Associate Producer

1 Month ago • 3 Years + • Game Production • $67,000 PA - $142,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Associate Producer at Lightspeed LA facilitates communication, organization, and alignment across teams and departments. Key responsibilities include supporting production goals, tracking deadlines, identifying blockers, collaborating on inter-departmental dependencies, maintaining the department's schedule (including localization), taking meeting notes, and keeping documentation organized. The role requires 3+ years of experience in game production or project management, Agile methodology understanding, and proficiency with project management software (Jira, MS Office Suite, Google Suite, Perforce). The ideal candidate possesses strong communication and problem-solving skills, experience tracking small to mid-sized projects, and a passion for video games.
Must have:
  • 3+ years in game production or project management
  • Agile project management understanding
  • Proficiency in Jira, MS Office Suite, Google Suite, Perforce
  • Strong communication and problem-solving skills
Good to have:
  • Agile Project Management, PMP certifications
  • Entertainment industry experience
  • Jira Admin certification (ACP-JA)
  • Bachelor's degree
Perks:
  • Free daily lunch
  • Beverages, fresh fruit, snacks
  • 401k with employer match
  • Monthly cell phone 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

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, localization dates, as well as 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
  • Understanding of Agile project management methodologies
  • Familiarity with standard project management software such as MS Office Suite, Google Suite and Perforce
  • Skilled in administering project tracking software such as Jira, including JQL or similar query language
  • 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
  • Experience tracking small to mid-sized projects and providing support to clear blocking issues

Pluses

  • Passion for video games
  • Certificates in Agile Project Management, PMP or equivalents
  • Experience working with entertainment projects and teams
  • Certificate in Jira Administration (ACP-JA)
  • 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.

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