Senior Producer (Gaming) (Seattle)

Do you judge your DM on how well they keep track of initiative order? Does it grind on your nerves when someone doesn’t organize their manga library by release date? Are you also a seasoned video producer who can manage accounts, execute projects, and lead teams - all while regularly keeping up on their Stardew Valley farm? Then this role might be for you…

COLOR’s game marketing division is looking for an experienced Senior Producer (SP) with a robust agency background in video content production for entertainment brands and audiences. Your project management experience should run the gamut of video content, from live-action commercial productions and social videos to 3D animation and graphic design. The SP will execute projects from scope to pitch to completion and work closely with the team’s Executive Director and Executive Producer to develop proposals that understand client needs, address budget constraints, and exceed creative expectations.

Being well versed in video production, design, and animation workflows is key for this role. Understanding 3D and VFX workflows is a must and experience with game capture workflows is recommended.

A passion for games, immersion in gaming culture, and understanding of the games industry is crucial. How else will we be able to argue the motives of Sephiroth and whether he is a true villain or a misunderstood hero (it’s the former, BTW)?

Salary Range: $95,000-$120,000 per year

This role is located in the Greater Seattle Area

What You’ll Do

Account Management

• Work closely with the team’s Executive Director and Executive Producer to support account management and track overall project health
• Model excellent client communications, expectation setting, and client management practices
• Work closely with the team’s Executive Director and Executive Producer to drive client satisfaction and growth
• Lead discovery calls with clients to better understand their needs, goals, budgets, and timelines
• Represent the client’s interests throughout the creative process, maintaining a clear understanding of client brand, budget, and delivery requirements

Project Execution

Project Leadership

• Own the project lifecycle, ensuring workback schedules, budgets, and all deliverable processes are on track and running smoothly
• Monitor project health (budget, timeline, client happiness, etc.) and regularly checks in with clients to ensure expectations are being met
• Work with creative, production, and post-production leads to scope budgets that take into account client needs, goals, timeline, and creative expectations
• Be fluent in project processes and workflow by type (live-action, animation, 3D, VFX, graphic design, etc.)
• Direct clients and internal teams in the right direction to optimize for success, even when not all information is known
• Collaborate and communicate with leadership, production, post, and creative teams to effectively deliver client expectations on time and on budget
• Intelligently problem solve when conditions are not ideal (e.g., amending project timelines or budgets to meet project needs, while appropriately setting client expectations to do so)

Creative Leadership

• Speak to high-level creative options or capabilities with clients in initial kickoff meetings, or bring the right members of the creative team to participate in those conversations
• Work closely with creative and post-production leads to develop creative concepts that align to client goals, budget, timeline, and creative expectations
• Understand the needs of our clients and advocate for their interests during the project lifecycle (e.g. review V1s with an eye for the client’s brand specifications and particular nuances that others on the team may not fully understand.)

Team Leadership

• Manage Associate Producers within the gaming division
• Identify growth opportunities for direct reports and advocate to make them happen
• Participate in interpersonal conflict resolution as needed and/or understand when to escalate to the Executive Producer

Requirements

• 7+ years overall experience in a creative content production role (media, video, creative agency, etc.)
• Solid grasp of scoping and managing a range of budgets for various project types (up to $500K+)
• Experience in, an understanding of, and a passion for the games industry and gaming culture
• Experience working with and understanding the needs of multi-disciplined, production, creative, tech