Producer IIII

Aquent; Culver City (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Aquent is seeking a seasoned producer to join our client’s team in the subscription gaming space. The producer will bridge game design, production, and product strategy, evaluating external proposals and guiding multi-title release schedules.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in game production or related roles, experience with external studios, and strong skills in onboarding UX, organization, and communication. This role focuses on mobile F2P or live-service workflows.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of game production, project management, or game design experience, with mobile games preferred.
• Hands-on experience with external development studios or publishing/partner-management.
• Proven background evaluating game design features, onboarding flows, or early-game UX.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities across pipelines.
• Excellent communication skills translating creative goals into actionable steps.

Responsibilities

• External Developer Management (75%): align production with external studio partners, manage schedules, track risks, assist developers through milestones.
• Game Design & Onboarding Evaluation (40%): review proposals and provide feedback on first 30 minutes, onboarding and retention flows.
• Internal Collaboration (25%): work with Marketing, QA, Tech Support to ensure resources for updates.
• Data-Informed Decision Making: use player insights and metrics while upholding privacy standards.

Skills

Game production

Project management

External partner management

Game design evaluation

Onboarding UX

Organization

Communication

Tools

Jira

Hansoft

Airtable

Excel

Keynote

Job description

Our client is seeking a producer to join their team in subscription gaming services. This role will place you in a highly-energized environment with some of the most hardworking creative individuals in the industry, where you will be inspired to share your experience along with providing extraordinary support for the team. You will also be representing our client to their game development partners.

Description

In this role, you will act as a key producer and creative partner to external game development studios. You will sit at the intersection of game design, production, and product strategy-evaluating developer proposals, providing actionable feedback to improve early-game player experiences, and managing multi-title release schedules.

Key Responsibilities

• External Developer Management (75%): Drive day-to-day production alignment with external studio partners; manage production schedules, track development risks, and support developers through technical and creative submission milestones.
• Game Design & Onboarding Evaluation (40%): Review developer proposals and offer constructive game design feedback-specifically focused on sharpening the first 30 minutes of gameplay, player onboarding, and retention flows.
• Internal Collaboration (25%): Partner with cross-functional teams (Marketing, QA, Tech Support) to ensure studio partners have the resources needed to launch successful updates.
• Data-Informed Decision Making: Utilize player insights and performance metrics to support design recommendations while maintaining privacy-first standards.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of game production, project management, or game design experience-with a strong preference for mobile games.
• Hands-on experience working directly with external development studios or in a publishing/partner-management capacity.
• Proven background evaluating game design features, player onboarding flows, or early-game UX.
• Strong organizational skills with a track record of managing multiple competing priorities across disparate project pipelines.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of translating creative design goals into technical operational steps.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in mobile free-to-play (F2P) or live-service game development/publishing.
• Background as a Game Designer, Product Manager, or Producer who has owned onboarding/FTUE (First-Time User Experience) initiatives.
• Familiarity with industry-standard project management tools (e.g., Jira, Hansoft, Airtable, Excel, Keynote).
• Passionate mobile gamer with a deep understanding of current trends across mobile platforms.