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Senior Producer

Rovio Entertainment Corporation

Ontario, Canada (Hybrid)

Senior Producer

2 Months ago • All levels

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Must have:

Game Production Scheduling
Time Management Skills
Modern Video Game
Proven Organizational

Good to have:

Communication Skills
Team Collaboration
External Stakeholders
Project Dynamics

Perks:

Hybrid Work Model
Strong Sense Community

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Rovio is part of the SEGA family and world famous for our flagship IP Angry Birds - want to know more about Rovio as an employer? Click here.

At Rovio Toronto we are a small (and mighty!) team of passionate gamers. We have a knack for working with high profile brands and taking them to new heights in highly enjoyable and fresh games. Our current focus is mobile with aspirations to explore other platforms in the mid/long term as we recognize new opportunities in our constantly evolving market. Our human-scale keeps us nimble and means that everyone has a meaningful part to play.

We value transparency and candor, empowering each other to do our best work and achieve true work/life balance. Our hybrid work model allows for flexibility while still maintaining a strong sense of community and we would love you to be in the studio 2+ days a week so you can facilitate close collaboration with the rest of the team.

Join us and help us build a culture of trust, passion, and innovation!

We are looking for a Senior Producer to join our team in Toronto. As Senior Producer you will be responsible for liaising with external teams (both at Rovio and 3rd party partners). You will be making sure games stay on track in terms of quality, budget and deadlines with the support of craft leads and studio leadership in Toronto. We have several exciting Angry Birds products in the pipe, as such you will also be collaborating with our brand and transmedia teams to ensure we stay true to our brand ambitions.

You will have impact and fun at work by doing:

Liaise with local team producers to oversee game production, including quality follow-ups, providing feedback, brand approvals, and facilitating milestone approvals.
Track schedules, identify risks, troubleshoot communication and dependency issues, and work with local teams on contingency plans.
Be responsible for demonstrations and presentations of the project.
Maintain and enhance creative relationships with external teams.
Manage project planning, coordinating with local team producers to create and maintain schedules and staffing plans.
Support stakeholder deliverable creation (HQ, platform holders, etc.) with local teams as needed.
Conduct regular check-ins with key stakeholders.

Experience and skills we are looking for:

Must have strong knowledge of game production scheduling as well as schedule management.
Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to prioritise, assess risks, and solve problems.
Strong understanding of the modern video game landscape, including the pros and cons of various platforms and current gaming trends.
Proven organisational skills and attention to detail, with a comprehensive understanding of project dynamics.
Effective communication skills, with the ability to foster team collaboration and ensure the team continuously moves toward the same goal; and communicate clearly with external stakeholders, including HQ and third parties.

We welcome applicants to use the name they want to be addressed by in the application form, regardless of whether it is their legal name.

At Rovio, we are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities or special needs in our working environment and job application procedures. We are committed to continuously improving workplace accessibility. If you have any questions before applying, please write to us at recruitment@rovio.com.

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Rovio Entertainment Corporation

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Rovio Entertainment Corporation is a global mobile-first games company that creates, develops and publishes mobile games, which have been downloaded over 5 billion times. Rovio is best known for the global Angry Birds brand, which started as a popular mobile game in 2009, and has since evolved from games to various entertainment, animations and consumer products in brand licensing. Rovio has produced The Angry Birds Movie (2016), and its sequel, The Angry Birds Movie 2 was released in 2019. The company offers multiple mobile games and has eight game studios – one in Espoo (Finland), one in Stockholm (Sweden), one in Copenhagen (Denmark), one in Barcelona (Spain), two in Montreal and one in Toronto (Canada). The studios also include a subsidiary in Izmir (Turkey) called Ruby Games, which was acquired in 2021. Most of the employees are based in Finland where Rovio is headquartered. The company’s shares are listed on the main list of NASDAQ Helsinki stock exchange with the trading code ROVIO. Sega Europe Limited has acquired more than 90 percent of Rovio’s issued and outstanding shares and will delist the company from NASDAQ Helsinki stock exchange as soon as permitted under applicable laws.