Creative Manager, D&D Universes Beyond

Socket.dev; Renton (WA); Hybrid; USD 151,000 - 235,000; 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 and Wizards of the Coast in Renton, WA is seeking a Creative Manager for D&D Universes Beyond to lead creative teams and turn bold ideas into actionable plans. This role focuses on producing clear guidance, managing workloads, and keeping product work healthy and on track.

The position is hybrid, requiring three days per week in the Renton office, and offers a competitive pay range with incentives and benefits as part of the overall package.

Qualifications

• 5+ years demonstrated ability in creative production, tabletop publishing, games, or related field.
• 2+ years managing creative professionals or project-based teams, including coaching and workload planning.
• Experience leading cross-functional creative projects with multiple stakeholders.
• Strong operational instincts: documenting processes and building repeatable workflows.
• Experience with freelancers, vendors, budgets, schedules, and external partner relationships.
• Strong communication skills to turn ambiguous goals into scoped plans.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage creative teams, supporting performance, career growth, and team culture.
• Own task tracking for products, balancing capacity, budgets, timelines, and playtesting needs.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to translate goals into clear vision and deliverables.
• Keep teams aligned by running stand-ups, tracking risks, and documenting decisions.
• Build scalable workflows and vendor pipelines for emerging product models.

Skills

Creative production

Tabletop publishing

Project leadership

Managing creative professionals

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Planning & scheduling

Budgeting

Vendor management

Playtesting coordination

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 roleplaying 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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