Creative Manager, D&D Universes Beyond

Hasbro; Renton (WA); Hybrid; USD 1,501,000 - 1,502,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellness

Time Off to Recharge

Financial Well-being

Life & Family Support

Volunteer and Community Initiatives

Learning & Development

Exclusive Perks

Job summary

Hasbro is seeking a Creative Manager for D&D Universes Beyond to lead and mentor creative teams, driving production excellence in tabletop games. The role emphasizes product clarity, cross-functional collaboration, and disciplined workflow management in a fast-moving environment.

The position is hybrid, requiring three days per week at our Renton, Washington office, with strong emphasis on planning, risk management, and cross-team communication.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in creative production, tabletop publishing, games, or related field.
• 2+ years managing creative professionals or project teams.
• Experience leading cross-functional creative projects with multiple stakeholders.
• Strong operational instincts: document processes and repeatable workflows.
• Experience with freelancers, vendors, budgets, schedules, and playtesting coordination.
• Excellent communication for turning ambiguous goals into clear plans.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage creative teams, support performance and career growth.
• Own task tracking for products, balancing capacity, budgets, timelines.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to turn goals into clear deliverables.
• Run stand-ups, track risks, document decisions, and clarify next steps.
• Build onboarding, documentation, review structures, and scalable workflows.

Skills

Creative production

Team leadership

Cross-functional projects

Operational processes

Freelancers & vendors

Budget & schedules

Communication

Job description

We take play seriously. We’re looking for curious adventurers ready to find their party, fueled by imagination and drive to build what’s never been built before. At Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast, you’ll collaborate with passionate teams to reimagine our iconic brands and create experiences that spark joy, connection, and community through the magic of play. This is your chance to shape legendary play that lasts a lifetime.

Do you love helping creative teams turn big, messy ideas into clear plans? Do you like asking smart questions, surfacing risks, and keeping complex work moving?

We’re looking for a Creative Manager, D&D Universes Beyond who loves tabletop games and helping teams do their best work. This role is ideal for an organized, production-savvy people manager who can create clarity in ambiguity, and keep product work focused, healthy, and on track.

This is a hybrid role requiring three days a week in our Renton, WA office.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Lead and manage creative teams, supporting performance, career growth, workload health, and team culture.
• Own task tracking for assigned products, balancing capacity, freelancers, budgets, timelines, playtesting needs, and shifting priorities.
• Partner with cross-functional teams within the studio to turn product goals into clear vision, deliverables, and decisions.
• Keep teams aligned by running stand‑ups, tracking risks, documenting decisions, supporting feedback loops, and clarifying next steps.
• Build practical processes, onboarding, documentation, review structures, vendor pipelines, and scalable workflows for emerging product models.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

• 5+ years demonstrated ability in creative production, tabletop publishing, games, entertainment, project leadership, or a related creative field.
• 2+ years of experience managing creative professionals or project-based teams, including coaching, workload planning, career development, and team culture.
• Experience leading complex, cross‑functional creative projects with shifting priorities, external contributors, and multiple stakeholders.
• Strong operational instincts, including improving processes, creating documentation, coordinating reviews, and building repeatable workflows.
• Experience with freelancers, vendors, budgets, schedules, playtesting coordination, creative pipelines, and external partner relationships.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to turn ambiguous creative goals into scoped plans, trade‑off recommendations, and clear next steps.

NICE TO HAVE

• Experience with licensed products, entertainment franchises, external creative collaborators, or brand extensions.
• Familiarity with tabletop role‑playing games, fantasy storytelling, Dungeons & Dragons, or D&D Beyond.
• Fluency in tabletop game development workflows, including project planning, feedback tracking, approvals, editing collaboration, and digital implementation support.

The pay transparency range for this role is listed below. The hiring range will vary based on factors such as experience, skills, location and market conditions. Additionally, employees may be eligible for annual and long-term incentives as part of their overall compensation package.

Pay Range

$150,500 — $235,200 USD

Employees may be eligible for annual and long-term incentives as part of their overall compensation package, depending on role, location, and eligibility. Benefits and programs may include:

• Health & Wellness
• Time Off to Recharge
• Financial Well‑being
• Life & Family Support
• Volunteer and Community Initiatives
• Learning & Development
• Exclusive Perks

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