Publishing Producer

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