Producer - The SIMS

2 Months ago • 5 Years + • Game Production

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Producer at Maxis, you'll be a key part of reimagining The Sims franchise. You'll own the product vision, setting goals and priorities for a cross-functional team. This includes collaborating with design, marketing, brand, and analytics to create engaging products. Responsibilities involve leading a team, managing agile processes, utilizing data-driven decision-making, and partnering with the Development Director. You'll be responsible for ensuring the product meets market demands and player expectations, while fostering a positive team environment. Experience leading game development teams is crucial.
Must have:
  • 5+ years experience as Producer leading game development teams
  • Excellent communication across all organizational levels
  • Ability to share project vision and motivate teams
  • Agile project management skills
  • Data-informed decision-making
  • Passion for building motivated teams
Good to have:
  • Deep understanding of The Sims franchise and community

Job Details

Description & Requirements

We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.

Hybrid preferred in our Madrid Office

Welcome to Maxis, home to tinkerers, craftspeople, & storytellers. Our drive is to inspire everyone to make a better world through creative play. As the developer of The Sims, we create games and experiences for millions of people around the world and are always looking for new ways to inspire our players. Maxis is a place where you can do what you love and help others grow while doing it; a place where your unique voice can be heard and seen. We put creativity and inclusivity at the core of our work and don't settle for seeing the world only as it is, but strive to build a world as it could be.

 

In this role you will be part of the reimagining of The Sims that players know and love. The Sims is one of the top selling PC game franchises of all time and The Sims 4 is by far our most successful Sims game. We have more than 70 million registered players of the base game. To date, The Sims 4 has shipped over 60 content packs and countless base game feature and quality of life updates. The Sims 4 continues to transcend being "just a game" and continues to be a positive force in people's lives while occupying a unique creative space in the game industry. We're excited you're interested to learn more about how you can join our team and dream big. For more information about The Sims, follow @TheSims on , and , like The Sims on , visit newsroom and tune into on YouTube for the latest news and updates.

What a Producer does at Maxis:
 Putting players first to make the best possible game is our job. Producers are the owners of holding the vision and having the answer to “What are we doing?” and “Why are we doing it?”A Producer at Maxis works daily leading a team, collaborating with multidisciplinary team-members to decide goals, align and agree on the priorities of the work. Our Producers also maintain a culture of regular reviews, always playing and gathering feedback for the game we're making, whilst keeping a big-picture view of how we will meet our product goals.
What you will do as a Producer:
  • You are the Product Owner for a cross functional team and will set the vision and goals for what we create.
  • You will set priorities and assess quality and market-fit of the product.
  • You are the guardian of the player promise and will collaborate with partners in Design, Marketing, Brand and Analytics to create products that surprise and delight our players.
  • Engage with metrics and respond to insights about our audience and market opportunities to meet our business goals.
  • Your partner in crime will the Development Director, who is the Project Manager for the pack. Your partnership sets the foundation for success.
  • You will be leading a diverse team across different time zones and locations.
  • You will report to the Senior Development Director.
Qualifications: 
  • 5+ year working as a Producer, with experience leading game development teams.
  • The ability to talk across all levels of an organization.
  • The ability to share the vision of the project to your team and bring them along for the journey.
  • Agile project management processes.
  • Data Informed mindset - use data to inform product decisions, priorities and goals.
  • Team player that brings excitement and enthusiasm to work each day.
  • You have a passion and empathy for solving people's problems and building happy, motivated teams.
  • A deep love and understanding of The Sims franchise and community is a plus!

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About The Company

Maxis, creators of the ever-expanding Sims world, is an EA studio where a diverse collection of creatives make games that inspire players across the globe. We have offices in Redwood City, CA, Austin, TX, and Kitchener, ON, as well as team members based across the US and Europe.

Maxis is a place for people who see building games as a unique opportunity to change hearts and minds by giving players the chance to create their own unique experiences. Members of our team are working toward a better world not only through our games, but through employee resource groups and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council.

We support each other so we can be authentic. We foster connectedness so we can collaborate. We respect boundaries to build an environment that’s safe, creative, and ideal for tinkering. We’re on the lookout for diverse, innovative thinkers who want to make a positive impact on the world.

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