Head of Creative Studio

What You’ll Do

• Own and operate the live ops Events and Content pipeline end-to-end. Planning, briefing, production tracking, reviews, integration coordination, and release readiness.
• Steward and elevate VRChat’s creative strategy for live ops content, upholding a high bar while evolving the system with the team over time (style continuity, quality, and cohesion).
• Partner with the Director of Design and Art Team Manager to align on creative direction, review norms, and quality standards, so the team has clear principles and consistent decision-making.
• Lead and support our internal art team with a collaborative, feedback-forward culture: clear goals, strong critique habits, and an emphasis on sustainable output.
• Run external studio collaboration in a way that feels like an extension of the team: strong briefs, fast and respectful feedback loops, clear acceptance criteria, and healthy relationships across partners.
• Translate creative goals into shippable reality by working closely with engineering on performance constraints, asset requirements, and integration needs.
• Reduce rework and increase throughput by improving docs, templates, review checklists, and lightweight processes.
• Make tradeoffs visible, keep stakeholders aligned, and drive clarity to enable our creative teams to do their best work.

Who You Are

• You have 8+ years in game development or real-time content production, with meaningful experience shipping ongoing content (live ops, events, seasonal drops, or frequent updates).
• You’ve operated in environments where success depends on collaboration and influence, not top-down hierarchy. Bring in structure, alignment, and momentum without steamrolling teams.
• You have strong experience working with external studios & vendors, and you know how to get great results through clear briefs, thoughtful feedback, and reliable delivery.
• You bring excellent creative judgment, but you don’t rely on taste alone. You build systems that help teams make good decisions repeatedly.
• You’re comfortable partnering with engineering and production to ensure assets are performant and shippable, and you can translate constraints into guidance the team can actually use.
• You’re low-ego and high-agency. You listen, align, communicate clearly, and drive execution.

Bonus Points

• Experience scaling an art/content pipeline across multiple platforms.
• Experience evolving outsourcing strategy (vendor selection, capacity planning, quality frameworks).
• Familiarity with UGC ecosystems, social platforms, or creator-driven content economies.
• Comfort with production tooling (Jira, Linear, etc.) and operational metrics (rework rate, cycle time, acceptance rate).

Benefits

• Work from anywhere! VRChat is a 100% remote company offering flexible working hours in combination with core hours supporting real-time collaboration
• Health benefits for U.S. and Canadian employees
• 401K (U.S.) and RRSP (Canada) retirement plans
• Stock options
• Unlimited/flexible vacation policy
• Paid parental leave
• Generous holiday schedule