Senior Communications Producer

The posting, as Naughty Dog wrote it

This position is for temporary engagement through our staffing partner, Yoh Enterprise Solutions. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States for this position.

This is a hybrid / onsite position based at our studio in Santa Monica, CA

Naughty Dog is committed to innovation within our games and as such have curated some of the top creative and technically ambitious minds in the industry. We welcome diverse candidates and believe that a broad range of cultural and life experiences contribute to the overall well-being and success of the studio and the games we craft together. Currently, we’re busy at the kennel working on Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, and we'd love to find talented individuals to join us!

We are looking for a Senior Producer to join Naughty Dog’s Communications team and oversee the project management and production for our franchise and studio brand. This role will ensure a smooth pipeline of projects internally and strong relationships with our PlayStation and external partners, including working with multiple stakeholders to push projects to completion.

Responsibilities include collaborating with all members of the Communications team as well as its internal and external partners, facilitating cross-department communication, developing, and maintaining workflows for a variety of active projects, and much more. You will proactively identify how we can improve our pipelines and processes and implement those solutions.

You are a self-motivated, well-organized collaborator with a proven track record keeping your team and partners accountable to schedules and deliverables. Demonstrating excellence in your role, you will make the jobs of your team and studio leadership easier and less stressful.

What You Will Do

• Create and implement practices and processes for the Communications team, seek improvements and efficiencies in the way we work and the software we use.
• Build and maintain roadmaps for all projects while accounting for the capabilities of our internal resources and for the appropriate rounds of reviews.
• Track all deliverables and projects across multiple pipelines, including physical and digital products, content timelines, and events; and ensure quality of work meets Naughty Dog standards.
• Ensure all individuals and teams providing assets to our team are clear on expectations and delivery dates.
• Prioritize tasks and projects to ensure work is completed efficiently and on schedule.
• Foresee and assess potential issues and adjust schedules to maintain final project due dates.
• Address urgent partner requests that arise day-to-day and perform well under pressure and ambiguity.
• Route materials to all necessary stakeholders at Naughty Dog, PlayStation partners, and external partners.
• Be proactive in tracking and chasing down assets, revisions, approvals from other Naughty Dog departments and levels to make sure the team meets deadlines or can flag any blockers early.
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e and maintain tasking, balance resource allocation, and develop clear goals around projects

• Ensure effective communication and proactively seek answers among Directors, Production, and various team members throughout Naughty Dog
• Proactively Manage day-to-day projects and opportunities:
• Break down large or complex projects into meaningful sub-projects and goals
• Identify all groups affected by the project, and involve them – actively solicit their input and follow up
• Hold regular meetings with teams, individuals, and partners to resolve issues and share information
• Ensure a common understanding and agreement on project scopes and objectives
• Contribute to current and future development needs including:
• Maintain relationships with internal development team and global business partners
• Curate and improve our system for tracking in-progress materials and completed assets
• Enhance and maintain necessary processes for the Communications teams assets and project

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The estimated base pay range for this role is listed below, this is an hourly rate.
$65.96 — $82.45 USD

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