Publishing Producer

2K•Novato, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

2K’s Sports Business Unit is seeking a Publishing Producer to help develop the foundations of a new sports intellectual property. The role supports delivery of a game from concept through release and post-launch, coordinating publishing operations, technology integrations, budgets, and end-to-end production pipelines. The producer serves as a strategic point of alignment between development teams and cross-functional publishing groups, helping teams deliver on schedule and at quality.

Requirements

4–5+ years of experience in internal or external game development.
Experience in project management and production, with a proven ability to take full games or major features from inception to ship and support them post-launch.
Experience with the differences between Publishing and Development Production, gained in a publishing production team or an internal development team backed by an external publisher.
Deep understanding of the game development lifecycle and ability to assess project progress, strengths, and weaknesses at major milestones.
Excellent communication skills, including adapting communication to different audiences and leading one-to-one meetings and group presentations.
Strong relationship-building skills and ability to maintain a clear understanding of internal and external teams.
Strong problem-solving skills and a structured approach to ambiguous development challenges.
Financial competence, including experience managing budgets for small games or designated areas of larger games and resolving budget risks.
Passion for the gaming market and ability to discuss industry trends and apply learnings to games.
Genuine passion for sports in some form.
Experience with Google Suite, especially Sheets, Slides, and Docs.

Nice To Haves

AAA and/or live-service game experience.
Experience with Jira or Asana.
Familiarity with establishing new intellectual property, including developing a new concept from a blank page and making creative ambitions shippable.

Responsibilities

Provide production support to development teams, understand their needs, help build publishing-dependent development pipelines, and foster strong publisher-developer relationships.
Develop pipelines for designing, creating, and approving in-game content, with processes to track progress, resolve blockers, and meet player content needs.
Contribute to milestone reviews of game builds and design documentation, providing feedback to development teams.
Coordinate integration of backend and core technology services into an in-development title, reconciling game team and central technology requirements and timelines.
Design and run internal game evaluation processes, incorporating input from Publishing and QA and providing timely feedback to development teams.
Lead the game submission process from pre-certification through post-launch, coordinating with development, QA, and Release Management.
Coordinate playtests and build launches, align game teams and publishing units, and manage tactical responses to live issues.
Translate product knowledge into business requirements that marketing, commercial, and licensing partners can understand and use.
Manage designated portions of a game budget, such as external development spending or third-party porting costs.
Support Publishing Production leadership in preparing executive-facing presentations.

Benefits

Bonus and/or equity awards may be included in total compensation.
Eligibility to participate in the company’s 401(k) plan.
Employee Stock Purchase Program.
Medical insurance.
Dental insurance.
Vision insurance.
Basic life insurance.
14 paid holidays per calendar year.
15–25 days of paid vacation per calendar year or eligibility for the company’s discretionary time off program.
Up to 10 paid sick days per calendar year.
Paid parental and compassionate leave.
Mental health and other wellbeing programs.
Family planning support through Maven.
Commuter benefits.
Reimbursements for fitness-related expenses.