Posted 3 weeks ago
Only considering candidates eligible to work in Montreal, Canada ⚠️
Job Description
As an Associate Producer at Ubi MTL, you will be responsible for the development of a specific portion of a game. Depending on the production strategy and the project's organizational structure, your area could be something like animation, level design, gameplay, world or a combination of these.
In short, you will lead one or multiple multidisciplinary teams to bring your assigned portion to life from start to finish. You will combine well-designed workflows with clear expectations so that your team members can do their best work and optimize their talents.
Through planning, monitoring and careful oversight, you will keep development on track, ensuring time is spent on the right things and adapting as needed.
While driving production capacity and quality, you will ensure your team is prepared and able to deliver their part of the game on time in a welcoming environment.
What you will do
- Partner with the leadership team to understand the overall game vision and requirements and communicate them to production.
- Define the scope of your specific domain: determine deliverables, quality objectives, key milestones, development strategies and budgets.
- Prepare for production: develop workflows and pipelines and implement means to facilitate colleague interaction.
- Set clear goals for your team and ensure the process to achieve those goals is as smooth as possible.
- Anticipate risks and implement action plans to overcome them.
- Meet with your team to clarify milestones, prioritize deliverables, review progress, address concerns, provide guidance and gather feedback.
- Synchronize with the Producer, Head of Production and production managers on progress and momentum and track budgets.
- Identify opportunities to improve and evolve processes, methods and practices.
- Participate in recruiting to build your team and support professional development and career progression.
Qualifications
- 7+ years of production or project management experience in the video game industry;
- High flexibility to adapt to a variety of situations and manage interdependencies;
- Familiarity with various project management methodologies;
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills;
- Attentive, collaborative and innovative mindset;
- A people-focused approach: you care about results but never lose sight of the people delivering them.
What to send us
- Your CV highlighting your background, skills and, if applicable, shipped games.
Additional information
Ubisoft is a world reference in video games, with teams around the globe creating original and memorable game experiences from Assassin’s Creed to Rainbow Six and Just Dance among many others. We believe diversity of viewpoints advances both players and teams. If you are passionate about innovation and want to push the boundaries of entertainment, join our adventure and help create the unknown!
We adopt a hybrid work model to help you stay connected with your team and aligned with company priorities while allowing you to maintain work-life balance. Note that some roles are fully office-based and not eligible for hybrid work.
