Creative Producer (Temporary) | Irvine, CA

Blizzard Entertainment in; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 38,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401(k) with company match

Paid holidays and vacation

Job summary

Blizzard Entertainment in Irvine, CA seeks a Creative Producer (Temporary) to join Activision Blizzard Consumer Products on a 12-month contract. The role supports creative production, asset management, and licensing collaborations across toys, apparel, books, and games.

The position reports to the Creative Lead and collaborates with Marketing, Category, and E-commerce teams in a hybrid work setup, with the home studio in Irvine, CA.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in creative production, project management, or related field; 4+ years preferred.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail are required.
• Experience with creative approvals, asset sourcing, and working with multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Assist in meetings involving creative approvals and asset sourcing with licensees and internal teams.
• Manage product approvals and digital asset management with internal/external users.
• Maintain attention to detail across creative approvals and manage feedback to uphold brand integrity.
• Assist in asset requests from internal teams and day-to-day monitoring of approvals and asset portals.
• Prepare product catalogs across franchises for Retail and franchise updates.
• Administer invoice submission, tracking, and payment for creative team expenses and external contractors.
• Support visual representations of franchises with an eye for graphic design and branding needs.

Skills

Multitasking

Project coordination

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

PowerPoint

MyMediaBox

Job description

Creative Producer (Temporary) | Irvine, CA (Finance)

Job Title: Creative Producer (Temporary) | Irvine, CA

Requisition ID: R028082

Job Description:

Job Title: Creative Producer (Temporary)

Reporting To: Creative Lead

Department: Consumer Products

Location: Irvine, California

Duration: 12 month contract

Your Mission

From toys to apparel, books to games, and much more, Activision Blizzard Consumer Products brings our company's products, through stories and characters, to fans worldwide. With a portfolio of renowned franchises including World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, Crash Bandicoot and many more, our team works to deliver best in class products.

We are looking for a talented project coordinator to join the exciting world of Activision Blizzard Consumer Products. This individual will provide project and asset support for the Consumer Products team involved in softlines, hardlines and publishing. This individual reports to the Creative Lead of Activision Blizzard Consumer Products and works closely with the Category team, Marketing team, and E-commerce team.

Hybrid

This role is anticipated to be a hybrid work position, and the home studio for this role is Irvine, CA.

Responsibilities

• Will assist in meetings involving creative approvals and asset sourcing with licensees, internal teams, legal and creative leads. Must have strong organizational skills & attention to detail.
• Manage the product approvals/digital asset management tool with internal and external users. Ensuring proper user profiles, contract details, upload assets and providing temporary access to potential partners.
• Maintain strong attention to detail across creative approvals, manage feedback, and help ensure projects uphold brand integrity.
• Will assist in requesting assets from internal teams.
• Will assist in day-to-day monitoring of our approvals and asset portals.
• Assist in preparation of product catalog across franchises for Retail team and franchise team updates.
• Administer invoice submission, tracking, and payment processes for creative team expenses, asset development initiatives, and external contractors, ensuring compliance with internal approval workflows
• Assist in bringing to life visual representations of our franchises and require a keen eye for detail and execution. This candidate will need to have and understanding of basic graphic design & branding needs and how they translate to consumer products.
• Possess the ability to retain and learn a deep understanding of our games and creative guidelines.
• Able to organize multiple projects at once with the ability to communicate project status to the team regularly.
• Exhibits organization, independence, resourcefulness and an understanding of the creative flow within the entertainment and gaming industry as well as licensed products.
• Coordinate domestic and international shipping, track package deliveries, and manage physical product sample inventory across on-site and off-site storage locations.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum 2+ years of experience in creative production, project management, or a related field; 4+ years of experience is preferred.
• Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) & PowerPoint with basic understanding of graphic design and composition skills
• Aware of current market trends in both design & content consumption as well as current Activision Blizzard brands, properties & priorities
• Understanding of color theory and have the ability to interpret PMS colors, graphic file type as well as an understanding of franchise branding philosophies and brand integrity.
• Ability to multitask between projects, manage & document feedback from multiple stakeholders & coordinate projects/approvals accordingly, while maintaining a positive attitude.

Pluses

• Experience using Consumer Products web-based tools, including MyMediaBox.
• Familiarity with digital asset management systems and product approval workflows.

Our World

At Blizzard Entertainment, we pour our hearts and souls into everything we create. Best known for iconic video game universes including Warcraft, Overwatch, Diablo, and StarCraft, we've been creating genre-defining games for millions of players around the world for more than 30 years. We're on a quest: bring our dreams to life and craft the most epic entertainment experiences...ever. Hard work, iteration and polish go into the Blizzard "secret recipe," but the most important ingredients come from talented people who share our vision. If that sounds like you, join us.

The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, among other characteristics.

Rewards

We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for 'Every World' - we've got our employees covered! Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:

• 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.

Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/ .

In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is $27.42 - $50.72 Hourly. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Ultimately, your specific range and offer will be based on several factors, including relevant experience, performance, and work location. Your Talent Professional can share this role's range details for your local geography during the hiring process. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed. While we strive to provide competitive offers to successful candidates, new hire compensation is negotiable.