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Title: Executive Producer

Location: Remote

Contract: Permanent

1518 studios is looking for an Executive Producer to join a new top-tier team, to help craft our next clients innovative AAA games.

The Executive Producer is responsible for making sure all our client projects are released on time and within budget. As the Executive Producer, you are ultimately responsible for our clients AAA projects and your goal will be to manage development from concept through to release and delivery of a high-quality engaging game for various platforms. You will be collaborating with global teams, management, internal, and external stakeholders.

As an Executive Producers you will be an engaging communicator, creative problem solver, and thoughtful collaborator. You will use your depth of experience across all facets of game development, providing vision and clarity across the production process, ensuring all the pieces fit thoughtfully together, so we can deliver the unique and memorably gaming experiences our clients fans demand.

As our Executive Producer, you will help drive the development team towards their production goals, determine resource requirements, and manage various risks to any of our client projects.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for game’s full development cycle, where you lead the development and champion the product’s vision to the team.
• Accountable for the game’s overall quality and delivery.
• Responsible for the P/L of the games and that the games reaches agreed goals.
• Manages ongoing financial tracking for the games, coordinating between the project and the financial department.
• Responsible for the collaboration with external clients and internal stakeholders.
• Liaising with PTW’s Business Development to co-create new pitches in the pitch process to our new clients.
• Oversees project risk mitigation efforts and ensures they are effective.
• Accountable to define the project’s production goals and monitor the relative KPI’s.
• Mentor & coach key project personnel.
• Partner with studio creative leadership to drive product vision and ensure execution at the highest quality level.
• Own and optimize the overarching creative roadmaps & schedules for products, ensuring that all production phases flow efficiently between teams.
• Lead any legal/contractual/licensing discussions.
• Balance project production requirements within budget and staffing constraints while ensuring high production values are never compromised.
• Proactively surface issues, roadblocks, and concerns between development teams, driving alignment and consensus for projects and priorities.
• Grow and expand a culture promoting collaboration and continuous improvement, ensuring the team is consistently set up for success.
• Effectively communicate the needs of the project, building and strengthening communication at all levels and with all key stakeholders.
• Bring energy, momentum, passion, and charisma to inspire and motivate the team.
• Build the appropriate scaling structures inside the team to allow it to grow as needed.
• Foster a healthy, collaborative, and impactful team culture. Use inclusive behaviours to ensure all voices are heard, invite input from many perspectives, and resolve disagreements.
• Partner with the Studio Senior Managers on innovating, refining, and improving processes throughout development (from concept to release).
• Craft clear, detailed, and proactive communication to your immediate group, the studio leadership team, and external stakeholders.

Requirements

• At least 8 years experience as a Producer within game development production, where at least 4 years be in a position with management experience;
• At least three released and successful games as Executive Producer, Senior Producer, Game Director, or similar.
• Previous experience applying Agile methodologies to game development projects.
• Ability to gain and maintain the respect and trust of development teams through thoughtful discussion and perseverance.
• Persuasive communication skills, able to diplomatically and effectively negotiate efficient solutions across cross-functional teams.
• Comfort with a variety of project management tools and methodologies, able to fluidly move between systems and approaches.
• You understand and have hands-on knowledge of all aspects of game production from concept through live operations.
• Proven leadership skills, with an inspiring, enthusiastic spirit for collaborative teamwork.
• Credit on at least three shipped games as Producer or above or been involved with two projects through a complete development cycle.
• Has directly led a full or significant part of a development team as a senior producer or similar management role.
• Extensive knowledge in game and software development methods.
• Experience with identifying risks and developing mitigation strategies.
• Great problem solving skills and ability to motivate others to find solutions in new and dynamic environments.
• Ability to lead teams of 20+ individuals in different Time Zones.
• Agile with budgeting and numbers, able to analyse, plan and strategize in coordination with our Financial department.
• Attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
• Excellent listening and communication skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

Desired Qualifications

• A background in animation will be a big plus.
• You are knowledgeable about current trends that impact player motivations and behaviour.

Benefits

• Highly attractive remuneration, and career advancement opportunity.
• You will be working for the pre-eminent global provider of specialist services to the games industry and provided with full training and leadership support and the opportunity to work with the biggest games clients in the world.
• Competitive full company kit, remuneration, pension and holidays, regular team competitions with great prizes; and inclusion into an extensive social calendar. Collaborative teamwork with people from all around the world, different nationalities and languages.
• A supportive community inclusive of LGBTQ+, and any age, ethnicity, religion, or disability. We care about the wellbeing of our employees and have a dedicated employee wellbeing programme.

Who We Are

35+ Studios | 26+ Years of Experience |1,000+ Products | 60+ Awards for Clients | 8,500 Employees

PTW is a video games services company that supports video game developers and publishers through outsourced production services. We started 25 years ago and since then, have grown exponentially year on year to where we are today. Our history is in gaming, and we are gamers at heart. In our time within the games industry, we have worked on over 1500 titles across all genres and all platforms, including 8 out of the past 10 Game-Of-The-Year-winning titles.

We have grown rapidly over the past few years and now have 35 sites spanning the globe. The PTW Family of Brands includes SIDE, 1518, and Orange Rock. SIDE works at the cutting edge of interactive media as a provider of audio services for the global entertainment market. Orange Rock is our in-house game and product development studio. 1518 is our award-winning global art studio providing art-related services at every stage of the game or app development process.

1518

Our in-house art team offers the highest-quality assets: from 2D concept design to 3D animation, in-game to package art, smartphone to VR, we make everything look amazing.

1518 Ranged across time zones and countries, we’re a diverse group of tech wizards, engineers, and strategists, with over 25 years combined on-the-job experience. Alongside our internationally-acclaimed art directors, artists, and animators, we’re building immersive game worlds through Art and Co-Dev. Our client list includes Electronic Arts, Google, Jam City, Disney, Warner Bros, and Uber. No detail is too small or insignificant, and no vision is too big or ambitious. Let’s make beautiful worlds together!

Our Values

Pole To Win’s core values are imbued across our global organization: Reinforced by our actions and our attitudes. Echoed throughout our approach to our operations and our clients. Exemplified by our culture, and most of all, our people. We build people and their careers. We actively turn to team mates for counsel, inspiration, and diverse perspectives. Relationships are built on mutual respect. Personal and professional integrity is our guiding principle. We are honest, authentic, transparent, and ethically sound. Our primary goal is to advance our clients’ businesses and their customers’ satisfaction. We set the bar for generating imaginative and effective solutions for the most challenging problems. We move with speed and agility. We love what we do. We have unwavering loyalty to our DNA, our culture, our values, and ourselves.

Welcome to PTW, Family of Brands

1518 STUDIOS
PTW

(Lindeman & Associates) launched in 2015 and quickly established itself as a leader in the entertainment advertising space, winning Clio’s Agency of the Year in 2017. LA brings together artists, editors, and storytellers into one hyper-collaborative team specializing in crafting iconic 360º campaigns. Our work grows audiences, sparks conversations, builds brands, and shapes culture. Though we hail from around the country—and the world—Los Angeles is our creative home and our muse. LA is honored to collaborate with the industry’s leading theatrical and streaming partners, including Disney, FX, HBOMAX, Amazon Studios, Hulu, Lionsgate, Netflix, STARZ, Universal Pictures, and Warner Bros.

LA is seeking an innovative and self-motivated Motion Graphics Art Director experienced in creating motion graphics, design, and 2D/3D animation for theatrical trailers, television spots, outdoor displays, social media, and streaming marketing campaigns. The motion team gets to work on some awesome projects with a variety of high-profile clients and you will never get bored, as you’ll have the opportunity to work on lots of different types of projects from 3D high res stills, motion graphics, AV trailer GFX, social media campaigns, and previsualizations for photo shoots.

We pride ourselves on giving all of our artists a high degree of creative freedom. We are looking for someone who takes pride in their work and is able to take ownership. You will report directly to the Creative Director and will be working with amazing artists cross-departmentally. You should apply if you are a conceptual designer, love to take on projects from point A to Z, and thrive in a highly creative and collaborative environment.

What You’ll Do:

• Collaborate with CD, producers, clients, and editors
• Design and animate graphics for Theatrical, International, Television, Digital Media, Social media, and Digital Out of Home projects
• General VFX work: Tracking, Keying, Color, and sometimes a bit of Rotoscoping
• Effectively manage timely production of 2D and 3D design and animation workflows
• Rendering high resolution, realistic CG assets for both Motion and Print
• Other duties as assigned

What You’ll Bring:

• Minimum of 7-10 years experience in motion graphics in broadcast and/or theatrical marketing
• Expert proficiency using 2D and 3D workflows for AE, C4D, and Redshift
• Familiarity with standard animation formats frame rates, pixel aspect ratios, social media standards, etc.
• Proficient in 3D Product Lighting/Rendering
• Experience working with Motion Posters (AV GFX and Zbrush preferred)
• Extremely organized with excellent follow through
• Ability to effectively manage tight deadlines
• Portfolio with breakdown and an explanation of your role and project involvement

The Perks:

We want to make sure you’re taken care of while we build the future of entertainment together.

• Work is remote, with the option to work onsite in our DTLA office
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, FSA’s
• Short and long-term disability, accident, critical-care coverage
• PTO and paid holidays
• 401K plan
• Certain roles may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus
• Employee wellness benefits and mental health support
• Employee engagement gatherings
• Work with world-class talent in an environment that promotes creative freedom on projects you’ll be proud to tell your family and friends about

LA is an equal opportunity employer. We’re committed to making LA as inclusive and diverse as the audience we engage with every day. LA is dedicated to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, please contact

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LA – Lindeman & Associates

(Lindeman & Associates) launched in 2015 and quickly established itself as a leader in the entertainment advertising space, winning Clio’s Agency of the Year in 2017. LA brings together artists, editors, and storytellers into one hyper-collaborative team specializing in crafting iconic 360º campaigns. Our work grows audiences, sparks conversations, builds brands, and shapes culture. Though we hail from around the country—and the world—Los Angeles is our creative home and our muse. LA is honored to collaborate with the industry’s leading theatrical and streaming partners, including Disney, FX, HBOMAX, Amazon Studios, Hulu, Paramount, Lionsgate, Netflix, STARZ, Universal Pictures, and Warner Bros.

LA is seeking an innovative and self-motivated Art Director experienced in building world-class Key Art within the theatrical, broadcast, and streaming industry to join our Print team. The print team gets to work on some awesome projects with a variety of high-profile clients and you will never get bored, as you’ll have the opportunity to work on a wide variety of genres and IPs.

We pride ourselves on giving all of our artists a high degree of creative freedom. We are looking for someone who takes pride in their work and is able to take ownership. You will report directly to the Creative Director and will be working with amazing artists cross-departmentally. You should apply if you are a conceptual designer, love to take on projects from point A to Z, and thrive in a highly creative and collaborative environment.

What You’ll Do:

• Create art for a variety of entertainment properties
• Build comps using the Adobe Creative Suite
• Adapt Key Art into outdoor and/or digital campaigns
• Brainstorm/concept for photoshoot sketches
• Provide design direction and support to both internal and external customers
• Design logos and title treatments
• Review and participate in the finishing process for approved comps
• Direct in-house and external photo shoots
• Mentor Jr. Art Directors and other designers on the team as needed
• Other duties as assigned

What You’ll Bring:

• 5+ years experience in creating Key Art in theatrical and/or television marketing
• A strong portfolio displaying your innovative work
• Expertise with the Adobe Creative Suite
• Strong skills in photo manipulation, retouching, and typography
• Up to date in recent major entertainment campaigns and Key Art trends
• Must have good conceptual skills
• Experience art directing photo shoots
• Ability to work independently and thrive in a fast-paced work environment
• Highly collaborative and productive member of a close-knit team
• Ability to follow the strictest of security and confidentiality measures

The Perks:

We want to make sure you’re taken care of while we build the future of entertainment together.

• Work is remote, with the option to work onsite in our DTLA office
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, FSA’s
• Short and long-term disability, accident, critical-care coverage
• PTO and paid holidays
• 401K plan
• Certain roles may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus
• Employee wellness benefits and mental health support
• Employee engagement gatherings
• Work with world-class talent in an environment that promotes creative freedom on projects you’ll be proud to tell your family and friends about

LA is an equal opportunity employer. We’re committed to making LA as inclusive and diverse as the audience we engage with every day. LA is dedicated to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, please contact

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LA – Lindeman & Associates

Nomadic is a digital-first creative agency. We turn insights into ideas that build brand and sell.

But unlike other shops, we specialize in bringing strategic order and inspired creativity to the

development of campaigns and content programs across social, search and streaming platforms

— channels that enable brands to engage an increasingly nomadic consumer across their entire

journey. It’s an Effie-winning approach that we developed over a decade of working with

digital-first brands such as Disney Parks & Destinations, National Geographic, Universal, Ubisoft and Capcom.

Nomadic is seeking an experienced Creative Director to join our talented team of digital-first

minded creative thinkers. As the ideal candidate, you will think conceptually and strategically

and be ready to generate ideas that help create an exceptional brand experience for our clients

every day. You thrive in a collaborative environment leading multiple teams, and you have the

ability to manage tasks on time and on budget, delivering an excellent product.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Provides leadership/motivation and conveys the vision and values of the agency to staff.
• Oversees strategic creative consultations with account teams to assure appropriate creative strategies, adequacy/accuracy of input, scheduled, budgets, production support, necessary reviews, and client presentations.
• Trains and supervises assigned staff; oversees their execution of all creative efforts to ensure they are on strategy, on budget, and on schedule.
• Ensures the staff adheres to established agency policy/procedures.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Ensures the timely development and execution of plans, campaigns, and projects to ensure earnings, growth, and profit goals are achieved.
• Plans, develops, and defends budget recommendations, work goals, measurements, and training requirements necessary to provide both profitable and quality service to clients.
• Provides detailed information and cost estimates to ensure accurate data on which to plan and develop functional objectives and budgets leading to stable and profitable accounts.
• Cooperates with the Client Services team to resolve differences which may lead to discord in the office.
• Keeps the account team leaders aware of the use of outside services and materials to ensure timely billing and to minimize write-offs.
• Maintains external professional relationships to assure the ongoing availability of specialized expertise, gifted freelancers, and reputable studios/producers when their services are required.
• Participates in new business efforts as directed.
• Executes duties and assignments as directed in compliance with guidelines and objectives.
• Facilitates and promotes initiatives and values throughout the function.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Award-winning portfolio.
• Expertise in creative copywriting with great taste in art direction and design
• Highly gifted with directing a team of creative talent.

Education and Experience:

• 10+ years of related work experience with 3+ years of creative direction in an agency setting.

Characteristics:

• Ambitious: Insistent on continuous improvement
• Understanding: Comprehends the needs of staff, peers, clients, and their consumers
• Inspirational: Moves people to do their best work
• Innovative: Continually seeks solutions to problems
• Collaborative: Works with others to improve experience
• Practical: Takes reality into account
• Reasonable: Makes good decisions most of the time
• Positive: Makes an impact that improves
• Encourage: Recognizes and champions great ideas from your talented colleagues
• Resilient: Able to handle the ups and downs of client service and agency life

Location:

• Arizona preferred, remote considered

Travel:

• This position requires occasional travel up to 20%, mostly domestic.

Nomadic Agency

For over two decades, MOCEAN has been a leader in the world of entertainment marketing. From top-grossing Hollywood studios to traditional networks and emerging media, our clients include Disney, Marvel, Fox, Warner Bros. Netflix, FX, and CNN.

Our staff of over 160 editors, producers, writers, animators, designers, directors and strategists has earned more than 150 major industry awards, including a PromaxBDA Award for Agency of the Year and multiple Grand CLIO’s.

We are looking for a self-starting Senior Producer to join our award-winning team of creative talent. Together, we will create engaging content that push the limits of creativity and innovation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the concepting and producing of theatrical trailers and TV spots
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to execute creative directions
• Lead and mentor the producer/AP/coordinator on the team

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in a producer role
• Theatrical and/or major studio project experience

Does this sound like a role for you? We’d love to hear from you. Apply now!
MOCEAN

(Lindeman & Associates) launched in 2015 and quickly established itself as a leader in the entertainment advertising space, winning Clio’s Agency of the Year in 2017. LA brings together artists, editors, and storytellers into one hyper-collaborative team specializing in crafting iconic 360º campaigns. Our work grows audiences, sparks conversations, builds brands, and shapes culture. Though we hail from around the country—and the world—Los Angeles is our creative home and our muse. LA is honored to collaborate with the industry’s leading theatrical and streaming partners, including Disney, FX, HBOMAX, Amazon Studios, Hulu, Lionsgate, Netflix, STARZ, Universal Pictures, and Warner Bros.

LA is seeking an innovative and self-motivated Motion Graphics Art Director experienced in creating motion graphics, design, and 2D/3D animation for theatrical trailers, television spots, outdoor displays, social media, and streaming marketing campaigns. The motion team gets to work on some awesome projects with a variety of high-profile clients and you will never get bored, as you’ll have the opportunity to work on lots of different types of projects from 3D high res stills, motion graphics, AV trailer GFX, social media campaigns, and previsualizations for photo shoots.

We pride ourselves on giving all of our artists a high degree of creative freedom. We are looking for someone who takes pride in their work and is able to take ownership. You will report directly to the Creative Director and will be working with amazing artists cross-departmentally. You should apply if you are a conceptual designer, love to take on projects from point A to Z, and thrive in a highly creative and collaborative environment.

What You’ll Do:

• Collaborate with CD, producers, clients, and editors
• Design and animate graphics for Theatrical, International, Television, Digital Media, Social media, and Digital Out of Home projects
• General VFX work: Tracking, Keying, Color, and sometimes a bit of Rotoscoping
• Effectively manage timely production of 2D and 3D design and animation workflows
• Rendering high resolution, realistic CG assets for both Motion and Print
• Other duties as assigned

What You’ll Bring:

• Minimum of 7-10 years experience in motion graphics in broadcast and/or theatrical marketing
• Expert proficiency using 2D and 3D workflows for AE, C4D, and Redshift
• Familiarity with standard animation formats frame rates, pixel aspect ratios, social media standards, etc.
• Proficient in 3D Product Lighting/Rendering
• Experience working with Motion Posters (AV GFX and Zbrush preferred)
• Extremely organized with excellent follow through
• Ability to effectively manage tight deadlines
• Portfolio with breakdown and an explanation of your role and project involvement

The Perks:

We want to make sure you’re taken care of while we build the future of entertainment together.

• Work is remote, with the option to work onsite in our DTLA office
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, FSA’s
• Short and long-term disability, accident, critical-care coverage
• PTO and paid holidays
• 401K plan
• Certain roles may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus
• Employee wellness benefits and mental health support
• Employee engagement gatherings
• Work with world-class talent in an environment that promotes creative freedom on projects you’ll be proud to tell your family and friends about

LA is an equal opportunity employer. We’re committed to making LA as inclusive and diverse as the audience we engage with every day. LA is dedicated to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, please contact

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LA – Lindeman & Associates

We’re Mass FX and we set stories in motion through elegant and clear design. We are seeking a Creative Director with experience in brand, film, and/or digital advertising to join our animation and visual effects studio located in Denver, Colorado.

We love good stories. We love to tell them. We love to share them. And we hope to be inspired by yours to create an even better chapter in our quest for creative excellence.

When you work with us, you’ll be working with some high-caliber brands, documentarians and well-known series. Over the course of our 12 years in business, we’ve worked on Emmy award-winning films and Oscar short-listed documentaries. Our film work has been shown at Sundance and a multitude of other highly-coveted film festivals and includes such recognizable work as: Netflix’s Chasing Coral and The Social Dilemma; CBS’s Friends: The Reunion, HBO’s Q: Into the Storm, and The Invisible Pilot documentary series. We have done graphics for National Geographic’s Into the Grand Canyon on Disney+ and visual effects work for the streaming series Blackbird.

Our stellar corporate clients include Keysight Technologies, Lyft, Fast Company, Reuters, Otterbox, Elasticsearch, Vox, and Adobe.

We’re seeking a creative leader and most-importantly a teammate with a heart for visual storytelling and capabilities to win a pitch. This client-facing role is responsible for connecting us with new clients and closing sales with creative vision.

In this role, you will apply your impeccable client-facing skills to elicit content and creative concepts from clients on motion design projects that range from explainers and ads to graphics packages for broadcast and films. Then, you’ll turn around and motivate, enthuse, encourage, aim, focus, and concentrate the attention of creative employees and production partners on the goal at hand. You will need to be a self-starter, be able to problem solve both technical and creative challenges, be organized and be able to execute. A sense of humor is required.

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:

• Job Status: Full time, Exempt
• Location: Onsite at Mass FX Media, 2710 Walnut Street, Denver, CO
• Benefits: 15 Days PTO, Health and dental Insurance, Simple-IRA Retirement with company matching and 14 Paid Holidays
• Salary Range for this position: $150,000-$170,000 per year, DOE

Mass FX Diversity & Inclusion Statement:

Diversity drives innovation; inclusion drives success. Mass FX Media, LLC. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

In compliance with Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the salary range for this role is: $150,000-$170,000; however, Mass FX Media, LLC considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to the role and responsibilities, candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, education, training, key skills and peer reviews. The base salary is one component of Mass FX Media, LLC’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards and benefits include: health, vision, and dental insurance, simple IRA, and paid-time off.

Disclaimer: This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee. The management may change, subtract, or add activities, duties, or responsibilities to this description at any time. Other duties may be assigned without a change to this description depending upon business need.

Requirements

Required Experience:

• 10+ years of relevant experience
• Collaborate with Executive Creative Director and Executive Producer on development plans for projects; demonstrates a command of the creative process from concept through execution
• Network and connect with potential clients and partners to drive sales
• Read and know the strengths and weaknesses of the creative/artistic team at hand, and manage and motivate accordingly
• Understand the story and integrate a graphics package that fits the tone, style and storytelling approach for a film or series
• Able to apply insight to understand a brand-need and craft a strategy accordingly
• Experience creating style frames and pitch packets to win projects
• Design graphics, execute presentations, and other content in support of company projects, and other initiatives

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Advanced After Effects capabilities in both design and technical execution
• Highly skilled in other Adobe Creative Suite Applications
• Cinema 4D skills for both design and technical execution
• Storyboarding and/or illustration capabilities a plus
• Proficient in organizing and breaking down projects to be assigned to fellow team members
• Flexible, positive attitude in the face of high pressure and stressful situations
• Variety of design and style capabilities for 2D and 3D motion design
• Ability to work from the Denver office.

Equipment/Software used:

• Mac or PC Workstation
• Adobe Creative Suite focused in After Effects
• Plugins: Trapcode Suite, X-Particles
• Cinema 4D and experience with Redshift
• Nuke and/or Houdini a plus
• Google Slides, Docs and Sheets

Benefits

• Benefits: 15 Days PTO, Health and dental Insurance, Simple-IRA Retirement with company matching and 14 Paid Holidays

Mass FX Media

(Lindeman & Associates) launched in 2015 and quickly established itself as a leader in the entertainment advertising space, winning Clio’s Agency of the Year in 2017. LA brings together artists, editors, and storytellers into one hyper-collaborative team specializing in crafting iconic 360º campaigns. Our work grows audiences, sparks conversations, builds brands, and shapes culture. Though we hail from around the country—and the world—Los Angeles is our creative home and our muse. LA is honored to collaborate with the industry’s leading theatrical and streaming partners, including Disney, FX, HBOMAX, Amazon Studios, Hulu, Paramount, Lionsgate, Netflix, STARZ, Universal Pictures, and Warner Bros.

LA is seeking an innovative and self-motivated Art Director experienced in building world-class Key Art within the theatrical, broadcast, and streaming industry to join our Print team. The print team gets to work on some awesome projects with a variety of high-profile clients and you will never get bored, as you’ll have the opportunity to work on a wide variety of genres and IPs.

We pride ourselves on giving all of our artists a high degree of creative freedom. We are looking for someone who takes pride in their work and is able to take ownership. You will report directly to the Creative Director and will be working with amazing artists cross-departmentally. You should apply if you are a conceptual designer, love to take on projects from point A to Z, and thrive in a highly creative and collaborative environment.

What You’ll Do:

• Create art for a variety of entertainment properties
• Build comps using the Adobe Creative Suite
• Adapt Key Art into outdoor and/or digital campaigns
• Brainstorm/concept for photoshoot sketches
• Provide design direction and support to both internal and external customers
• Design logos and title treatments
• Review and participate in the finishing process for approved comps
• Direct in-house and external photo shoots
• Mentor Jr. Art Directors and other designers on the team as needed
• Other duties as assigned

What You’ll Bring:

• 3+ years experience in creating Key Art in theatrical and/or television marketing
• A strong portfolio displaying your innovative work
• Expertise with the Adobe Creative Suite
• Strong skills in photo manipulation, retouching, and typography
• Up to date in recent major entertainment campaigns and Key Art trends
• Must have good conceptual skills
• Experience art directing photo shoots
• Ability to work independently and thrive in a fast-paced work environment
• Highly collaborative and productive member of a close-knit team
• Ability to follow the strictest of security and confidentiality measures

The Perks:

We want to make sure you’re taken care of while we build the future of entertainment together.

• Work is remote, with the option to work onsite in our DTLA office
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, FSA’s
• Short and long-term disability, accident, critical-care coverage
• PTO and paid holidays
• 401K plan
• Certain roles may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus
• Employee wellness benefits and mental health support
• Employee engagement gatherings
• Work with world-class talent in an environment that promotes creative freedom on projects you’ll be proud to tell your family and friends about

LA is an equal opportunity employer. We’re committed to making LA as inclusive and diverse as the audience we engage with every day. LA is dedicated to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, please contact

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LA – Lindeman & Associates

Title: Executive Producer

Location: Remote

Contract: Permanent

1518 studios is looking for an Executive Producer to join a new top-tier team, to help craft our next clients innovative AAA games.

The Executive Producer is responsible for making sure all our client projects are released on time and within budget. As the Executive Producer, you are ultimately responsible for our clients AAA projects and your goal will be to manage development from concept through to release and delivery of a high-quality engaging game for various platforms. You will be collaborating with global teams, management, internal, and external stakeholders.

As an Executive Producers you will be an engaging communicator, creative problem solver, and thoughtful collaborator. You will use your depth of experience across all facets of game development, providing vision and clarity across the production process, ensuring all the pieces fit thoughtfully together, so we can deliver the unique and memorably gaming experiences our clients fans demand.

As our Executive Producer, you will help drive the development team towards their production goals, determine resource requirements, and manage various risks to any of our client projects.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for game’s full development cycle, where you lead the development and champion the product’s vision to the team.
• Accountable for the game’s overall quality and delivery.
• Responsible for the P/L of the games and that the games reaches agreed goals.
• Manages ongoing financial tracking for the games, coordinating between the project and the financial department.
• Responsible for the collaboration with external clients and internal stakeholders.
• Liaising with PTW’s Business Development to co-create new pitches in the pitch process to our new clients.
• Oversees project risk mitigation efforts and ensures they are effective.
• Accountable to define the project’s production goals and monitor the relative KPI’s.
• Mentor & coach key project personnel.
• Partner with studio creative leadership to drive product vision and ensure execution at the highest quality level.
• Own and optimize the overarching creative roadmaps & schedules for products, ensuring that all production phases flow efficiently between teams.
• Lead any legal/contractual/licensing discussions.
• Balance project production requirements within budget and staffing constraints while ensuring high production values are never compromised.
• Proactively surface issues, roadblocks, and concerns between development teams, driving alignment and consensus for projects and priorities.
• Grow and expand a culture promoting collaboration and continuous improvement, ensuring the team is consistently set up for success.
• Effectively communicate the needs of the project, building and strengthening communication at all levels and with all key stakeholders.
• Bring energy, momentum, passion, and charisma to inspire and motivate the team.
• Build the appropriate scaling structures inside the team to allow it to grow as needed.
• Foster a healthy, collaborative, and impactful team culture. Use inclusive behaviours to ensure all voices are heard, invite input from many perspectives, and resolve disagreements.
• Partner with the Studio Senior Managers on innovating, refining, and improving processes throughout development (from concept to release).
• Craft clear, detailed, and proactive communication to your immediate group, the studio leadership team, and external stakeholders.

Requirements

• At least 8 years experience as a Producer within game development production, where at least 4 years be in a position with management experience;
• At least three released and successful games as Executive Producer, Senior Producer, Game Director, or similar.
• Previous experience applying Agile methodologies to game development projects.
• Ability to gain and maintain the respect and trust of development teams through thoughtful discussion and perseverance.
• Persuasive communication skills, able to diplomatically and effectively negotiate efficient solutions across cross-functional teams.
• Comfort with a variety of project management tools and methodologies, able to fluidly move between systems and approaches.
• You understand and have hands-on knowledge of all aspects of game production from concept through live operations.
• Proven leadership skills, with an inspiring, enthusiastic spirit for collaborative teamwork.
• Credit on at least three shipped games as Producer or above or been involved with two projects through a complete development cycle.
• Has directly led a full or significant part of a development team as a senior producer or similar management role.
• Extensive knowledge in game and software development methods.
• Experience with identifying risks and developing mitigation strategies.
• Great problem solving skills and ability to motivate others to find solutions in new and dynamic environments.
• Ability to lead teams of 20+ individuals in different Time Zones.
• Agile with budgeting and numbers, able to analyse, plan and strategize in coordination with our Financial department.
• Attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
• Excellent listening and communication skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

Desired Qualifications

• A background in animation will be a big plus.
• You are knowledgeable about current trends that impact player motivations and behaviour.

Benefits

• Highly attractive remuneration, and career advancement opportunity.
• You will be working for the pre-eminent global provider of specialist services to the games industry and provided with full training and leadership support and the opportunity to work with the biggest games clients in the world.
• Competitive full company kit, remuneration, pension and holidays, regular team competitions with great prizes; and inclusion into an extensive social calendar. Collaborative teamwork with people from all around the world, different nationalities and languages.
• A supportive community inclusive of LGBTQ+, and any age, ethnicity, religion, or disability. We care about the wellbeing of our employees and have a dedicated employee wellbeing programme.

Who We Are

35+ Studios | 26+ Years of Experience |1,000+ Products | 60+ Awards for Clients | 8,500 Employees

PTW is a video games services company that supports video game developers and publishers through outsourced production services. We started 25 years ago and since then, have grown exponentially year on year to where we are today. Our history is in gaming, and we are gamers at heart. In our time within the games industry, we have worked on over 1500 titles across all genres and all platforms, including 8 out of the past 10 Game-Of-The-Year-winning titles.

We have grown rapidly over the past few years and now have 35 sites spanning the globe. The PTW Family of Brands includes SIDE, 1518, and Orange Rock. SIDE works at the cutting edge of interactive media as a provider of audio services for the global entertainment market. Orange Rock is our in-house game and product development studio. 1518 is our award-winning global art studio providing art-related services at every stage of the game or app development process.

1518

Our in-house art team offers the highest-quality assets: from 2D concept design to 3D animation, in-game to package art, smartphone to VR, we make everything look amazing.

1518 Ranged across time zones and countries, we’re a diverse group of tech wizards, engineers, and strategists, with over 25 years combined on-the-job experience. Alongside our internationally-acclaimed art directors, artists, and animators, we’re building immersive game worlds through Art and Co-Dev. Our client list includes Electronic Arts, Google, Jam City, Disney, Warner Bros, and Uber. No detail is too small or insignificant, and no vision is too big or ambitious. Let’s make beautiful worlds together!

Our Values

Pole To Win’s core values are imbued across our global organization: Reinforced by our actions and our attitudes. Echoed throughout our approach to our operations and our clients. Exemplified by our culture, and most of all, our people. We build people and their careers. We actively turn to team mates for counsel, inspiration, and diverse perspectives. Relationships are built on mutual respect. Personal and professional integrity is our guiding principle. We are honest, authentic, transparent, and ethically sound. Our primary goal is to advance our clients’ businesses and their customers’ satisfaction. We set the bar for generating imaginative and effective solutions for the most challenging problems. We move with speed and agility. We love what we do. We have unwavering loyalty to our DNA, our culture, our values, and ourselves.

Welcome to PTW, Family of Brands

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