Fox Digital Entertainment is seeking a Director of Production, Mobile for its Mobile Games and Apps business. This person will have experience working in the mobile-gaming space while demonstrating success launching and managing mobile titles with a deep understanding of design, production, monetization and live operations across multiple game genres. The person will have experience developing high-profile IP and new IP and must be creatively driven, possess great ideas and be commercially savvy. The successful candidate will oversee the development and production of new mobile games creating new IP that creates a greater opportunity cross company.
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Manage the external development and production of multiple new mobile games
Ability to manage a wide range of IP across all demographics, from Kids & Family, to Teen and Mature
Create exciting new-IP through gaming that creates a greater opportunity for the Studio
Lead the creation, development and marketing of new IP games and understand how to use analytics and business intelligence to make informed decisions about establishing the IP
Be the day-to-day contact for app production partners on multiple projects and establish yourself as the internal product champion for each game
Act as the central hub between production, marketing, business, legal, etc. and our external partners to ensure synergy between product development and all licensing functions
Oversee the production timeline and schedule with our partners and provide creative and business support on the quality, production and timing of each game
Possesses great design ideas to help maximize user engagement and monetization
Provide continued support through all phases of development and enthuse quality and innovation throughout
Be completely hands-on with our games and champion them across the organization
Objectively evaluate games from a commercial and critical focus. Ensure all teams operate and are informed by both quantitative and qualitative analytics
Synthesize analysis of game performance metrics on an ongoing basis
Work with the various digital teams across the company to have games integrated into broader marketing campaigns and community management: online, social and richer integrations to drive awareness and grow user/fan base
Ensure apps are integrated into each marketing window across the lifespan of each property (i.e. theatrical release, home entertainment, season premiers/finales, etc.)
Provide wider marketing support for 1st parties and user-acquisition
Potential to manage a small team of producers/production managers
Qualifications
Undergraduate degree in gaming, production, marketing or related field preferred but not essential
Passion for the mobile gaming space and games with a deep understanding of the global mobile games industry. You must be an active gamer
8+ years experience in game production, development and management, with at least 4+ years in mobile gaming launching and managing mobile games as a live service
A practical understanding of all phases of development: concept, pre-production, production and post-production/live-service with a creative eye able to communicate game ideas and improvements to our partners. Previous project-management skills a plus
Strong technology understanding with an eye on current trends, innovations and cutting-edge gaming and development
Strong knowledge of mobile marketing, pr and community management with experience working with Film and Television promotions preferred
Experience working with global-IP preferred
Experience developing new IP required
Experience working in both a publishing and development environment a bonus
Experienced and comfortable working across multiple divisions within a company
Launched at least three successful global mobile games for iOS and Android
Must be organized, detail oriented, scrappy and comfortable in a fast-paced environment
Demonstrative proof of an open-mined, progressive thinker who is flexible, energetic and driven with the ability to overcome obstacles and challenges with working solutions
Experience with Agile methodologies a plus
Wider platform experience for consoles, PC and web a plus
You need to live and breathe mobile games!
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