Senior Producer, Publishing Operations Specialist

10 hours ago


Santa Monica, California, United States Activision Blizzard Full time
Job Title: Senior Producer, Publishing Operations Specialist

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Producer, Publishing Operations Specialist to join our team at Activision Blizzard. As a key member of our publishing operations team, you will be responsible for supporting the creation of each project's schedule, budget, production pathways, and overall plan. You will partner with all external teams to overcome complex problems, improve product quality, and stay on track. Build and manage the overall Production calendar and identify development dependencies of overall GTM plan. You will provide mentorship to less experienced team members on specific projects/tasks as outlined by the Sr Director.

Key Responsibilities:

* Partner with Marketing to execute plans for the product lines, brands, and lines of business that need to be incorporated into playable content.
* Build, manage, and track development budgets, including but not limited to internal studios, external studios, outsourced support, localizations, voice over, music, and licenses.
* Partner with Developers to ensure specific game features are tied to overall title positioning and goals.
* Understand and effectively communicate project milestones, task deadlines, and partner feedback to team members.
* Collaborate with development teams on milestone deliveries and release schedules and identify risk.
* Coordinate QA and localization tasks
* Coordinate asset reviews with legal teams
* Build submission schedules in conjunction with QA that facilitate required product release dates.
* Chair meetings to facilitate communication among team members.
* Assist with talent VO/capture scheduling.
* Improve existing and/or build new processes to help improve communication and efficiencies.
* Develop healthy relationships with development teams to successfully collaborate, influence, and support them.
* Perform other duties as requested by Sr Director of 1st Party Operations

Requirements:

* Minimum of 5+ years of game development 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 take care of ambiguity regularly.
* Knowledgeable about games and trends in the industry, including Monetization, E-Sports, Free-to-Play and other ways games are growing 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 experience or equivalent level of industry experience required.

About Us:

Activision Blizzard, Inc. is the world's largest interactive entertainment company, with operations across North America, Europe, and Asia. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty, Destiny, Skylanders, World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, Candy CrushTM, and Bubble WitchTM. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet
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