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The VR marketplace is exploding, and PIXO is leading the way in on-demand generation and adoption in our industry. With our groundbreaking PIXO ApexTM platform, we provide comprehensive, end-to-end VR content, distribution, and management solutions for enterprise. PIXO VR is a rapidly growing company focused on growth of our employees and our business. Due to our aggressive growth plan, every employee has the opportunity to advance their knowledge and position with PIXO VR through hard work and initiative. We offer a culture of personal accountability and reward that with generous benefits and time off as well as a flexible work environment. This position can be either based in our headquarters in Royal Oak, Michigan or it can be remote.
Job Overview:
PIXO VR is searching for an Associate Producer to join our team. The Associate Producer will work within our VR Studio to support and manage the creation of VR training content for PIXO customers. The Associate Producer will be integral in organizing processes from discovery to project launch and acceptance. The Associate Producer will work closely with customers, subject matter experts, design, development, art, and QA to oversee the project being delivered on-time, within budget and ensuring a quality product is delivered to the customer. The Associate Producer must be able to communicate well within the dev teams and with internal and external stakeholders. The Associate Producer must be able to manage multiple projects concurrently. Previous experience in game development, VR development and/or offshore development is preferred.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Lead and own the entire project process for internal and external stakeholders; from discovery, through production, testing/QA, client demos and reviews, launch and post launch roadmap
Own the schedule, work with leads to determine time and resources needed to see the project through completion
Build and maintain project plans, schedules, and roadmaps considering dependencies across multiple development teams to ensure successful release
Communicate often and openly, provide transparency on project status and risk to stakeholders and project team members in order to ensure they are properly informed of any impacts from upcoming releases
Meet with project team members regularly to coordinate priorities and identify blockers
Manage project scope and budget, identify and actively manage scope creep and manage customers expectations.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
2-3 years’ experience working in a production role where you have managed cross-functional teams in the creation and delivery of complex projects
Deep understanding of game development, software development process, and project management practices preferred
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
Demonstrated technical aptitude.
Preferred experience with development programming or game development
Experience with problem solving and identifying risk proactively
Self-starter, approaching challenges creatively and methodically, seeing them through final resolution
Proven ability to communicate with varying levels of stakeholders, within your team and throughout the company
Proven ability to adapt and be effective in new situations within a highly dynamic environment
Experience managing remote and offshore teams preferred.
Attributes:
Positive outlook with a drive to meet and exceed goals
Collaborative, motivating and empowering leadership style
Passion around learning, growing and developing new technology solutions
A natural bias to action
Natural problem solver who identifies and owns issues proactively
