Production Coordinator, Mobile Content

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Your Platform

Founded in 1979, Activision has continuously disrupted the world of entertainment as a leader in the videogame industry. With a history of delivering iconic game changers -- like Pitfall®, Tony Hawk®, Guitar Hero®, Crash Bandicoot™, Skylanders™ and Call of Duty® -- our obsession is delighting our players around the globe. Focused and committed to innovation, we consistently deliver the most beloved, engaging and successful entertainment.

And while we have world-class franchises, infrastructure and resources, our success comes from a passionate, dedicated and diverse team of people producing greatness together. So, if you’re interested in our biggest priority, it’s our people.

We’re currently driving the next era for our company and community by creating amazing experiences for fans and continuing to make Activision an inclusive place where everyone can thrive.

Join us, make history. To learn more, check us out at www.activision.com, www.activisiongamesblog.com or @Activision on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

Your Mission

Activision is seeking a Production Coordinator to assist our Mobile team in achieving our quality and creative goals for our next game. The Production Coordinator will work closely with our Product Managers and Producers to maintain milestone schedules, track feature and content status, and communicate team progress to the rest of the studio. The Production Coordinator will gain insight into our AAA game production processes and play a key role in facilitating those processes to provide our teams with what they need to excel.

The role of Production Coordinator requires candidates to be excellent and persuasive communicators, capable of taking care of a wide variety of internal and external partners. The ideal candidate will be eager to learn and willing to meet any challenge that will help their team. Production Coordinator candidates must thrive in an exciting and ambiguous environment, take direction well, and be calm under pressure.

A qualified PC is organized, professional, personable, courteous, hard-working, an effective communicator and loves working with a variety of people from all different disciplines.

A normal day could include:
• Driving feature/content development
• Working with developers from all subject areas
• Providing support to Producers and Associate Producers
• Working independently to solve problems and accomplish tasks
• Proactively seeking opportunities to aid the success of the team
• Contributing to maintaining and improving production processes, pipelines and documentation
• Managing Playtests and all Playtest documentation
• Taking and publishing meeting notes
• Updating wiki pages and bug/task databases

Who you are:

Adaptive Planner and Problem Solver:
• Good time management skills
• Works well in a fast-paced and pressure packed environment
• Independent worker
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize competing tasks
• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting abilities

Great Teammate and Collaborator:
• Punctual and responsible
• Works well in a fast-paced and pressure packed environment
• Strong motivation to learn game production practices and techniques
• Works well with people, process and problems
• Constantly looking for ways to support the team
• Maintains a “can-do” attitude when working with the team
• Understands the relationship of Production and other departments

Communicator and Ambassador:
• Enthusiastic about production
• Professional, respectful and approachable
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Exhibits self-awareness and emotional maturity
• Genuine, positive and upbeat personality
• Active listener who is eager to learn the languages of game development
• Asks appropriate questions

Experienced and Knowledgeable:
• 1 + years employed Video Game industry
• Have a good understanding of how games get made
• Demonstrated ownership of production-type tasks to completion
• Passion for games and are familiar with the Call of Duty franchise

Our World

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), is one of the world's largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, Candy Crush™ and Bubble Witch™. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet!

Our ability to build immersive and innovate worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment. We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered!

The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

Activision is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.