Mob Entertainment is a startup multimedia studio that is best known for our hit indie horror game "Poppy Playtime". Poppy Playtime is one of hottest new properties in gaming, and our team is naturally expanding as our ambition expands. To give a taste of our brand's popularity, Poppy Playtime had 7.5 billion views of Huggy Wuggy videos on YouTube.
Mob Entertainment is seeking an experienced Animation Producer to oversee the day-to-day operations of the animation team. This role involves full management of the production pipeline, including staffing, scheduling, people management, and budget oversight. This role will see you collaborating with upper management, showrunners, and key stakeholders to ensure the project is delivered on time, within budget, and without compromising creativity, artist capacity or quality.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Establishing and optimizing the entire 3D production pipeline to ensure smooth and efficient workflows.
- Developing and managing departmental budgets for each episode.
- Collaborating with production staff to break down episodes and ensuring they remain within scope and budget constraints.
- Strategically planning and setting key milestones and deadlines for all departments and episodes.
- Supervising and planning daily operations and working closely with production teams and show leadership to ensure timely delivery of episodes.
- Orchestrating and directing production meetings.
- Managing personnel, including resolving conflicts and maintaining a productive team environment.
- Working with leadership and HR to identify staffing needs, and assisting in recruitment and onboarding processes.
Requirements
- 5+ years experience in animation production or a similar role.
- Strong Leadership and people management skills.
- Excellent production strategy and decision making skills.
- Ability to identify and resolve production issues ahead of time.
- Experience in budget and scope management.
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Exceptional organizational and management skills.
- Strong proficiency in shot production management software. E.g. Autodesk Flow (Shotgrid), Jira, etc.
- Expertise in optimizing team composition and identifying necessary roles.
- An understanding or experience with the arts, animation, gaming, and/or ‘internet nerd’ culture.
OUR CORE VALUES:
- Storytelling
- Quality
- Obsession
- Creativity
- Subversion
- Collaboration
- Scrappiness
EMPLOYEE EXPECTATIONS:
- Kindness
- Result-Oriented
- Autonomy
- Efficiency
- Humility
- Be real.
- Be weird.
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Mob Entertainment is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or religious creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, family or parental status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. All employment decisions are based on a person’s merit, business needs, and role requirements. If you require further accommodations or have questions regarding accessibility of our roles, please reach out to info@mobentertainment.com
