Assistant Producer
The Assistant Producer - Game manages the day-to-day processes and coordinates ongoing production in a typical game development project. He/She is responsible for tracking production progress and resolving issues that may be affecting project quality or timelines. He aligns the expectations and deliverables of various production teams and implements solutions to resolve pressing production issues. He liaises with vendors for outsourced production aspects. He also contributes to the publishing and marketing of the game by contributing to the development of the marketing strategy as well as executing in-game events, sales and messaging. The work involves hands-on project management and collaboration with multiple teams across the business and operations. He is expected to coordinate meetings regularly and manage the project schedule for the production of various games. The work also involves supporting business decision making with analysis and recommendations. He is equally conversant with the game development lifecycle as he is with sales and marketing aspects for multimedia products. He is an able project manager who is proficient in planning and organizing and is detail-oriented. He should also be effective at stakeholder management and communication to deliver across his wide-ranging responsibilities.
Skills and Competencies
Technical Skills & Competencies
Generic Skills & Competencies
Critical Work Functions and Key Tasks
• Coordinate game pre-production meetings for discussions on game concept
• Prepare budgets for game development based on the game concept, in collaboration with the game design team
• Support the pitch for the approval process for the project
• Coordinate discussions for project planning of the production
• Contribute to the development of project success metrics
• Collect estimates from various production teams to draft the overall project
• Implement project tracking by using appropriate tools and templates
• Communicate project plans to production teams
• Identify and evaluate vendors for outsourcing specific parts of the game development process
• Contribute to cross-functional discussions for clarifying and aligning expectations with various production teams
• Organise beta testing and focus groups to seek feedback on the game features, functionalities and user experience
• Contribute inputs to ongoing project discussions for resolving issues and aligning production of various teams
• Track and record production status and progress against set metrics by communicating with various game production teams
• Track project budget utilisation for the purpose of management reporting
• Create project reports from internal documentation project tracking data to review and present project status and progress against set
metrics
• Maintain constant communication with external vendors to track the progress of outsourced production
• Assist in overseeing achievement of milestones for game features and releases
• Identify major issues that may be impeding project progress
• Oversee the development of solutions for major issues that may impact project progress
• Contribute to the implementation of measures to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of production processes
• Support the development of marketing strategy for the game
• Coordinate the contracting for licensing and merchandising deals
• Create plans for specific events and product messaging in collaboration with game design and marketing team, in alignment with the
marketing calendar for the game
• Execute events and in-game promotions in alignment with the marketing strategy and in collaboration with the marketing and
programming teams
• Manage the localisation of content in various markets, in collaboration with regional teams and/or vendors
• Coordinate the creation of promotional materials for the marketing of the game, in collaboration with the marketing tea