Associate Producer

Job Title:
Associate Producer - Sledgehammer Games Toronto
- Requisition ID:
R015931
- Job Description:
**Your Platform**

Located in the San Francisco Bay Area, Melbourne, Australia, Toronto, Canada and Guildford, UK - Sledgehammer Games is the videogame development team behind Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare and Call of Duty®: WWII. Since our founding in 2009, our greatest passion has been making AAA games. The strength of our team makes us not only excellent at what we do, but also how we do it. We truly believe in supporting our passionate employees to be the best they can be. Here at Sledgehammer Games, everyone is a game maker.

We are constantly evolving and innovating - which are some of the most rewarding aspects of game development. With our extraordinary audio, design, engineering and art teams, we’ve been able to achieve some of the highest-quality game execution of any studio in the industry. We love making games and we work hard to make sure that each new game we make is even better than the last. Creativity is key, and we’re looking for dedicated game developers for our exciting next project.

**Your Mission**

As an Associate Producer, you will play a crucial role in facilitating the development of our games. You will collaborate with teams across departments/studios to meet deadlines, handle resources to stay within production limitations, and develop innovative processes when roadblocks are hit.

Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:

- Running the execution of the game development process to produce high quality content.
- Working with development team(s) to define and meet project landmarks.
- Accountable for crafting and maintaining project plans and schedules.
- Running project resources and needs to meet production schedules and budgets.
- Recommending and implementing new processes where efficiencies are needed to improve on-time or on-budget delivery.
- Ensuring all vital project documentation is complete and up-to-date.
- Establishing and maintaining a productive and communicative working environment.
- Identifying and resolving issues between schedule and design goals.

**Player Profile**
- At least 2+ years’ experience in the entertainment software industry in a project management, production, or coordination role.
- Production experience of the life-cycle of video-game software development of at least one published title on console, PC and/or Mobile platforms.
- Ability to complete root cause analysis and suggest solutions for removing such inefficiencies.
- Ability to foresee, communicate and handle risks and obstacles with all collaborators.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Experience running either internal or external development teams.
- Solid ability to work under rapid development cycles.
- Able to successfully employ standard software development tools such as Excel, JIRA, Confluence etc

**Extra Points**:

- Experience supporting UI and/or UX teams through development
- Confirmed experience with project management software, including project life-cycle models, risk assessment, and team management/motivation.
- Creation of development planning tools to support various project management methodologies (i.e. Scrum, Jira, Confluence, Excel, etc.)
- Project Management training and certification.

**Our World**

Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), is one of the world's largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, Candy Crush and Bubble Witch. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet

Our ability to build immersive and innovate worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment. We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered

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.

Activision is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law and will not be discriminated