Associate Cinematic Producer

2 Months ago • 3 Years + • Game Production • $68,000 PA - $142,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As an Associate Cinematic Producer at Lightspeed LA, you'll be a key player in bringing cinematics to life. You'll manage both internal and outsourced teams, overseeing motion capture, and ensuring smooth project execution. Responsibilities include facilitating communication, tracking deadlines, identifying roadblocks, collaborating with other departments, maintaining schedules, taking meeting notes, and keeping documentation organized. You'll need experience in game production or project management, familiarity with project management software, excellent communication skills, and the ability to thrive in a startup environment. The role demands strong organizational skills and the ability to build and maintain positive relationships with vendors.
Must have:
  • 3+ years experience in game production or project management
  • Familiarity with project management software (Excel, Shotgrid, Perforce, Jira)
  • Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work full-time in Irvine office
  • Experience with cinematic animation pipeline
  • Manage internal & external teams
Good to have:
  • Experience building custom tracking pages in Shotgrid, Confluence, Jira
  • Bachelor's degree
Perks:
  • Free daily lunch
  • Beverages, fresh fruit, and snacks
  • 401k with employer match
  • Monthly cell phone bill reimbursement
  • Financial wellness sessions
  • Flexible spending account
  • Team building and company outings
  • Parental leave
  • Company-paid health insurance
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Employee assistance program
  • Wellness training
  • Travel insurance
  • Preventive care

Job Details

About the Hiring Team

Welcome to Lightspeed LA, the first U.S.-based, AAA game development studio for Tencent Games. Lightspeed LA is focused on building open-world games that emphasize an ambitious living world, sophisticated player-driven gameplay, and mature, thoughtful storytelling. We are developing the first in a series of genre-defining titles.

Why join Lightspeed LA?

For us, it's not only about the exciting, new AAA open world game we're developing but also about team values and studio culture. We foster an open and transparent environment where everyone feels comfortable providing constructive feedback about all aspects of our games.

● We encourage the showing of work that's still in progress.
● We don't attack or question unfinished work, we celebrate its promise.
● We have a No Blame Culture where we blame the problem, not the person.

This is a safe place to fail, and we don't view failure as a negative, but as the natural result of pushing boundaries and trying new things. We create together. We face Challenges Together. We succeed together.

What the Role Entails

As an Associate Cinematic Producer, you’ll play a key role in bringing our cinematics to life. You’ll report to the Lead Cinematic Producer and work as a team in the management of both an internal Cinematic team and outsource vendors. This person will be well-versed in cinematics, motion capture processes and best practices, have experience working closely with outsource vendors, and can bring best-in-class organization and production methodologies to the team.

The Associate Cinematic Producer will ensure the smooth running of each cinematic project by facilitating communication and information sharing between artists, supervisors, departments, and vendors.  They will be very comfortable in a startup environment and comfortable building teams, pipelines, processes and good relationships with outsource vendors/studios to ensure the success of the project and of the studio as a whole.   This role currently requires a full-time in-office commitment of 5 days a week with some potential hybrid flexibility.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Serve as a passionate, organized, positive force by facilitating communication, organization, and alignment across your team and other departments.
  • Support the team’s production goals, ensuring key deadlines are understood across all departments. Track all deadlines and identify and call out blockers.
  • Collaborate with other departments to create, track, and follow up on all department-related dependencies.
  • Track and maintain the department’s overall schedule, including dependency dates and internal schedules.
  • Take meeting notes and proactively identify useful information during the meeting while helping keep the team’s documentation organized and up-to-date.

Who We Look For

  • 3+ years experience in a game production or project management role
  • Familiarity with standard project management & tracking software such as Excel, Shotgrid, Perforce, and Jira.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills with a detail-oriented focus as well as the ability to convey information clearly and concisely
  • Exceptional problem solving and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work 5 days a week in the Irvine office
  • Ability to maintain a calm demeanor when expectations change, or things don’t go as planned
  • Ability to work and thrive in a startup environment knowing that not all tools or methodologies are fully established in all areas.

Pluses

  • Passion for video games
  • Experience working in a Cinematic Animation Pipeline from concept/script through final delivery
  • Experience building custom tracking and tasking pages in Shotgrid, Confluence, Jira
  • A bachelor’s degree

Why Join Us?

Perks and Benefits:

Just some of the benefits of working with us here at our newly built studio in Irvine, CA.

● Free daily lunch
● Beverages, fresh fruit, and snacks
● 401k with employer match
● Monthly Cell phone bill reimbursement
● Financial wellness sessions
● Flexible spending account
● Team building and company outings
● Parental leave for new parents
● Company paid health insurance
● Life and disability insurance
● Employee assistance program
● Wellness training
● Travel insurance
● Preventive care

If the above sounds like you, or if you'd like to know more about the role, we'd love to hear from you to see if we might be a good fit for each other! Contact us for more information about this exciting opportunity.

Location State(s)

California

The base pay range for this position in the state(s) above is $33.0 to $68.5 per hour. Actual pay is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A sign on payment, relocation package, and restricted stock units may be provided as part of the compensation package, as well as other medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the specific position offered.

Equal Employment Opportunity at Tencent

As an equal opportunity employer, we firmly believe that diverse voices fuel our innovation and allow us to better serve our users and the community. We foster an environment where every employee of Tencent feels supported and inspired to achieve individual and common goals.

Similar Jobs

LTI Mindtree - Senior Consultant - System Management

LTI Mindtree

(Remote)
1 Month ago
Plarium - UI Artist

Plarium

Kyiv, Kyiv City, Ukraine (Remote)
1 Month ago
Bytro - Quality Assurance / QA Specialist - Gaming (f/m/x)

Bytro

Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany (Hybrid)
9 Months ago
Capgemini - Lead Software Engineer

Capgemini

Pune, Maharashtra, India (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Escape Velocity Entertainment - Principal UI Artist - Outsourcing

Escape Velocity Entertainment

(Remote)
2 Months ago
Epic Games - Senior Producer

Epic Games

(On-Site)
3 Months ago
Dubit - Senior Producer - Fortnite Team

Dubit

(On-Site)
9 Months ago
Ubisoft - Senior Producer

Ubisoft

Toronto, Ontario, Canada (On-Site)
4 Months ago
PlatinumGames - Producer

PlatinumGames

(On-Site)
4 Months ago
Teravision Games - Producer QA

Teravision Games

(Hybrid)
2 Months ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Similar Skill Jobs

Axon - Senior Platform Engineer

Axon

Boston, Massachusetts, United States (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
Critical mass - Senior Developer, Front End

Critical mass

Calgary, Alberta, Canada (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Plarium - Art Manager

Plarium

Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine (Remote)
1 Month ago
Cavnue - Senior Integration Engineer - Algorithms

Cavnue

(Remote)
4 Weeks ago
Xsolla - Travel Manager

Xsolla

(Remote)
1 Month ago
Bungie - Contract Producer, Localization and Versioning

Bungie

(Hybrid)
3 Months ago
Interactive Brokers - Senior Python Developer – Compliance Technology

Interactive Brokers

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (Hybrid)
7 Months ago
Tekion Corp - Training Specialist I

Tekion Corp

United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Intrepid Studios,  Inc  - Associate Producer

Intrepid Studios, Inc

San Diego, California, United States (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Glean - Technical Support Engineer

Glean

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (On-Site)
1 Month ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Jobs in Irvine, California, United States

X Studios,  Inc  - Production Coordinator

X Studios, Inc

Winter Park, Florida, United States (On-Site)
10 Months ago
Google - Technical Program Manager II, Cloud Networking, Telecommunications

Google

Addison, Texas, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Company3 Method Studios - Director, Payroll

Company3 Method Studios

Georgia, United States (Remote)
4 Months ago
Microsoft - Member of Technical Staff - Full Stack Software Engineer

Microsoft

Redmond, Washington, United States (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
Rockstar Games - Senior Frontend Engineer

Rockstar Games

New York, New York, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Google - Product Marketing Manager, Google Ad Manager Exchange Platforms

Google

New York, New York, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Nightfall - Partnership Manager

Nightfall

San Francisco, California, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Pragma - People Operations Coordinator

Pragma

Culver City, California, United States (Hybrid)
2 Months ago
Redhorse Corp - Mid-Level Full Stack Software Engineer

Redhorse Corp

Falls Church, Virginia, United States (On-Site)
5 Months ago
Patreon - Senior Frontend Engineer, Insights

Patreon

New York, New York, United States (Hybrid)
1 Month ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Game Production Jobs

Epic Games - Senior Producer

Epic Games

(On-Site)
1 Month ago
Lakshya Digital - Gaming Producer - Global Remote Freelance

Lakshya Digital

London, England, United Kingdom (Remote)
1 Month ago
Netflix - Senior Producer, Game Studio

Netflix

Los Angeles, California, United States (On-Site)
4 Months ago
Gardens Interactive - Senior Producer

Gardens Interactive

(Remote)
2 Months ago
Riot Games - Senior Manager, Game Production

Riot Games

Shanghai, Shanghai, China (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Amanotes - Game Product Owner (New Games - Hybrid Casual Game)

Amanotes

Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (On-Site)
4 Months ago
Thatgamecompany - Content Producer (Mid/Senior)

Thatgamecompany

United States (Remote)
2 Months ago
Bloober Team - Senior Producer

Bloober Team

Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Aesir Interactive - Senior Game Producer

Aesir Interactive

Munich, Bavaria, Germany (Hybrid)
2 Months ago
PlatinumGames - Producer

PlatinumGames

(On-Site)
4 Months ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

About The Company

Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China (On-Site)

Tokyo, Japan (On-Site)

California, United States (On-Site)

California, United States (On-Site)

California, United States (On-Site)

Tokyo, Japan (On-Site)

California, United States (On-Site)

Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China (On-Site)

(On-Site)

Tokyo, Japan (On-Site)

View All Jobs

Get notified when new jobs are added by Light Speed Studios

Level Up Your Career in Game Development!

Transform Your Passion into Profession with Our Comprehensive Courses for Aspiring Game Developers.

Job Common Plug