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Senior Producer

Pixelberry Studios is a top mobile games developer, creating fun and engaging games with heart for over nine years. We’re a division of Nexon, one of the Top 10 largest gaming companies in the world. Our studio is 3-for-3 launching games into the App Store's Top 25 Grossing chart. Our market-leading, award-winning mobile game, Choices: Stories You Play, broke into the Top 5 in the App Store. Our vision for success is based around innovative game design, diversity, and putting our players first!

We've seen firsthand the positive impact that games can make. Because of that, we leverage our commercial success to make a real difference: we have partnered with numerous non-profits, saved actual lives with our games, and donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to charities. Players love our games’ focus on racial, gender, sexual, and identity diversity while holding us accountable when they expect more.

Some of us at Pixelberry have worked together for over 10 years through multiple companies. As a result, we strive to create long-term relationships that help sustain our success. We continue to add new individuals who aren’t just searching for another stepping stone but a place to put down roots and actively make a difference. We love what we do and are looking for passionate, like-minded people who want to grow, learn, and make a difference together.

SUMMARY OF POSITION

Pixelberry Studios is looking for a Senior Producer who is detail-oriented, self-motivated, and passionate to join the Choices: Stories You Play Content Team. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills, understanding of priorities, ability to handle multiple projects, and a great team player.

Currently, all Pixelberry staff are working remotely. Hybrid work model (1 day/week in-office) will be in place once we resume on-site operations, currently scheduled for January 2022.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Report to the Production Manager and work closely with other content team members to help plan and schedule Choices books.
• Document and develop new processes to streamline our current production processes.
• Proactively help refine production processes.
• Be a great team player and support other producers if needed to.
• Foster healthy communication within the team and work to maintain our healthy company culture.
• Collaborate with internal teams to help create outstanding books for Choices.
• Balance quality, time, and resources to achieve quality books.
• Support and mentor other producers on the project and serve as a liaison to other departments.
• Provide improvements and present solutions to complex challenges across game production.
• Keep up to date with industry trends and offer strategic insight on what Choices could be doing better.
• Identifying and mitigating potential risks.
• Comfortable with pushing back on unreasonable requests and/or deadlines.

REQUIREMENTS

• 4+ years of experience in game development in a production role
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of departments
• Good understanding of game development and product development practices such as Waterfall and Agile
• Experienced using various industry tools such as Jira, Confluence, Asana, Google Sheets, etc.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Proactive and highly organized
• Critical thinking, calm under pressure
• Strong interpersonal skills with a focus on identifying and resolving conflicts
• BA / BS or equivalent industry experience

POSITIVES

• Experience in managing external teams
• Experience in scripting such as Google App Scripts
• Experience in (and love for) narrative or interactive fiction games
• Experience in (and love for) casual and/or female-focused mobile games

BENEFITS & PERKS

• Competitive salary
• High level of autonomy and freedom
• Rich & flexible health, disability, and employee assistance offerings to meet the needs of a diverse workforce
• 401(K) with matching program
• Paid Year-End Break
• Relaxed office environment with free food and snacks and WFH Tuesdays and Thursdays (pre-COVID)
• Virtual escape rooms, video game nights, trivia parties, and other team-building activities throughout the year!

HOW THIS JOB IS DIFFERENT

• Learn about the business side of mobile games. Our team is very good at what we do.
• Good work/life balance. We are family-friendly and look at things in the long term.
• That warm fuzzy feeling that you’re not just making a difference at a company, but in the lives of people all over the world.

Pixelberry Studios values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, Black/BIPOC, LGBT individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply. Pixelberry is also an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.