The Associate Producer is responsible for providing support to the production and development teams in a variety of areas. This entails active involvement through all phases of development including pre-production, production, alpha, beta, and submission. Specific duties are overseeing areas including but not limited to QA, localizations, ratings, legal clearance, build schedules, first party submissions, and other similar aspects of production. The Associate Producer manages important areas of production, which can include direct management of a support sku, while also serving as a catch-all for any production tasks that require attention. Your undertaking includes:

Oversee different aspects of production including localizations, ratings, legal clearance, and other production related areas
Provide ongoing risk assessments to production team leadership with respect to weaknesses, bottlenecks, and risks to schedule; help troubleshoot and resolve issues
Drive and lead day-to-day production of a support sku, patches, or downloadable content
Work closely with Developers, QA, and other partner groups to oversee submission of skus to first parties
Work closely with QA and Technical Requirements groups to oversee QA process including coordination and communication between production team, QA, TRG, and developers; also includes managing bug database
Build strong relationship with development teams as part of providing support to them
Manage build schedules, deliveries, and distribution
Be a secondary point of contact for cross-functional groups including Brand Management, Marketing, PR, etc.
Contribute creative feedback to production team leadership to help ensure product is meeting quality and feature goals
Record meeting notes when needed and translate them into a coherent, organized recap and list of action items

Player Profile

2-3 years of scoping, scheduling, staffing, budget, and project management for Mobile games
Able to create scenarios for submission and release; knowledge of First Party timelines and processes
Ability to prepare waterfall, roadmaps, short-to-medium term schedules and planning
Identify bottlenecks in the project workflow/schedule
Identify issues, provide options for resolution of owned areas
Resourceful, steadfast and committed to delivering results
Proactive & action-oriented; responds quickly to challenges
Allocates own tasks and responsibilities to ensure deadlines are met
Understands how to tailor communication style to the audience (internal/external/developer)
Earns trust & respect of peers; is viewed as a team player
Good enough isn’t; a passionate advocate for excellence
Builds strong relationships across the organization
Can influence without authority
Maintains high standards despite pressing deadlines
Effectively balances competing priorities & spends time on what’s most important

The Associate Producer should also demonstrate:

Strong written and verbal communication skills
Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills
Strong problem solving skills
Strong project management skills including organized and focused methods of working and task prioritization
Ability to self-manage and self-pace
Ability to adapt to changing situations and development team cultures
Ability to work under pressure
Good knowledge of game development methodologies
Positive attitude and passion for making games
Commitment to staying current with production methodologies, ideas and processes

Please note: This is a short-term, contingent worker position and will be staffed through Volt, a staffing and workforce management company.

Your Platform

We’re headquartered in Santa Monica, California, housing multiple teams across many disciplines of Marketing, PR, Sales, Supply Chain and other corporate functions such as HR, IT, Legal, Facilities and Finance. Santa Monica is the nerve center of our company, where the best ideas combine with unrivalled rigor to create the biggest and best entertainment experiences in the world.

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, talented 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

Great Games Start with Great People! This is an exciting time to join us!

Ask anyone who works at Activision, or with Activision, their favorite thing about it, and they’ll tell you, it’s the people. We have world class brands, infrastructure and resources, but our success doesn’t come from assembly lines producing widgets. Our success comes from people producing greatness together. We are nothing without our employee’s brilliance. So if you’re interested in our biggest priority, it’s the people.

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.