Senior Producer

Summary

We are looking for a Senior Producer to lead production across our Cinematics, Narrative, and Audio disciplines on an all-new open world game. This is a deeply cross-functional role - one that requires someone who can hold the long view on story and craft while also managing the day-to-day complexity of three highly interdependent teams.

As a Senior Producer at Absurd Ventures, you will partner with cross-functional leaders to plan, schedule, and deliver content that is ambitious in scope and cohesive in execution. You understand how cinematics, story, and sound function together to create emotional impact - and you know how to protect that work inside the pressures of a large production. You are a clear communicator, a steady presence under uncertainty, and someone who earns trust across disciplines by being prepared, direct, and honest.

Core Responsibilities

• Own production planning, scheduling, and milestone delivery across Cinematics, Narrative, and Audio, ensuring all three disciplines are aligned and moving at pace.
• Partner with department directors and leads to define scope, build roadmaps, track progress, and surface risk before it becomes a problem.
• Facilitate cross-discipline coordination across Narrative, Cinematics, Audio, Mission Design, Animation, and Engineering - making sure dependencies are visible and handoffs happen cleanly.
• Track and manage the narrative pipeline; working with studio partner teams to facilitate asset creation and ingestion into the game.
• Maintain a clear picture of team capacity, flag resourcing gaps early, and work with Production leadership to resolve them.
• Run effective reviews, standups, and cross-team syncs - keeping meetings purposeful and decisions documented.
• Track and manage budgets across your disciplines, providing accurate forecasts and escalating when needed.
• Protect the creative intent of directors and leads by building schedules that give the work room to be good - and knowing when to push back on scope.
• Mentor and support Associate Producers and Coordinators on your team, helping them grow and take on more ownership over time.

Core Qualifications

• 7+ years of production experience in the video game industry, with at least one shipped AAA title as a Producer or Senior Producer.
• Direct experience producing across at least two of the three disciplines - Cinematics, Narrative, or Audio - at meaningful scale.
• Deep understanding of how cinematic, narrative, and audio content is built, integrated, and iterated on in a large open world production.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex cross-discipline dependencies and keep multiple workstreams on track simultaneously.
• Experience working with external vendors supporting cinematics or audio content.
• Comfort working closely with creative directors and strong-willed leads - you can hold a schedule and push back on scope without damaging trust.
• Excellent written and verbal communication. You run a tight meeting, write a clear brief, and know how to deliver hard news without drama.
• Proficiency with standard production tools - Jira, Shotgrid, spreadsheets, or equivalent - and the judgment to know when to use them lightly.

Plus if…

• Experience producing narrative or cinematic content inside Unreal Engine 5, with familiarity of Sequencer or dialogue toolsets.
• Background in film, audio post-production, or interactive narrative
• Experience managing mo-cap shoots or on-set productions.
• Familiarity with music licensing, adaptive audio systems, or middleware such as Wwise or FMOD.
• Previous experience on an open world title with a large mission and story slate.

Description

• Full-time job with benefits.
• Role is on-site in Santa Monica, CA.
• Office is located near downtown Santa Monica - near metro and freeways.

The base pay range for this position is $120,000 to $150,000 per year. Actual compensation is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. We also offer a competitive package of benefits including vacation time, sick time, company holidays, parental leave, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) matching to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.

- 7+ years of production experience in the video game industry, with at least one shipped AAA title as a Producer or Senior Producer. - Direct experience producing across at least two of the three disciplines: Cinematics, Narrative, or Audio, at meaningful scale. - Deep understanding of how cinematic, narrative, and audio content is built, integrated, and iterated on in a large open world production. - Demonstrated ability to manage complex cross-discipline dependencies and keep multiple workstreams on track simultaneously. - Experience working with external vendors supporting cinematics or audio content. - Comfort working closely with creative directors and strong-willed leads. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills. - Proficiency with standard production tools such as Jira, Shotgrid, or spreadsheets.