Associate Producer, Gaming & VR

Love baseball? Videogame development? 3D Data Visualization? Ensuring deadlines, brand requirements, and stakeholder requirements are met? Then see if you match up with this MLB Games & VR Associate Producer job description. Our APs work with internal and external development teams to coordinate delivery of products and features, review quality, help manage staff, and hit the aforementioned deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the development of various size projects throughout each phase of production and live operations, with oversight at key milestones and final product reviews
• Work with development staff to define project scope and deliverables that support business goals
• Act as a liaison, coordinating multiple disciplines such as Development, Art, Audio, Animation, Design, and QA, in order to fulfill project goals
• Help the production team write features designs, test early iterations, and provide product feedback
• Manage and track tasks, negotiate priorities with development team and stakeholders
• Track project milestones and deliverables. Report progress, risks and issues on the project to key stakeholders
• Navigate the QA database and help manage QA process - track issues, assign tasks, and manage QA resources for projects
• Review analytics, guide priorities for product development and support
• Coordinate and validate MLB branded content in internal and external game products — cultivating the MLB brand for gaming community
  
  

Required Skills And Experience

• You’re passionate about games, you play games and you are knowledgeable about games
• Minimum of 1 year experience in AAA mobile and/or game development or been part of a team that has delivered at least one AAA title to market
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Technically savvy with a good understanding of computer systems and software
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Programs such as PowerPoint, Excel, and Word.
• Has a high degree of flexibility in approach and is able to balance structure and process with the needs of a creative and dynamic environment
  
  

Desired Skills And Experience

• Highly motivated leader who can learn quickly
• Good understanding of the rules of baseball
• Can communicate vision and quality objectives within the product development team
• Ability to demonstrate a practical knowledge of project management methodologies
• Strong organizational, analytical, prioritization, and interpersonal skills
• Comfortable with spreadsheet software
• Previous experience in JIRA or other issue tracking database software
• Previous scripting software experience or game engine experience
• Previous experience with 3D data visualization
  
  

Why MLB?

Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. Employees love working at MLB because of the culture of growth, teamwork, and professionalism. Employees who are most successful at MLB take initiative, know how to identify problems and provide solutions, and always put the Team first. For those ready to step up to the plate and join the Major Leagues, MLB takes the same approach as teams do with their players: empowering our “workforce athletes” to be at their best by engineering experiences that put employees in the best position to succeed. Major League Baseball is looking for candidates who are passionate about growing America’s pastime to best serve its fans for decades to come.

MLB’s vision is to be the global sport of choice for youth to play, fans of all backgrounds to enjoy and a desired destination for employment. With a belief that the journey to growth and greatness is ongoing, MLB gives employees the opportunity to continue learning and honing their skills with programs such as: tuition reimbursement; mentorship programs; lunch and learns; online course subscriptions; paid industry certifications; business resource groups; and more.

MLB provides its employees with exceptional medical, dental, and vision coverage. Premiums are 100% employer covered to help employees focus on being their best!

Major League Baseball is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Are you ready to Step Up to the Plate? Apply below!

Per the NYC pay transparency law, the hiring range for this position is $65,000-$85,000.

As a candidate for this position, your salary and related elements of compensation will be contingent upon your work experience, education, skills and any other factors Major League Baseball (MLB) considers relevant to the hiring decision. In addition to your salary, MLB believes in providing a competitive compensation and benefits package for its employees. MLB offers employees a full range of best in class benefits with no employee contributions towards medical, dental, and vision coverage premiums, as well as incentive and recognition programs, life insurance and automatic employer 401k contributions. All benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and the terms of official plan documents which may be modified or amended from time to time.

If you are interested in joining our team and require a reasonable accommodation to assist with any part of the application and/or interview process, please contact us by email at: accommodations@mlb.com