Production

Overview

Zenimax Online Studios is looking for a Senior Producer for its mobile team to ensure that the project vision is realized while keeping scope under control and communicating status to keep everyone aligned.The ideal candidate will be proficient in scheduling/planning, analyzing team metrics, and establishing a development environment designed to help the team achieve success.

Responsibilities

• Organize, manage, and maintain the project schedule and roadmap
• Coordinate with external partners, internal teams, and leadership to make optimal decisions about team and product direction
• Manage project budgets in terms of finances and developer bandwidth
• Create, manage, and maintain clearly-defined development processes and workflows
• Track and analyze team metrics to improve process and guide future decisions
• Identify critical path issues and drive initiatives with teams to resolve those issues
• Manage project release schedules for game and platform initiatives
• Ensure status is communicated widely, keeping stakeholders, leadership, and the team aligned
• Support day-to-day processes & planning, acting as Scrum Master for teams

Qualifications

• 5+ years game production experience, including at least one mobile game through the full production cycle to live maintenance and updating
• Strong knowledge of agile development practices including Scrum and Kanban
• Experience managing multiple teams including establishing project plans, budgets, determining dependencies, and prioritizing work to achieve success
• Strong problem solving and communication skills, including conflict resolution
• Experience with iOS and Android development and deployment
• Experience working with external developers
• Must be able to keep focus on multiple tasks and effectively set priorities between projects
• Goal focused and results driven
• Proficiency with JIRA and Confluence

Overview

ZeniMax Online Studios is seeking an experienced Associate Producer or Producer to join our studio for the development of our next AAA game. This is an opportunity to join an experienced group of developers and help develop a new IP.

The ideal candidate will be proficient in managing feature-based teams, scheduling/planning, analyzing team metrics, and establishing a development environment designed to help the team achieve success.

Responsibilities

• Help organize, manage, and maintain the project schedule and road-map
• Work to achieve improved predictability across multiple feature-based teams using agile development methodologies
• Track and analyze team metrics to help make informed decisions on project scope and priorities
• Help create, manage, and maintain clearly-defined development processes and workflows
• Assist in validating team staffing and organization
• Proactively identify project risks, issues, and triggers; establish actionable mitigation and contingency plans as needed
• Work with the team to define, schedule, and achieve project deliverables and goals
• Help shape development practices and processes to improve overall team efficacy
• Regularly communicate with key stakeholders to provide actionable status updates
• Share your knowledge and experience effectively to help the team achieve success

Qualifications

• Proficient with Jira and Confluence
• Minimum 3 – 5 years of experience working on AAA console/PC games as an Associate Producer, Producer, or Project Manager
• Have worked with, or led a team through, at least one full console/PC product cycle
• Able to create, manage, maintain, and analyze team reports using Excel, Jira, Visio, Confluence, and other standard development tools
• Proficient in Agile Development methodologies including Scrum, Kanban, and Lean Product Management
• Experience managing a team or sub-teams, including: establishing project plans, budgets, determining dependencies, assigning work, and helping the team achieve success
• Goal focused and results driven
• Comfortable raising concerns and issues
• Able to learn quickly and apply new concepts, principles, and processes
• Maintain a solution-oriented approach to development
• Professional communication and interpersonal skills, including conflict resolution
• Capable of identifying and communicating project risks and issues; able to take and implement appropriate steps to resolve issues
• Independent team member who has the ability to take ownership and help move projects forward despite obstacles and problems

Overview

Zenimax Online Studios is looking for a new addition to our Creative Production team. We are seeking an experienced Producer to coordinate the creative production of marketing communications for one of the most celebrated game franchises of all time.

The Integrated Producer is responsible for effectively guiding design, art, and video projects from inception through delivery. This includes establishing timelines, confirming deliverable specifications, resource management, and coordinating creative reviews with stakeholders. They are the process linchpin to everything that flows through the marketing pipeline.

Responsibilities

• Cross-departmental collaboration and management of design, art, and video projects with Marketing and Game Development teams
• Oversee multiple and concurrent projects to guarantee overall quality of work and ensure the project is delivered on time, on budget, and free of error
• Develop and manage project scopes of work, project schedules, and resource budgets
• Provide support for industry regulatory approvals and licensing and rights management
• Maintain project workflow status while in constant communication with relevant Creative, Marketing, and Development teams

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience managing multi-faceted projects in a fast-paced agency, marketing, or creative services environment
• Must be detail oriented and adept at multi-tasking
• Self-motivated and organized
• Solution-driven
• Strong understanding of digital, print, and broadcast media and the ability to converse effectively about all verticals
• Strong sense of design and experience with industry leading creative output
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work well with a variety of personalities and work styles 
• Thorough knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
• Atlassian product experience a plus (i.e. JIRA, Confluence, etc.)

Overview

ZeniMax Online Studios is seeking an experienced Technical Producer to join our studio for the development of our next AAA game. This is an opportunity to join an experienced group of engineers working on new technology to build the future of games at ZeniMax Online Studios. The ideal candidate will be proficient in managing feature-based teams, scheduling/planning, analyzing team metrics, and establishing a development environment designed to help the team achieve success.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day processes and planning as Scrum Master for technical teams
  
• Identify critical path risks and issues, driving initiatives to resolve them
  
• Coordinate troubleshooting of technical problems
  
• Track and analyze team metrics to improve process and guide future scheduling decisions
  
• Focus on growing teams to greater potential
  
• Assist with internal processes and procedures
  
• Develop and update roadmaps to keep track of the team’s progress towards project goals

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of hands-on Production or Project Management experience
  
• Proficient in Agile Development methodologies including Scrum, Kanban, and Lean
  
• Proficient with JIRA and Confluence
  
• Multi-platform online development experience
  
• Goal-oriented and results-driven
  
• Professional communication and interpersonal skills, including conflict resolution
  
• Must be able to keep focus on multiple tasks and effectively set priorities between projects

Preferred Skills

• Experience working on developing engine tools
  
• Experience working on games in all phases of development from prototype to release