Producer

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What you’ll do:

WITHIN is looking for an experienced Interactive Producer to lead both internal and external teams, creating category-defining VR/AR experiences. The ideal candidate has a proven track record of delivering high-quality console and mobile games, as well as other interactive / immersive experiences. The right candidate for this role owns the success or failure of the resulting work throughout the process and thrives on getting stuff done!

The Interactive Producer is responsible for managing the day to day execution and should possess demonstrated-experience defining scope-of-work, identifying timing dependencies, and targeting on-time and on-budget delivery.

Your responsibilities & the impact you will make:

  • Oversee the development of one or more interactive (VR/AR) projects simultaneously
  • Manage a cross-functional team of passionate internal and external developers
  • Ensure alignment on scope, dependencies, and deliverables and deliver products on time and on budget
  • Insure the highest possible quality of output, and manage the trade-offs necessary to maintain schedule
  • Effectively report on project status & health to stakeholders, identifying blockers and challenges while charting paths to resolution
  • Lead and rally your team, mediate conflict and contribute to overall studio culture
  • Work effectively with QA, participating in test plan creation, running bug triage meetings, etc.
  • Identify team blockers & conflicts at the lowest level and escalate where appropriate
  • Schedule, facilitate, and document team meetings to capture status, action items and progress. Assign tasks using Jira
  • Track project milestones and deliverables

What you’ll need to be successful:

  • Superior communication skills
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • 3+ years of experience in mobile and/or game development
  • Ability to demonstrate a practical knowledge of project management methodologies
  • Ability to effectively communicate vision and quality objectives within product development
  • Requires a high degree of flexibility in approach and you must be able to balance structure/process with the needs of a creative and dynamic environment
  • Been part of teams that has delivered multiple titles to market
  • Experience with the full development cycle from concept development to final delivery
  • Passion for games and complex interactive experiences
  • Highly motivated and able to learn quickly
  • Goal and deadline oriented, with extreme attention to detail
  • Strong organizational, analytical, prioritization, and interpersonal skills
  • Technically savvy with a strong general understanding of computer systems and software
  • Previous experience in Jira or other issue tracking software

Bonus points:

  • Experience with VR/AR development
  • Experience managing Kanban, Scrum, and other project types
  • Expert in Google Apps and/or Microsoft Excel
  • Start-up/entrepreneurial experience


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Within is based in Los Angeles, California, near the beautiful downtown Culver City area. Conveniently located steps from the city's top restaurants.

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