Producer

Overview

As the Producer on the Product Design team, the contractor will play a pivotal role in driving our UX design initiatives within the Store e-commerce platform. The contractor should demonstrate a passion for collaboration and operational excellence, showcasing a proven track record of leading complex projects and teams. Your organizational agility will enable you to navigate and influence at all levels of the organization effectively.

In this role, the contractor will be working closely with the Director of Product Design, in obtaining and maintaining alignment from partners and cross-functional teams. The contractor will frame complex player opportunities and pain points and business objectives, drive informed decisions, and develop actionable plans that garner alignment with partners and buy-in from stakeholders. The contractor ability to work collaboratively across teams will ensure successful execution of these plans. A data-driven mindset and a relentless focus on player needs will be essential as you strive to enhance the user experience and drive OKRs.

This role will contribute to 

• Oversee the end-to-end design process and Agile development process, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within scope.
• Track design requests, tasks and deliverables across multiple functions to ensure high performing team velocity and efficiency.
• Participate in the collection of operational metrics to inform the overall performance, capacity, and priorities of each project.
• Identify Strategic solutions and new paths forward as business priorities shift and reprioritization efforts are needed.
• Schedule, facilitate and drive meetings with partners and stakeholders, including weekly team rituals, project kickoffs, design reviews, retrospectives/post-mortems.
• Anticipate and mitigate risks and project delays.
• Proactively ask questions that bring clarity, minimize scope creep, and move projects forward while identifying operational efficiencies and opportunities for the teams.
• Facilitate and coordinate collaboration and communication across team members and partners to ensure alignment and proactively seek to bring people together when efforts or initiatives need broader awareness, alignment or signoff.
• Rigorous documentation including but not limited to communicating status to leadership and stakeholders, track action items, create clear agendas to optimize meetings, and establish program roadmaps across each initiative.
• Capture impact and reporting metrics across supported initiatives.
• Foster Business, Planning and Engineering partnerships and enable a positive, inclusive, and engaging team atmosphere.

The ideal resume would contain

• 5-7 years experience in Design, Gaming, UI/UX, retail, ecommerce, data science, research, marketing or business-related roles.
• OR Bachelor’s Degree in Design, Art, Business, Marketing, Economics, Social Science, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 5-7 years experience in Design, Gaming, UI/UX, retail, ecommerce, data science, research, marketing or business-related roles.
• OR Master’s Degree in Design, Art, Business, Marketing, Economics, Social Science, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field AND 5-7 years experience in Design, Gaming, UI/UX, retail, ecommerce, data science, research, marketing or business-related roles.
• 5-7 years project/product management experience.
• Experience in a design studio or creative agency environment.
• Familiarity with work intake (e.g. ADO) and other relevant project management tools.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and adapt to changing priorities.
• Familiarity with design processes as well as product design philosophies and best practices.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office: Teams, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word.
• Familiarity with Figma, FigJam, Mural and Slack.
• Passion and interest in games and gaming communities.

Top 3 Hard Skills Required + Years of Experience

1. Minimum 5-7 years experience with Producing.
2. Minimum 5-7 years experience with Organization.
3. Minimum 5-7 years experience with UX UI.

The target hiring compensation range for this role is $42.82 to $47.58 an hour. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.

About Aquent Talent:

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world’s biggest brands.

Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training through Aquent Gymnasium. More information on our awesome benefits! 

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We’re about creating an inclusive environment—one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.

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