Producer - Audio, League Of Legends

Job Description

As Producers at Riot, we lead passionate cross-functional teams to create innovative products and experiences that seek to deliver maximum player value. We drive development, smash through obstacles, and push projects across the finish line. We meet and exceed expectations by helping concept, deliver, enhance, and influence projects at every stage of production.

As an Audio Producer on LoL Audio General, you will report into and work with the Audio Director to manage the content development of audio deliverables for League of Legends, Teamfight Tactics, and Wild Rift. You will be accountable to deliver projects from beginning to end, including gathering requirements, building work systems, identifying dependencies and maintaining execution, all while providing visibility on complex deliverables. You will partner with various producers from many different product teams to design a work intake system and ensure successful delivery of audio outputs to players while ensuring the team works at a sustainable pace and continuously improves.

Responsibilities:
• Co-lead large cross-functional and cross-organization projects
• Work in a cross-functional development team to own the operations and audio content on League PC, Wild Rift and Teamfight Tactics
• Partner with the Audio Director and Audio Leads to ensure that the team has an effective prioritization and work tracking process
• Ensure content execution through maintaining work systems which include making commitments, managing risk, tracking progress, product review by stakeholders, and quality validation
• Build relationships with partner teams across League, Wild Rift and Teamfight Tactics supported by Audio, determine a work intake system to ensure their needs are met and craft working agreements to manage joint projects
• Craft working agreements to manage joint projects and Identify misalignment areas in development and develop risk mitigation plans.
• Create and contribute ideas to areas beyond your immediate ownership across different teams and disciplines
• Build relationships with Product Stakeholders and ensure that they stay informed on the team's progress on a regular basis.
• Work daily with other producers and coordinators through mentoring and coaching to facilitate their growth and effective fulfillment of their role within the initiative

Required Qualifications:
• 4+ years experience in a software production role (i.e. - experience as a producer, product manager, project manager, or similar)
• Direct experience in managing cross-discipline game development efforts as a Producer
• Experience working in cross-functional teams, setting up work systems, improving team effectiveness and health, and delivering projects
• Experience with various development methodologies and their applications (e.g. Agile software development, Six Sigma, etc.)
• Excellent communication skills, empathetic collaborator, excellent partner management
• Experience building frameworks and production pipelines
• Familiarity with production process (kanban, scrum, waterfall) and tools (Jira, structure, Airtable)

Desired Qualifications:
• Experience with the game audio process in one or more of the following crafts: Sound Design, Voice Over, Music
• Certificate/Bachelors in audio/music engineering or equivalent industry experience (2+ years)
• Familiarity with sound design and music creation tools (ProTools, Nuendo, Reaper, Izotope, Waves, Native Instruments, etc) & techniques.
• An understanding and experience with Wwise audio middleware.
Our Perks:

We offer medical, dental, and vision plans that cover you, your spouse/domestic partner, and children. Life insurance, parental leave, plus short-term and long-term disability coverage are also available. Riot will support your retirement benefits with a company match, and double down on your donations of time and money to non-profit charitable organizations. Balance between work and personal life is encouraged with open paid time off, and a play fund so you can broaden and deepen your personal relationship with games.

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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r17yb0-3-138-69-45-42 in your application.