Senior Animation Producer

Job Title:

Senior Animation Producer

Requisition ID:

R026048

Job Description:

Elsewhere Entertainment is looking for an Senior Animation Producer to join the development of a new IP.  
 

Feed your creativity while collaborating with our team of highly skilled developers to build something innovative, exhilarating, and expansively entertaining. 

We are seeking a highly experienced, creatively astute, and strategically minded Senior Producer to support our Animation team. The Senior Animation Producer will be responsible for overseeing the planning, execution, and delivery of all animation content for our AAA title, including character animation, cinematics, facial animation, and motion capture. This role requires a deep understanding of animation pipelines in game development, exceptional communication skills, and the ability to effectively balance artistic vision with production realities and technical requirements. 

As a member of the production department, you’ll be focused on creating and managing schedules, tracking development, and ensuring team deliverables are met on time and at quality. In this role, there will be a focus on animation requirements and delivery on features.  

As a member of the project, you will help take the studio and our game from great to even better—with a focus on inclusivity, mutual respect (for ourselves and our players), thoughtfulness, empathy, professionalism, and collaboration. 

You’ll help us by…  

• Collaborating with the Animation Director, Game Directors, and other department leads to define and maintain the long-term vision, strategy, and roadmap for animation across the project 

• Translating artistic and gameplay goals into clear, actionable production plans for the animation team 

• Anticipating future animation technology, tool, and talent needs and proactively planning for their development and integration 

• Leading the planning, scheduling, and tracking of all animation projects, from pre-production through production and post-production 

• Managing complex interdependencies between animation and other disciplines 

• Ensuring timely delivery of high-quality, performant, and bug-free animation content within budget and resource constraints 

• Driving the implementation of efficient animation workflows and best practices 

• Directly managing the production efforts of the Animation team, fostering a highly collaborative, creative, and efficient environment 

• Facilitating communication and acting as a central point of contact between the Animation team and all dependent departments 

• Defining clear deliverables, feedback loops, quality expectations, and integration plans for outsourced animation 

• Proactively identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks associated with animation development, including scope creep, technical challenges, artistic iteration, and resource constraints 

• Developing and implementing contingency plans to address unforeseen issues 

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