Producer

Keywords Studios; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Keywords Studios' Tantalus South (Adelaide) is hiring an Associate Producer or Producer to join a close-knit team on AAA titles. The role emphasizes flexibility, steady communication with clients, and building efficient production pipelines.

You will coordinate client requests, define workflows in Jira/Confluence, help schedule milestones, and remove roadblocks while collaborating with internal stakeholders to align priorities and deliver high‑quality games.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in a production, operations, or project management role in the gaming, VFX, or entertainment industry.
• Strong understanding of game development processes, from concept to launch and live service.
• Experience managing client relationships, with a focus on clear communication and follow-through.
• Proficiency in project management tools (Jira, Confluence, Trello, Asana, or similar).
• Exceptional organisational skills, with a proven ability to track multiple workstreams and priorities.
• A proactive, solutions-oriented mindset with the ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary point of contact for clients, external partners, and publishing teams, ensuring clear and timely communication.
• Track and follow up on client requests, ensuring they are addressed and incorporated into the production pipeline.
• Define, document, and refine production workflows in Jira and Confluence to ensure efficiency and transparency across teams.
• Develop standardised processes for tracking and improving production pipelines, ensuring scalability and adaptability.
• Formalise the estimation process, working with key stakeholders to establish assumptions, requirements, and feature scoping methodologies.
• Implement best practices for tracking deliverables, ensuring consistency across multiple projects and teams.
• Provide regular status updates to clients, proactively addressing questions and concerns.
• Work closely with internal stakeholders (Executive Producers, Technical Directors, Designers, etc.) to break down client requests into actionable tasks.
• Manage expectations and ensure alignment between client deliverables and internal development priorities.

Skills

Production experience

Client relations

Jira/Confluence/Trello/Asana

Organisational skills

Communication

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Trello

Asana

Job description

Company Description

We're constantly working with some of the world's largest Publishers and most popular AAA games. Here in Australia we have studios located in Adelaide, Brisbane and Melbourne and employ over two hundred of Australia's leading game professionals. Our studio brands operating under the Keywords Studios group are Tantalus Media (Vic, SA, Qld), and Liquid Development (Vic, SA, Qld).

As one of the regions leading co-development studios our teams work across a variety of projects from ports, DLC and expansion packs, to remasters. The huge variety of game styles, provides a rich and rewarding learning experience for our employees.

We are not considering fully remote, and unable to provide sponsorship.

Job Description

Tantalus South (Adelaide) are currently looking to hire an Associate Producer or Producer. We're a close knit team working on some of the coolest AAA titles. We're looking for someone who's committed, passionate, and knows how to have fun.

Role Responsibilities

To encourage flexible work practices and to accommodate changes in responsibilities in line with business requirements, this document describes broad role responsibilities rather than detailed tasks. Additional responsibilities may be added at a later date in consultation with your manager.

Client Liaison & Communication

• Serve as the primary point of contact for clients, external partners, and publishing teams, ensuring clear and timely communication.
• Track and follow up on client requests, ensuring they are addressed and incorporated into the production pipeline.
• Define, document, and refine production workflows in Jira and Confluence to ensure efficiency and transparency across teams.
• Develop standardised processes for tracking and improving production pipelines, ensuring scalability and adaptability.
• Formalise the estimation process, working with key stakeholders to establish assumptions, requirements, and feature scoping methodologies.
• Implement best practices for tracking deliverables, ensuring consistency across multiple projects and teams.
• Provide regular status updates to clients, proactively addressing questions and concerns.
• Work closely with internal stakeholders (Executive Producers, Technical Directors, Designers, etc.) to break down client requests into actionable tasks.
• Manage expectations and ensure alignment between client deliverables and internal development priorities.

Productions & Operations Management

• Support internal teams by optimising production workflows and implementing best practices in Jira, Confluence, and other project management tools.
• Maintain and improve documentation for production processes, pipelines, and client requirements.
• Assist with scheduling, milestone tracking, and reporting to ensure development timelines remain on track.
• Proactively identify and remove roadblocks, including technical, logistical, and communication challenges.
• Collaborate with IT and technical teams to ensure tools and workflows support efficient production.

Project Coordination & Support

• Ensure the financial health of the Keywords Australia group, including the appropriate management of resources, investments, and expenditures.
• Work alongside producers, project managers, and development teams to coordinate project dependencies and priorities.
• Assist in resource allocation by tracking team workload, capacity, and deliverables.
• Support QA processes by ensuring client-reported issues are properly documented, tracked, and prioritised.
• Identify and drive operational improvements to enhance team efficiency and output.

Qualifications

Required Skills and Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in a production, operations, or project management role in the gaming, VFX, or entertainment industry.
• Strong understanding of game development processes, from concept to launch and live service.
• Experience managing client relationships, with a focus on clear communication and follow-through.
• Proficiency in project management tools (Jira, Confluence, Trello, Asana, or similar).
• Exceptional organisational skills, with a proven ability to track multiple workstreams and priorities.
• Ability to interpret client feedback and translate it into actionable development tasks.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to adapt to changing project needs.
• A proactive, solutions-oriented mindset with the ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Desirable Skills

• Experience working within the Video Gaming Industry and knowledge of specific game development disciplines (e.g., art pipelines, coding practices, QA methodologies).
• Relevant project management certification

Additional Information

If you'd like to know more about Keywords Studios we recommend visiting our corporate site HERE

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Role Information: EN

Studio: Keywords Studios

Location: Asia Pacific, Australia

Area of Work: Game Development

Service: Create

Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent

Working Pattern: Hybrid

PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY

Keywords Studios is strongly committed to protecting your personal information. By sending your CV/Resume, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions and consent to your data being managed and retained in accordance with our data privacy and retention policy https://www.keywordsstudios.com/en/applicant-privacy-notice/.

PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION POLICY

Keywords Studios is strongly committed to protecting your personal information. By sending your CV/Resume, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions and consent to your data being managed and retained in accordance with our data privacy and retention policy https://www.keywordsstudios.com/en/applicant-privacy-notice/.

Department: Production