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Your Mission
Activision Publishing is currently looking for an Associate Producer to join the Call of Duty franchise. We are looking for an individual who has a passion and proven track record for producing and launching great games.
As an Associate Producer on Call of Duty you will be 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 Responsibilities Will Include
- Oversee different aspects of Call of Duty 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
- Understands fundamentals of scoping, scheduling, staffing, budget, and project management
- 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; an affinity for FPS
- Commitment to staying current with production methodologies, ideas and processes
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 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.
