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 part of a game. Depending on the production strategy and the project's organizational structure, your area could be an element such as animation, level design, gameplay, the world, or a combination of several.
In short, you will guide one or multiple multidisciplinary teams to bring the portion entrusted to you to life, from start to finish. You will combine well-designed workflows with clear expectations so that your team members do their best work and optimize their talents.
Through careful planning, tracking, and oversight, you will maintain the development pace, ensuring time is spent on the right things and adapting as needed.
While pushing production capacity and quality, you will ensure your team is prepared and able to deliver its part of the game on time and in a welcoming environment.
What you will do
- Partner with the leadership team to understand the overall game vision and requirements and communicate them across production.
- Define the scope of your specific domain: determine its deliverables, quality goals, key milestones, and establish development strategies and budgets.
- Put everything in place to prepare for production: develop workflows and pipelines and implement ways to facilitate colleague interaction.
- Set clear objectives for your team members and ensure the process for achieving those objectives is as smooth as possible.
- Anticipate risks and implement action plans to overcome them.
- Meet with your team to clarify milestones, prioritize deliverables, take stock, address concerns, provide guidance, gather feedback, etc.
- Synchronize with the Producer, Production Director and production managers on progress and momentum and track budgets.
- Identify opportunities to improve and evolve our processes, methods and practices.
- Participate in recruitment to build your team and foster professional development and career progression.
Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience in production or project management in the video game industry;
- Strong flexibility to adapt to a variety of situations and manage interdependencies;
- Familiarity with various project management methodologies;
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills;
- An attentive, collaborative and innovative mindset;
- A people-oriented approach: you care about results, but never lose sight of the dedicated people who produce them.
What to send us
- Your resume highlighting your background, skills and, if applicable, released games.
Additional Information
Ubisoft is a global video game reference, with teams around the world creating original and memorable gaming experiences, from Assassin’s Creed to Rainbow Six to Just Dance and many more. We believe that diversity of perspectives advances both players and teams. If you are passionate about innovation and want to push the boundaries of entertainment, join our adventure and help us create the unknown!
We adopt a hybrid work model that helps you stay connected with your team and aligned on company priorities while giving you the possibility to maintain work-life balance. Note that some roles are fully office-based and are not eligible for hybrid work.
