\nJob Title: Project Director\n\nSummary: Responsible for leading a team in anticipating production challenges and proactively driving solutions that enable teams to realize ideas without compromising quality or well-being. Effectively delegates, consistently anticipates. Forms plans of action and achieves buy-in with their director peers. Directs project managers to achieve project milestones, solve production problems, and maintain studio momentum. Continuously seeks ways to improve the PM team's craft and the project's efficiency. Drives progress with a vision and structure for production.\n\nEssential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:\n\n\n* Drives with a vision the production structure, process, and efficiency in overall game development. Ensures organizational cohesiveness toward project objectives as a member of production leadership.\n\n* Delegates project responsibilities and ownership of aspects of the game to their assigned PM (Project Management) team.\n\n* Demonstrates the highest level of proficiency in methodology and craft and can find and successfully implement innovative solutions to project challenges.\n\n* Acts as the studio liaison with Sony production staff, which includes negotiating and communicating project updates and schedule changes, while fostering a collaborative production environment.\n\n* Anticipates and proactively solves problems both independently and collaboratively, and through effective delegation to project managers.\n\n* Responsible for the creation, modification, and maintenance of project macro schedule and delegates assigned sub-content to project managers. This includes establishing milestone goals. Develops strategy with director group to ensure all deadlines are met in relation to project objectives and scope.\n\n* Delegates the logging, review, and re-prioritization of tasks and bugs to appropriate project managers and craft leads. Guides and approves changes made to ensure project goals are met.\n\n* Maintains a constant awareness of game content status and quality levels through regular play sessions.\n\n* Anticipates scheduling overruns through effective gathering, analysis, and presentation of measurable data. Initiates or delegates actions to resolve scheduling issues and collaborates on workable solutions.\n\n* Proactively ensures project updates and changes are communicated to the development team and Insomniac executive team.\n\n* Leads the creation of milestone deliverable documentation, collaborating with project managers to coordinate goals across diverse disciplines.\n\n* Leads with a vision the implementation of new or refined production methods.\n\n* Develops collaborative relationships across all peers and departments.\n\n* Consistently achieves and demonstrates Insomniac’s cultural leadership values.\n\n* Other duties may be assigned.\n\n\n\n\nSupervisory Responsibilities: This position is responsible for project-focused supervision of a title’s project management team and carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include participation in interviewing, hiring, and mentoring employees alongside PM Managers; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising and communicating team performance to PM Managers; addressing complaints and resolving problems.\n\nQualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.\n\nEducation and/or Experience: Eight plus years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Participation as a Project Manager in the completion of one full game cycle is required.\n\nLanguage Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.\n\nMathematical Skills: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.\n\nReasoning Skills: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.\n\nComputer Skills: Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and Project. Working knowledge of bug tracking database(s) is required, Jira or other industry standard is preferred. Working knowledge of version control software. Perforce is preferred.\n\nOther Skills:\n\n\n* Solves problems both independently and collaboratively and adheres to the studio’s expectations of cultural leadership. Strong written and verbal communication skills required. Must be able to present ideas clearly and work well within a large team environment. Must be a good team leader and be able to make informed decisions to achieve desired results. Ability to create and maintain good relationships with other departments as well as external publisher.\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Education and Microsoft jobs that are similar:\n\n $65,000 — $90,000/year\n
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\n\n#Location\nBurbank, California, United States

\nWhat You Will Do:\n\n\n* Develop a player-first community strategy; own and drive the game’s short and long-term community strategy, translating strategy into action plans and setting clear goals for team members.\n\n* Manage regional social media content scheduling specifications and collaborate across regions to develop efficient workflows to achieve a consistently epic experience globally.\n\n* Manage global projects: Work with community project and creator teams to develop and manage best-in-class global community creator programs to achieve near-term game project goals while working toward long-term community goals.\n\n* Develop social media platforms: Stay at the forefront of a rapidly changing community ecosystem, bringing new forms of community experiences to teams and projects. Work with cross-functional teams (including but not limited to: distribution, product and external partnership teams) to develop programs that drive action toward achieving key community growth goals.\n\n* Establish effective feedback mechanisms: Work with platform moderators together to support and maintain a great community environment. Listen to community needs, anticipate risks and take swift actions so as to build two-way conversations and maintain a world-class feedback loop between the people playing the game and the people making the game.\n\n* Develop a community manual: Build and expand community knowledge base of what works and what doesn’t, with the aim to continuously improve the team and its operational capabilities.\n\n* Build and manage a team: Manage multi-person team across different regions; support team members develop strong communication skills and locate and address team weaknesses promptly, promoting those with excellent abilities.\n\n\n\n\nWhat We Are Looking For:\n\n\n* 7+ years’ experience in community management, publishing, or social media marketing for large-scale global gaming communities.\n\n* Broad general knowledge of different regional community cultures; deep understanding of North American culture.\n\n* Familiar with the mechanics, algorithms and user attributes of mainstream social media landscape, including those of Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Twitch, TikTok, Reddit, and Discord.\n\n* Rich vendor communication and stakeholder management experience, able to quickly coordinate multi-party resources and collaborate effectively.\n\n* Deep understanding of game mechanics and the needs of the development team. Keen follower of industry dynamics, capable of providing the team with the latest industry information.\n\n* Understanding of copywriting requirements and accurate vocabulary usage in order to optimize external communication announcements.\n\n* Vast experience in content management platform CMS, webpage production, SEO and event operations; can swiftly identify problems and make optimization suggestions.\n\n* Hold a certain level of art appreciation, image editing ability, technical programming and agile project management skills.\n\n* Proven experience as a leader of change, achieving operational excellence by introducing performance measures, processes and systems.\n\n* Proficient in English, Mandarin Chinese a big plus.\n\n\n\nBenefits:\n\n\nCompetitive salary\n\n100% employer-paid healthcare premiums for you and your dependents\n\nGenerous paid time off\n\n401K / RRSP plan\n\nEmployer-paid life and disability insurance\n\nTeam-building activities throughout the year\n\nFlexible working hours\n\n\n\nDo We Support Flexible Work?\n\nYes, as a remote team across North American time zones, we embrace flexible working. You may choose to work remotely, in-offices or hybrid, for a more flexible lifestyle that suits you best. Our offices are located in downtown Montreal and downtown Santa Monica, surrounded by great restaurants, entertainment, and cultural venues. \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Swift, SEO, Senior and Marketing jobs that are similar:\n\n $85,000 — $120,000/year\n
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\nJob Description\n\nWe are looking for a passionate Lead Technical Audio Designer who can create exciting AAA-quality audio for our brand-new Sci-fi action adventure game.\n\nYou will be expected to bring audio technical strategy with the inputs of audio directors and audio engineers.  You will work with technical designers and content creators to implement audio content into the game effectively to deliver a great audio experience to game players.\n\nIf you are interested in this position, we would love to hear from you.\nKey Responsibilities:\n\n\n* Create an exciting and effective audio technical vision with input from the audio director and engineering team.\n\n* Developing an interactive audio pipeline and implementing all audio content with technical designers, engineers, and content creators that effectively hits AAA quality.\n\n* Lead technical team members to achieve the goal strategically in time.\n\n* Work with relevant departments in a studio to establish an efficient audio pipeline.\n\n* Create a solid strategy of memory and cpu usage to hit the project’s requirement.\n\n* Establish an effective schedule and manage it transparently.\n\n* Building up an audio test strategy to manage audio bug fix works.\n\n* Contribute to relevant discipline workflow, including narrative and Localization pipeline.\n\n* Contribute to improving the audio team’s working environment.\n\n\n\n\n \nBasic Qualifications:\n\n\n* 7+ years of professional experience in the technical audio design field, including at least one AAA title.\n\n* Expert knowledge of Wwise implementation.\n\n* Professional knowledge of Unreal Engine, including blueprint.\n\n* Understanding of 3D spatial audio implementation.\n\n* Proficiency in audio memory and CPU management.\n\n* Understanding of narrative and localization pipeline\n\n* Creative ideation for exciting audio and effective workflow.\n\n* Excellent communication skills.\n\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n\n\n* Leadership experience to drive a team.\n\n* Coding knowledge.\n\n* Audio content creation experience.\n\n* Audio mixing knowledge.\n\n* Deep knowledge of audio hardware and software.\n\n* Experience in collaborating with outsourcing partners.\n\n* Audio bugs management experience.\n\n* Clear documentation capability.\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Design and Designer jobs that are similar:\n\n $60,000 — $105,000/year\n
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\n\n#Location\nVancouver, British Columbia, Canada

\n\n\n\n***This position has the flexibility to be fully remote***\n\nManager, UX Design\n\n\n\nSony Bend Studio, renowned creator of Days Gone, Uncharted: Golden Abyss, and Syphon Filter, is looking for a Senior UX Designer to join our passionate and creative family in crafting our next high-profile AAA console title.\n\nWe're on the hunt for an exceptional Manager, UX Design who will elevate the UX discipline for our product and studio. Are you a positive manager and hands on contributor who can drive the creation of top-notch experiences for our players while demonstrating outstanding leadership qualities? In this role, empower your team while working alongside the creative director and craft leads to develop the UX vision and strategy for products in development. You'll be responsible for evangelizing your team's vision across the studio and encouraging the team through UX principles, best practices, and strategies.\nRequirements\n\n\n* Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Game Design, UX Design, interaction design, human-computer interaction, or psychology.\n\n* 7-10 years of senior experience in UX roles within the video game industry or related fields, with leadership experience.\n\n* Excellent management and communication skills, able to inspire team members, and provide constructive feedback.\n\n* Experience with in-game UI design processes and tools, and coordinating the creation of UI/UX deliverables. Proprietary engine experience is a plus.\n\n* Commitment to inclusive design and fostering diverse talent within the team.\n\n* Proficiency in agile methodologies and fundamental UX and technical design principles.\n\n* A holistic approach to design, with an ability to iterate effectively.\n\n* Skill in translating analytical findings into actionable insights for decision-making.\n\n* Passion for user-centered design solutions and educating others about them.\n\n* Familiarity with a variety of popular gaming models.\n\n* In-depth knowledge of and passion for the latest trends in the gaming industry.\n\n* Willingness to support the team with hands-on contributions when necessary.\n\n\n\nResponsibilities\n\n\n* Lead and articulate the product UX vision to leadership, team, and the wider organization while ensuring user-centric, high-quality experiences.\n\n* Mentor the team, providing management and coaching, and collaborate with studio leadership on recruitment and development.\n\n* Champion accessibility in design and maintain a comprehensive, growing knowledge base.\n\n* Nurture collaborative relationships with stakeholders, troubleshoot interdepartmental workflow issues, and uphold high standards for all UI.\n\n* Manage task prioritization within the team and self to meet deadlines and respect technical constraints, while also refining the team’s tools and pipelines.\n\n* Collectively interpret player behaviors and needs to enhance the gaming experience.\n\n* Convey experience design through user stories, flow charts, user journeys, wireframes, and prototypes that effectively illustrate user needs.\n\n* Encourage UX best practices across the studio.\n\n* If you're passionate about creating incredible player experiences and possess the skills we're looking for, we'd love to hear from you. Please submit your resume and portfolio.\n\n\n\n\n\n#LI-DL2 \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Design, Designer, Video and Senior jobs that are similar:\n\n $45,000 — $100,000/year\n
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\n\n#Location\nBend, Oregon, United States