Producer, Animation

That’s No Moon Entertainment is an independent AAA game development studio established in 2021 by veterans of some of the most recognizable and critically acclaimed creative teams in the world, including Naughty Dog, Infinity Ward, Santa Monica Studio, Bungie, PlayStation, and more . Based in Los Angeles and San Diego, That’s No Moon Entertainment is creating the next generation of narrative-driven, genre-defining experiences built upon a culture of creativity, collaboration, responsible production practices, and individual empowerment. We are assembling a diverse team of passionate developers of a wide range of experience levels and backgrounds to help shape the future of our studio and projects.

We are seeking a Producer to work with the Gameplay Animation department to manage and deliver all aspects of gameplay animation for a AAA action-adventure game.

Responsibilities:

• Work with Animation department to deliver all gameplay animation content in the game on time, at quality and on budget.
• Own and manage the schedule and related task tracking across gameplay movement, scripted events and mission animation from mocap data delivery through to game integration.
• Solicit needs from the department and communicate project requirements. Take those requirements and turn them into project plans. Work with the gameplay animation team to execute those plans.
• Work collaboratively with production and department leadership to drive decision making that achieves both the project goals and company values.
• Connect departments and eliminate roadblocks to ensure the team is flowing efficiently through their work.
• Communicate project risks to leadership.
• Suggest improvements to the production process and assist in seeing them through.
• Assemble productivity data from the production tracking system and use that data create production reports that steer the production forward.
• Periodically assist with support for cinematics animation or virtual production team, as necessary.

Requirements & Skills:

• Project Management or Business Administration skills or experience.
• Experience with Jira, Shotgun/ShotGrid, Perforce or other industry standard tasking and version control software.
• Experience with modern game art pipelines, in particular 3D character scanning and high-fidelity realistic character art pipelines.
• Experience with talent scanning.
• Flexible and agile, able to adapt during a project to emerging requirements.
• Adaptive managerial skills, knowing when to use formal or informal tactics and strategy to achieve project success.
• Experience or familiarity with managing budgets and/or staff resource plans.

Qualifications:

• At least 4 years of experience as a Producer or Project Manager delivering projects working across multiple departments or equivalent experience.
• Strong time managerial skills in a technically sophisticated and fast-paced work environment.
• Strong interpersonal, oral and written communication skills with high emotional intelligence.
• High attention to detail and driven to results.

TNM considers a number of factors when determining each role's base pay range, including industry benchmarks, location, experience, and other job specific skills. In addition to base pay, this role may be eligible for other incentive compensation including equity and profit share. The estimated base pay range for this role is U.S. only and not applicable for locations outside of the U.S.
TNM offers competitive and comprehensive benefits that include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, unlimited PTO, supplemental life and disability, and more. Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part-time or temporary employees.

The estimated base pay range for this role is: $95,000 - $128,000.