Publishing Producer
About Us
Atari, one of the world's most iconic entertainment brands, is a pioneer in interactive entertainment. With operations spanning gaming, e-commerce, licensing, and hardware, Atari thrives at the intersection of innovation and legacy. Join our dynamic team and play a key role in shaping the financial health of our diverse business operations.
About the Role
As an Publishing Producer working on a rapidly growing label of projects at Atari, supporting the launch of a large number of small titles across PC and Console throughout the year. The job will consist of tracking key project milestones, working closely with license partners for approvals.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee multiple projects from start to finish and their backlogs, adhering to detailed production schedules, fast release submissions, and tight approval deadlines.
- Facilitate cross-departmental collaboration to acquire necessary assets and communicate project updates effectively
- Serve as a point of contact for all publishing related subjects while working closely with project leads of the development team.
- Collaborating across internal and external studios.
- Manage project timelines, roadmaps, and budgets for concurrent projects.
- Establish and maintain production workbacks, milestones, and approval processes.
- Ensure the quality of all projects and coordinate publishing services such as QA and localization.
- Coordinate IP collaborations and approvals with external IP owners.
- Coordinate with internal departments for assets, pricing, metadata, and key management/distribution, and manage external localization teams for store pages.
Must Haves
- 3 - 4 years in PC and console game production
- Shipped at least 2 titles on different platforms within the last three years
- Demonstrate ability to produce, manage, and drive projects across multiple departments
- Knowledge in 1st party submission platforms and forms
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Strong presentation, reporting, and organizational abilities
- Experience working on multiple projects at the same time
- Critical thinking and problem solving, brings solutions to the tables as well as identify incoming blockers.
- Embody Atari core values: Long term thinking, Growth mindset, Passion & Excellence, and Drive.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with legacy games and platforms
- Familiarity working with task tracking systems like Asana
- Experience working as a release manager for PC and Console games
- Experience working in 1st party backend platforms such as NDP, Playstation Partners, Partner Center, and Steamworks.
- Experience with emulation technology
- Google suites
- Miro and creating visual workflows
- Knowledge in FTP Clients
- Comfort using AI tools to streamline production workflows such as reporting, documentation, and tracking
Target Salary: $100k - $115k
Skills Required
- 3–4 years of experience in PC and console game production
- Shipped at least two titles on different platforms within the last three years
- Ability to produce, manage, and drive projects across multiple departments
- Knowledge of first-party submission platforms and forms
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong presentation, reporting, and organizational abilities
- Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously
- Critical thinking and problem-solving skills, including identifying blockers and proposing solutions
- Alignment with Atari core values: long-term thinking, growth mindset, passion and excellence, and drive
- Familiarity with legacy games and platforms
- Familiarity with task-tracking systems such as Asana
- Experience as a release manager for PC and console games
- Experience with NDP, PlayStation Partners, Partner Center, and Steamworks
- Experience with emulation technology
- Experience with Google Workspace
- Experience with Miro and creating visual workflows
- Knowledge of FTP clients
- Comfort using AI tools to streamline production workflows
What We Do
Atari is a multi-platform, global interactive entertainment and licensing company. The original innovator of video gaming, founded in 1972, Atari owns and/or manages a portfolio of more than 200 games and franchises, including world renowned brands like Asteroids®, Centipede®, Missile Command®, Pong®, Test Drive®, Backyard Sports®, Ghostbusters®, and Rollercoaster Tycoon®. Atari capitalizes on these powerful properties by delivering compelling games online (i.e. browser, Facebook® and digital download), on smartphones and tablets and other connected devices. The Company also develops and distributes interactive entertainment for video game consoles from Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony. As a licensor, Atari extends its brand and franchises into other media, merchandising and publishing categories. In 2018, Atari relaunched its hardware business with its first new game system in years, the Atari VCS. Atari is listed on NYSE Euronext Paris stock exchange.
