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Senior Producer
2 years ago
Job Title:
Senior ProducerRequisition ID:
R013391Job Description:
Job Description
Job Title: Sr. Producer
Reporting To: Executive Producer
Department: Production Management Group
Location: Santa Monica, California
Your Mission
As a Senior Producer, you will support the creation of each project’s schedule, budget, production pathways, and overall plan. You will also continue to provide supervision and support through the full product life-cycle (concept development thru to post launch DLC support). In addition, you will partner with all external teams to overcome complex problems, improve product quality and stay on track.
What you’ll do:
Schedule
- Manage and track game development with internal / external studios across all SKUs of a mainline product(s).
- Identify weaknesses, bottlenecks, and risks in the schedule.
- Troubleshoot communication and schedule dependency problems with team leadership.
- Maintain documentation necessary to keep all partners coordinated.
- Create and Identify new efficiencies in the Production Process
Budget
- Create, manage, and track development budgets, including but not limited to internal studios, outsourced support, localizations, voice over, music, and licenses.
Quality
- Track build deliverables and manage feedback and input from various groups at Activision HQ to the developer.
- Direct the Quality Assurance process to deliver a high quality experience and great reputation for the product.
- Direct the Localization process and ensure a high quality experience for end users.
- Evaluate and judge gameplay in its current state and its trajectory towards close against industry standards. Identify what plays and looks good and how to drive improvements toward greatness by using qualitative assessments.
Communication
- Facilitate interaction between development team and legal department.
- Collaborate with Marketing to implement plans for the product lines, brands, and lines of business.
- Be an internal and external advocate for the product and support as needed at trade shows and PR events.
- Improve existing and/or create new processes to help improve communication and efficiencies.
- Develop healthy relationship with development teams to successfully collaborate, influence, and support them.
Player Profile
- Minimum of 5-7 years of game development experience or production experience.
- 3+ years Producer level experience or equivalent.
- Experience shipping at least 2 console game projects [full lifecycle from concept to launch].
- Experience working on games with a live-services component.
- Familiarity with project management methodologies.
- Flexible and able to deal with ambiguity regularly.
- Knowledgeable about games and trends in the industry, including Monetization, E-Sports, Free-to-Play and other ways games are expanding beyond the core mainline experience.
- Broad experience in project management, analysis, and ability to work across multiple teams in a fast-paced environment and with a high degree of autonomy.
- Experience effectively collaborating with internal teams and development studios within the video game industry.
- Experience in identifying the strengths and weaknesses in a game, and knowing when to marshal resources to lean into strengths or address weaknesses.
- Experience shipping on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Switch, and/or PC.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal; proven experience communicating with all levels of an organization, including cross-functional partners, external teams, and executives.
- Positive attitude and passion for making games.
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent level of industry experience required.
Your Platform
Founded in 1979, Activision has continuously redefined the world of entertainment as a leader in the video game 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.
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 iconic 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 video game 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.
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