and supporting teams when project needs require adjustments. They also provide operational feedback to the Creative Strategy team when recurring tools or process issues are affecting production.

Tasks and Responsibilities

The following duties are essential to the successful and satisfactory performance of this job. Other duties may be assigned.

• Lead and manage an assigned team supporting the production of the 3D Environment.
• Assign work based on employee capabilities, available workload, project requirements, and deadlines.
• Monitor team workload and identify upcoming capacity or workload shortages before employees run out of assigned work.
• Review team progress regularly through Jira and direct communication to identify budget, schedule, quality, or performance concerns early.
• Rebalance assignments and coordinate with other 3D environment Managers when changes are needed to keep work on schedule.
• Monitor team performance against production budgets, deadlines, and quality expectations.
• Track production results and maintain accurate employee skill rankings across applicable content creation tasks.
• Identify skill gaps and coordinate additional training or retraining when needed.
• Evaluate employee performance following retraining and adjust work assignments or recommend additional performance action when appropriate.
• Conduct performance reviews and provide ongoing coaching and feedback to employees.
• Recommend employee promotions, recognition, development opportunities, or corrective action based on demonstrated performance.
• Participate in interviews and provide hiring recommendations to the Database Creation Manager.
• Coordinate formal correction action with the Database Creation Manager and HR when appropriate.
• Approve PTO and timesheets and monitor employee attendance.
• Identify recuring production, process, or tool issues affecting the team and provide feedback to the Creative Strategy team.
• Communicate production risks, staffing concerns, and other significant issue so the Database Creation Manager.
• Maintain clear communication with Project Leads, other 3D Environment Managers, and supporting teams to keep work progressing toward delivery.

Minimum Education

• B.S or B.A. Degree focused on Computer Graphics or Technical Writing preferred.

Minimum Experience

• Additional 5 years of experience in a relevant field beyond minimum education requirement.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• People Leadership
• Resource Planning
• Scheduling
• Performance Management
• Coaching
• Communication
• Organization
• Prioritization
• Conflict Resolution
• Decision Making
• 3D Production
• Risk Management
• Mentoring
• Accountability

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met and/or encountered by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit.

The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.

The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.