Associate Game Producer

Job Description

Associate Producer

At EA, we exist to Inspire the World to Play. We create amazing experiences for our players everywhere and we consider our players' experiences first in everything we do.

Connect your future to ours. Inspire. Dream. Play.

EA Sports is in search of an Associate Producer to join us in our desire to push innovation and quality to the next level for our Madden franchise. Producers are the creative visionaries for the product. They are the individuals who build and motivate teams to accomplish their goals of shipping quality titles on time and on budget.

What the Associate Producer will do at EA Sports:

As an Associate Producer you will use your understanding and passion for game development, to add to the creative execution and business success of the game team. Reconciling the business and creative needs in order to create an inspirational product can be achieved through relationships with other parts of the EA organization (Development, Marketing, Sales, Operations, Finance, HR) and a desire to research and communicate game market trends, patterns, and customer requirements.

You will need to guide team culture by fostering positive working relationships with partners who are important to our development process. We will need you to be a motivating presence to help form a stimulating and fun work environment.

Your responsibilities will include:
• Proactive communicator, throughout the organization, experienced in outreach to both internal and external partners including central roles (e.g. design, art, engineering) and Marketing and Brand, cross-platform (e.g. mobile and console) teams.
• Detail-oriented follow-ups and strong working relationships with project management colleagues, such that progress and up-to-the-minute status is understood and readily available.
• Equally strategic and detail-oriented with data and decision making. Uses data to understand customer (player) interest and value, developing offerings and branded partnerships for high interest, engagement, and business results.
• Peer-to-peer, as well as product, leadership: not only prioritizes their own time but is equally able to outline priorities for the development team and all stakeholders, clearly and with responsible flexibility. Needs to be able to consolidate viewpoints, represent them, and give direction towards bettering business results and team performance.

Who You Are:
• 4+ years' design experience in the video game industry building IP on AAA franchises.
• Experience leading teams to success; an ability to know what types of products/features will sell and what will not sell and can assess the feasibility of producing new products/features.
• Broad knowledge of the software/game market and platforms.
• Knowledge of established and emerging online business models, and knowledge/experience in driving digital console development.
• Experience in an Agile development environment.
• Passion for gaming and building games.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gqkkj1-18-191-202-45-42 in your application.