Senior Communications Producer

Naughty Dog; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Naughty Dog in Santa Monica seeks a Senior Producer to oversee project management and production for its franchise and studio brand, ensuring smooth internal pipelines and strong relationships with PlayStation and external partners. You will collaborate across the Communications team, develop workflows, and maintain project roadmaps while proactively improving pipelines and processes to keep deadlines.

The role requires a self-motivated, organized leader who can manage multiple projects under

Qualifications

• 8+ years in production, account, operations, or project management within games or creative media.
• Experience delivering AA or AAA titles.
• Deep understanding of PM workflows and production infrastructure.
• Proven ability to manage multiple streams with varied stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving and proactive collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Create and implement production practices and workflows for the Communications team.
• Build roadmaps for projects considering internal resources and review cycles.
• Track deliverables across pipelines and ensure Naughty Dog standards.
• Coordinate assets and align teams on delivery dates.
• Manage schedules, anticipate issues, and adjust plans accordingly.
• Liaise with PlayStation partners and external vendors.
• Represent the team to convey project status and schedules.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Tools

Trello

Excel

Microsoft Project

Miro

Confluence

Wrike

Job description

This position is for temporary engagement through our staffing partner, Yoh Enterprise Solutions. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States for this position.

This is a hybrid / onsite position based at our studio in Santa Monica, CA

Naughty Dog is committed to innovation within our games and as such have curated some of the top creative and technically ambitious minds in the industry. We welcome diverse candidates and believe that a broad range of cultural and life experiences contribute to the overall well-being and success of the studio and the games we craft together. Currently, we're busy at the kennel working on Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, and we'd love to find talented individuals to join us!

We are looking for a Senior Producer to join Naughty Dog's Communications team and oversee the project management and production for our franchise and studio brand. This role will ensure a smooth pipeline of projects internally and strong relationships with our PlayStation and external partners, including working with multiple stakeholders to push projects to completion.

Responsibilities include collaborating with all members of the Communications team as well as its internal and external partners, facilitating cross-department communication, developing, and maintaining workflows for a variety of active projects, and much more. You will proactively identify how we can improve our pipelines and processes and implement those solutions.

You are a self-motivated, well-organized collaborator with a proven track record keeping your team and partners accountable to schedules and deliverables. Demonstrating excellence in your role, you will make the jobs of your team and studio leadership easier and less stressful.

What You Will Do:

• Create and implement practices and processes for the Communications team, seek improvements and efficiencies in the way we work and the software we use.
• Build and maintain roadmaps for all projects while accounting for the capabilities of our internal resources and for the appropriate rounds of reviews.
• Track all deliverables and projects across multiple pipelines, including physical and digital products, content timelines, and events; and ensure quality of work meets NaughtyDog standards.
• Ensure all individuals and teams providing assets to our team are clearon expectations and delivery dates.
• Prioritizetasksandprojectstoensureworkiscompletedefficientlyandonschedule.
• Foresee and assess potential issues and adjust schedules to maintain final project due dates.
• Address urgent partner requests that arise day-to-dayandperformwell under pressureand ambiguity.
• Routematerialstoall necessary stakeholders at NaughtyDog, PlayStation partners, and external partners.
• Beproactiveintrackingandchasingdown assets, revisions, approvals from other NaughtyDog departments and levels to make sure the team meets deadlines or can flag any blockers early.
• Buildandmaintainpositiverelationships with partners, stakeholders, and external vendors.
• RepresenttheCommunicationsTeam when information needs to be passed along regarding project status, updates, and schedules.

What Skills You Will Use:

• 8+years'experienceinproduction,account,operational,and/orproject management, preferably in a video game industry, entertainment, or creative agency role.
• Experience closing out one or more AA or AAA games preferred.
• Hasadeepunderstandingof project management, workflow, and infrastructure.
• Hasprovenexperiencemanaging multiple streams of work with a variety of stakeholders and approval channels.
• Canhandle a high volume of assets shared across multiple teams and stakeholders, maintaining tight deadlines while remaining organized and detail oriented.
• Comfortablewith ambiguity, shifting priorities, and juggling multiple projects at a time.
• Solve problems proactively and creatively.
• Expertisein common Production practices and software (Trello, Excel, Microsoft Project, Miro, Confluence, Wrike, or/and equivalents), in addition to staying up to date with current thinking in their role.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to communicate clearly with different types of partners and stakeholders.
• Experience working with and presenting to senior leaders and/or executives, fostering strong, trustworthy relationships.
• Working knowledge of video game production and development is a plus but not required.

Manage the ideation, planning, and execution of studio-led Marketing, Public Relations, Internal and External Merchandise, Community and Social Assets, Streaming, Partnerships, and Licensing:

Oversee all phases of asset development cycles from design through final approval

Facilitate collaboration with internal team-members and external partners to keep asset development on schedule and within budget

Manage day-to-day oversight of project quality, both internall