Senior Producer, Content - Raven - Middleton, WI

Activision; Town of Middleton (WI); On-site; USD 82,000 - 152,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Raven Software, part of Activision, seeks a Senior Producer-Content based in Middleton, WI to lead production for Call of Duty Campaign and Warzone art initiatives. This onsite role covers four days per week with a focus on planning, tracking, and delivering high-quality content across multiple disciplines.

The Senior Producer will unify processes, manage priorities, and work with global teams and partner studios to drive efficient production and clear accountability.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading multi-discipline art production.
• Strong production planning and scheduling skills.
• Ability to align art direction with production goals.
• Excellent cross-studio communication.
• Proficient with Jira and project tracking.

Responsibilities

• Own production execution framework for Campaign and Warzone art streams.
• Maintain schedules, milestones, dependencies, and risk visibility across workstreams.
• Collaborate with Art Directors, Lead Artists, Production Directors, and partner studios.
• Translate creative goals into actionable production plans.
• Drive workflow improvements across global art teams.

Skills

Art production pipelines

Multiple art disciplines

Schedule management

Cross-studio collaboration

Communication skills

Process improvement

Ambiguity tolerance

Jira proficiency

Job description

Job Title:

Senior Producer, Content - Raven - Middleton, WI

Requisition ID:

R028053

Job Description:

Title: Senior Producer- Content

Senior Art Producer – Call of Duty Campaign & Warzone

We are seeking aSenior Art Producerto support global art production acrossCall of Duty Campaign and Warzoneat Raven.

This is a critical execution-focused role responsible for helping art teams plan, track, and deliver high-quality content across multiple disciplines, with a focus on both Campaign and Warzone. The ideal candidate brings deep art-pipeline fluency, strong production instincts, and the ability to operate across a complex network of internal teams, partner studios, and leadership stakeholders.

You will work at the intersection ofart direction, production, discipline leadership, and cross-studio collaboration. This role requires someone who can manage frequent context switching, bring structure to ambiguity, and help unify processes across global teams while maintaining a positive, assertive communication style.

This role is based in our Middleton, WI office and follows an onsite work schedule of four days per week. Work arrangements may change at the company's discretion to meet business needs.

What you bring to the table

The video game 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. Therefore, this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:

Drive day-to-day production support across Campaign and Warzone art initiatives by owning and maintaining schedules, sprint planning, milestone tracking, dependency mapping, and risk visibility across assigned workstreams. Partner with Art Directors, Lead Artists, Production Directors, and partner studios to ensure art goals are clearly understood, tracked, and delivered, while maintaining a strong understanding of project priorities, department bandwidth, and production constraints across multiple initiatives. Identify gaps, blockers, and workflow inefficiencies early and partner with stakeholders to drive practical solutions.

Global Art Pipeline Support

• Operate as a global art producer capable of engaging across multiple disciplines, including environments, characters, weapons, vehicles, tech art, lighting, photogrammetry, VFX, and MTX content.
• Maintain fluency in art pipelines, content dependencies, review structures, and discipline-specific production needs.
• Support teams in navigating complex pipelines across Campaign and Warzone, ensuring work moves efficiently from planning through final delivery.
• Monitor art departments at a high level, identify shortcomings, and recommend workflow improvements based on project needs.
• Translate creative goals and discipline needs into actionable production plans.

Process & Ritual Development

• Help unify systems, rituals, and communication practices across global art teams.
• Evaluate existing production processes and propose improvements that increase clarity, accountability, and delivery confidence.
• Support consistent planning, tracking, review, and reporting methods across teams while adapting to the unique needs of each discipline.
• Create lightweight structures that help teams move faster without adding unnecessary overhead.
• Drive adoption of practical production standards across art groups and partner studios.

Cross-Studio Communication

Serve as a key communication hub between Raven, Call of Duty partner studios, art leadership, production leadership, and discipline teams. Maintain a positive, direct, and assertive tone when driving alignment, surfacing risks, and resolving ambiguity. Help continue positioning Raven as a strong, reliable, and proactive partner across the broader Call of Duty organization by ensuring stakeholders have the information they need to make timely decisions. Track action items, decisions, dependencies, and ownership across multiple groups and follow through to completion.

What You’ll Own

You will own the production execution framework for assigned Campaign and Warzone art workstreams, maintaining visibility into art team priorities, risks, dependencies, and delivery health. You will drive cross-discipline coordination across global art teams and partner studios, implement practical process improvements that help teams plan, communicate, and deliver more effectively, while remaining flexible across broader art disciplines.

Impact

Your work will directly help Raven and the broader Call of Duty organization deliver best in class art content across Campaign and Warzone, improve visibility and accountability across global art production, strengthen cross-studio communication and partner confidence, balance department load across multiple concurrent initiatives, and build more unified, scalable, and sustainable production practices for art teams.

Player Profile

• Strong understanding of art production pipelines and how art content moves from concept through final implementation.
• Experience supporting multiple art disciplines such as environments, characters, weapons, tech art, lighting, or VFX.
• Proven ability to manage schedules, milestones, sprint planning, dependencies, and production risks.
• Experience working with Art Directors, Lead Artists, Production Directors, and external or partner studios.
• Ability to operate effectively across multiple concurrent projects, teams, and priorities.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to be diplomatic, clear, assertive, and solutions-oriented.
• Demonstrated ability to identify process gaps and drive workflow improvements.
• Comfortable working in ambiguous, fast-moving production environments.
• Strong organizational instincts and the ability to maintain visibility across complex workstreams.
• Advanced level Jira fluency.

Extra Points

• Experience working on Call of Duty, live-service games, or large franchise development.
• Experience working across globally distributed teams and partner studios.
• Familiarity with AAA development pipelines.

Your Platform

Founded in 1990 by brothers Brian and Steve Raffel in Middleton, Wisconsin, Raven Software began as a small studio focused on crafting fantasy and role‑playing games. Since then, our award‑winning portfolio has grown to include beloved titles such as Hexen, Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, and - for the past 15 years - major contributions to the critically acclaimed Call of Duty® franchise. As the lead developers behind Call of Duty: Warzone and the force behind the campaigns of the Black Ops series, most recently Black Ops 6, we have established ourselves as a key player in shaping the FPS genre and pushing the boundaries of what games can achieve.

Our motto, “Our Work SpeaksForUs,” symbolizes the dedication and passion that drives everything we do. We’ve built a team rooted in respect, collaboration, and a shared focus on what’s best for the game. We prioritize ambition balanced with care, direct communication, and a culture free of egos. By fostering innovation and owning our mistakes, we continually push boundaries to create unforgettable games for our players. As a studio located in Middleton - a suburb of Madison consistently ranked among the best places to live - we offer a thriving, supportive environment paired with exceptional quality of life.

As we grow and enter the next chapter of our journey, we’re looking for talented individuals eager to pave new ground in our industry. If you’re ready to work with a world‑class team, we’d love to hear from you.

Job Opportunities

https://careers.ravensoftware.com/

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/company/raven-software/

Our World

At Activision, we strive to create the most iconic brands in gaming and entertainment. We’redriven by our mission to deliver unrivaled gaming experiences for the world to enjoy, together. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, Crash Bandicoot™, Tony Hawk’s™ Pro Skater™, and Guitar Hero®. As a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and products, our “press start” is simple: delight hundreds of millions of players around the world with innovative, fun, thrilling, and engaging entertainment experiences.

We’renot just looking back at our decades‑long legacy;we’reforging ahead to keep advancing gameplay with some of the most popular titles and sophisticated technology in the world. We have bold ambitions to create the most inclusive company as we know our success comes from the passionate, creative, and diverse teams within our organization.

We’rein the business of delivering fun and unforgettable entertainment for our player community to enjoy. And our future opportunities have never been greater — this could be your opportunity to level up.

Ready to Activate Your Future?

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! Research shows that women and members of other under‑represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when in fact they often do! We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

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.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to [e-mail]. General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.

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 $82,240.00 - $152,160.00 Annual. 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.