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Activision Blizzard · 1 day ago

Production Coordinator (Contract- Full Time)

Santa Monica, CA

Full-time, Contract

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

$20.77/hr - $38.46/hr

Activision Blizzard is a leading worldwide developer and publisher of interactive entertainment. They are seeking a Production Coordinator to support production and development teams through all phases of development, manage relationships with developers, and oversee various production tasks.

Console GamesGamingMedia and EntertainmentPC GamesVideo Games

Responsibilities

Own part of a project (e.g. multiplayer or other feature)

Manage day-to-day production of a support SKU (e.g. 3DS or port) if needed

Includes being central contact for developer

Manage relationship with the developer on assigned SKU

Oversight and coordination in key areas such as ratings, first party submissions, localization's, screenshots and video capture, and manual creation

Serve as a catch-all for any production tasks the require attention

Provide support to user-testing efforts including equipment wrangling, build distribution, and coordination with developers

Provide ongoing risk assessments to production team leadership with respect to weaknesses, bottlenecks, and risks to schedule and quality; help troubleshoot and resolve issues

Work closely with QA and Technical Requirements groups to be responsible for QA process including coordination and communication between production team, QA, TRG, and developers; also includes managing bug database; coordinate submission of SKUs to first parties

Manage and track build schedules, deliveries, and distribution

Record meeting notes when needed and translate them into a coherent, organized recap and list of action item

Build relationships with development teams as part of providing support to them

Be able to effectively demo the game internally and externally to build buzz with intended audiences

Be a secondary point of contact for cross-functional groups including Brand Management, Marketing, PR, etc

Manage Interns

Collaborate with and delegate tasks to Shared Services

Contribute creative feedback to production team leadership to help ensure product is meeting quality and feature goals

Qualification

Project ManagementCommunicationRelationship ManagementCreative FeedbackTeam Collaboration

Required

Experience in project management

Ability to manage day-to-day production of a support SKU

Strong communication skills to build relationships with development teams

Ability to effectively demo the game internally and externally

Experience managing interns

Ability to collaborate with and delegate tasks to Shared Services

Experience providing creative feedback to production team leadership

Ability to provide ongoing risk assessments to production team leadership

Experience working closely with QA and Technical Requirements groups

Ability to manage and track build schedules, deliveries, and distribution

Experience recording meeting notes and translating them into organized recaps and action items

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance

401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching

Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave

Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others

If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance