Nintendo

Producer - Audio & Localization (Retro Studios)

Nintendo$110K — $130K *
Media
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years in game development as a Producer or Project Manager
  • Experience in an audio role within game development
  • Coordination experience with engineering, art, and design teams
  • Familiarity with pre-production and production phases of AAA game development
  • Proficient in Jira, Confluence, and other Atlassian products
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Excellent time management and soft skills

Responsibilities

  • Support audio team and localization efforts by managing work prioritization
  • Track localization-ready content and ensure dependencies are met
  • Define and monitor audio development budgets, including forecasting
  • Facilitate meetings and track action items to resolve blockers
  • Collaborate across teams to capture and organize project tasks
  • Coordinate sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives
  • Communicate project status and inform strategies to meet milestone goals

Benefits

  • Opportunity to collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams
  • Involvement in high-stakes projects within AAA game development
  • Professional development through exposure to diverse project management tools
  • Dynamic work environment with adaptable job duties
  • Potential for impact on long-term project strategies
Full Job Description
DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES: Support the audio team and localization efforts to define, track and prioritize work based on product readiness, critical path needs and development priorities. Support tracking of localization-ready content, text/VO dependencies, approvals, and delivery status across internal teams and external partners. Help define and track overall audio development budgets, including forecasting internal costs and outsourced/vendor budgets. Support departmental initiatives by facilitating meetings, taking notes, resolving blockers and capturing/following up on action items. Work across disciplines with Leads, Feature Owners, Stakeholders, and dependent groups to capture, vet, organize, prioritize and track work. Coordinate and run sprint and milestone planning, reviews and retrospectives. Track team velocity and scope vs capacity data to continuously improve accuracy with future sprint and milestone commitments keeping plans up to date. Communicate high level status (on track, at risk) and use historic data to inform strategies to hit long term milestone goals. Share and refine risk mitigation strategies with Department Directors, Lead Producer and VP of Development. Collaborate with other producers and departments to establish and refine content pipelines and development processes. Coordinate with the Quality Assurance department for build deployments and build notes. Liaise with publisher/legal and studio finance to manage drafting and approval of vendor contracts. * This job description outlines primary duties and requirements and is not intended to identify all tasks that may be performed; individuals occupying the position may be required to perform other duties. The company may modify job duties from time to time, either in practice or in writing. SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENTS: 7+ years of experience in game development as a Producer or Project Manager of cross discipline teams. Prior experience in an audio role in game development Experience coordinating with engineering, art, and design-based game development professionals. Deeply familiar with pre-production and production phases of AAA game development. Deeply familiar with Jira, Confluence and other Atlassian products. Excellent soft skills with a firm yet supportive demeanor. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Excellent time management skills. PREFERRED SKILLS: Familiarity with Excel. Familiarity with Miro or similar collaborative whiteboard solutions. Familiarity with ShotGrid/Flow.

About Nintendo

Nintendo Co., Ltd. is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics and video game company headquartered in Kyoto. Nintendo is one of the world's largest video game companies by market capitalization, creating some of the best-known and top-selling video game franchises of all-time, such as Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Pokémon.
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