TRPG Publishing Lead - D&D

Hasbro•Renton, WA

3d•$150,500 - $235,200•Hybrid

About The Position

This role sits at the intersection of creative direction, franchise strategy, and program management, ensuring that externally produced content meets the creative, brand, and standards of Dungeons and Dragons while benefiting from the unique strengths of our partners. You’ll be the primary creative owner and day-to-day point of contact partners. You’ll also help build and run our 2P/3P publishing pipeline: translating Product Architect briefs into clear partner direction, driving schedules and gates, and ensuring we deliver on time, on budget, and at D&D quality. This will by a hybrid role requiring three days a week in our Renton, WA office.

Requirements

Significant experience in creative leadership within games, publishing, entertainment, or transmedia storytelling.
Proven success working with external partners or vendors on premium creative content.
Strong understanding of narrative, worldbuilding, and visual storytelling principles.
Demonstrated ability to give clear, constructive creative feedback.
Experience collaborating cross-functionally with design, art, narrative, brand, and production teams.

Nice To Haves

Deep familiarity with Dungeons & Dragons, tabletop RPGs, or adjacent fantasy IPs.
Experience with franchise or licensed properties.
Experience managing creative budgets and making cost/quality tradeoffs for externally developed content.

Responsibilities

Serve as the creative lead for externally developed D&D content, including adventures, campaign materials, guides, and artwork.
Establish and communicate clear creative vision, pillars, tone, and quality standards for partners.
Review and approve creative deliverables to ensure alignment with D&D lore, brand values, and player expectations.
Participate in RFPs, pitches, and evaluations, providing creative and strategic assessments of partner capabilities.
Act as a creative liaison between external partners and internal Wizards teams including Product Architects, Design, Art, Narrative, Franchise, Production.
Gather, synthesize, and represent internal feedback, translating it into clear actions for partners.
Ensure external work integrates cleanly with internal roadmaps, initiatives, and franchise priorities.
Lead end-to-end execution for multiple external projects, from Product Architect brief and partner onboarding through final delivery.
Define scopes, milestones, review processes, and approval checkpoints.
Own planning, forecasting, and management of external content development budgets in partnership with Production and Franchise leadership.
Hold accountability for quality and timeliness of partner deliverables; surface clear go/no-go recommendations at key gates.
Identify risks, gaps, or quality issues early and proactively course-correct with partners.
Contribute to broader franchise discussions about content strategy, audience needs, and creative evolution.
Find opportunities where external development can expand capacity, explore new formats, or reach new audiences without compromising quality.