Producer, Partnerships & Catalog [Contract]

Spin Master; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 69,000 - 87,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth opportunities

Flexible work hours

Innovation collaboration

Comprehensive benefits

Other fun perks!

Career development

Job summary

Spin Master is seeking a capable Production Manager to connect external partners who port Sago Mini and Piknik titles to Netflix and Apple Arcade, while coordinating with internal Piknik Catalog engineering for SDK updates and platform compliance. This is a 12-month contract position.

You will lead sprint meetings, translate features into actionable tasks, and ensure on-time delivery across distributed teams with a focus on clear stakeholder communication.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree or diploma in a related technical, business, or creative discipline.
• Producer experience driving mobile games through the full product lifecycle, from development to digital storefront release.
• Proficiency using agile project management and bug-tracking software such as Jira and Asana.
• Ability to read, synthesize, and extract requirements from complex technical documentation.
• Hands‑on experience working with established IP owners, brands, or major digital game publishers.

Responsibilities

• Lead regular sprint meetings and manage development pipelines for external partnership teams and internal catalog engineers.
• Translate product features into clear, trackable technical tasks to ensure on-time delivery across distributed teams.
• Draft detailed project briefs and Statements of Work (SOWs) to align internal stakeholders and external publishers.
• Assess, monitor, and document project delivery risks, roadmaps, and feature specifications.
• Facilitate build hand-offs to QA and coordinate with engineers to prioritize and resolve bug queues.
• Serve as the primary communication bridge to translate complex technical milestones into clear updates for non-technical partners.

Skills

Producer experience

Agile project management

Requirements extraction

IP/licensing interaction

Education

Undergraduate degree or diploma

Tools

Jira

Asana

Job description

Are you a kid at heart looking to build a career with a leading global children’s toy, entertainment and digital gaming company?

At Spin Master, our unwavering commitment to open mindedness, integrity and innovation is a great part of what has made us an industry leader. How do we stay ahead of the pack? By hiring the best and brightest minds—and that’s why we want you!

Job Description:

About Sago Mini

Sago Mini is an award-winning company devoted to play. With three subscription services and over 10 million monthly active users, Sago Mini creates apps that seed imagination, grow wonder, and bring thoughtful design to life for preschoolers and parents worldwide. Proudly Canadian, Sago Mini is a subsidiary of Spin Master, a leading global children’s entertainment company. Along with sister studio Toca Boca, Sago Mini is part of the Piknik bundle – a collection of the world’s best apps for kids in one subscription.

What will you work on?

Reporting to the Senior Producer, you will act as the central connector managing external partners who port Sago Mini and Piknik titles to major publisher platforms like Netflix and Apple Arcade. You will also coordinate our internal Piknik Catalog engineering team to maintain established games with SDK updates and platform compliance.

This is a 12 month contract position.

How will you create impact?

• Lead regular sprint meetings and manage development pipelines for both external partnership teams and internal catalog engineers
• Translate product features into clear, trackable technical tasks to ensure on-time delivery across distributed teams
• Draft detailed project briefs and Statements of Work (SOWs) to align internal stakeholders and external publishers
• Assess, monitor, and document project delivery risks, roadmaps, and feature specifications
• Facilitate build hand-offs to Quality Assurance (QA) and coordinate with engineers to prioritize and resolve bug queues
• Serve as the primary communication bridge to translate complex technical milestones into clear updates for non-technical partners

What are your skills and experience?

• Undergraduate degree or diploma in a related technical, business, or creative discipline
• Producer experience driving mobile games through the full product lifecycle, from development to digital storefront release
• Proficiency using agile project management and bug-tracking software such as Jira and Asana
• Ability to read, synthesize, and extract requirements from complex technical documentation
• Hands‑on experience working with established IP owners, brands, or major digital game publishers

#LI-Hybrid #LI-HM1

The anticipated pay range for candidates who will work in Ontario is $50 to $63 Per Hour. The offered pay to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience within the job, years of experience within the required industry, education, etc. Spin Master Inc. is a multi-state employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work only in other states.

This job posting is tied to an open vacancy.

What you can expect from us:

Our mission is to Make Life More Fun with a vision to push the boundaries of innovation, creativity, and fun.

• Growth and Career Opportunities
• Flexible Work Hours
• Innovation, Collaboration and Fun
• Comprehensive Benefits
• Other fun Perks!

What’s it like to work here?

Spin Master is a fast-paced, hands‑on organization that provides many great opportunities for impactful decision‑making; though our challenging start‑up atmosphere isn’t for everyone, we have a proven record of opportunities for future advancement and internal transfers for our passionate and results‑driven team.

Everyone is welcome in our sandbox and we are committed to an accessible and inclusive hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants.

Spin Master strives to create an accessible and inclusive application and selection process and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants who may require provisions to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment processes. Should you require an accommodation, please contact our Talent Acquisition team, by email at [e-mail] or by phone at 416 364-6002 and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.

We do appreciate all interest; however only those selected for interview will be contacted.