Senior Background Art Producer - AAA Games

Nintendo of America Inc; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Retro Studios, based in Austin, TX, seeks an experienced Producer/Project Manager to lead cross-discipline teams across a AAA game project. You will coordinate environment, lighting, and VFX work, facilitate cross-functional meetings, and manage sprints and milestones to keep development on track.

The role requires 7+ years in game production, deep knowledge of art pipelines, and excellent communication and time-management skills.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in game development as a Producer or PM.
• Deep familiarity with pre-production and production phases of AAA game development.
• Deep familiarity with art content pipelines and how they overlap with design and engineering.
• Deep familiarity with ShotGrid/Flow.
• Excellent soft skills with a firm yet supportive demeanor.

Responsibilities

• Support Environment, Lighting and VFX teams to define, track, and prioritize work.
• Facilitate cross-discipline meetings, take notes, resolve blockers and capture actions.
• Capture, vet, organize, and track development work with Leads, Feature Owners and Stakeholders.
• Coordinate and run sprint and milestone planning, reviews and retrospectives.
• Track team velocity and scope-versus-capacity for forecast accuracy.
• Communicate high-level status and inform long-term milestone strategies.
• Share and refine risk mitigation with Directors and VP of Development.
• Collaborate with other producers to refine content pipelines and development processes.
• Coordinate with QA for build deployments and notes.

Skills

Producer experience

Cross-discipline leadership

Strong communication

Time management

AAA game development

Tools

ShotGrid/Flow

Excel

Jira

Confluence

Miro

Job description

Retro Studios, based in Austin, TX, seeks an experienced Producer/Project Manager to lead cross-discipline teams across a AAA game project. You will coordinate environment, lighting, and VFX work, facilitate cross-functional meetings, and manage sprints and milestones to keep development on track.

The role requires 7+ years in game production, deep knowledge of art pipelines, and excellent communication and time-management skills.