Associate Producer

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About Nexon

Nexon America is a branch of Nexon Co., Ltd., a global video game publisher and leading developer of online virtual worlds for PCs, consoles, and mobile devices. Nexon proudly offers celebrated franchises like Maple Story and Mabinogi that have been enjoyed by millions of players for over two decades. When we founded our Nexon America branch in 2006, we made it our goal to bring those unique games to western players using a player-first approach.

We achieve that goal by applying our team’s outstanding free‑to‑play expertise and live game support to every decision, every day.

The Associate Producer is responsible for managing several internal projects and features for a successful live game launch. This includes executing the vision of the Producer by collaborating with various departments and ensuring the timely, high quality delivery of game features.

• Coordinates tasks, resources, and dependencies across a wide range of internal teams (Dev Ops, Infosec, QA, Localization) and external partners to deliver game milestone objectives
• Help maintain and track established milestones and features for the game
• Collaborate with the team to support operations for launching a live game and supporting live game after launch
• Takes an active role in creating proposals for the game to be developed
• Setup KPI tracking for launching of the game as well as review all relevant game health metrics (KPIs, server stats, other metrics) to identify current and potential issues and collaborate with teams to resolve them
• Participate in an on‑call rotation to respond to emergencies or critical live environment issues after the game is launched
• Mentor Production Coordinator
• Other duties as assigned

• 3–4 years of game production experience with a track record of launching multiple titles
• 2+ years of live game experience preferred
• Experience managing game features or pipelines from start to finish

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

• Knowledge of live and online game player behavior
• Strategic thinking, problem‑solving ability
• Knowledge of the game industry including emerging trends with a focus on the markets served by Nexon
• Preferably a gamer at heart
• High level understanding of online environments and processes required to maintain high uptime
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Exceptional project and time management
• Strong organizational skills
• Proficient in MS Office

Management has the right to add or change duties and job requirements at any time.

We offer medical, dental and vision plans for you, your spouse or domestic partner and your children. Employees who enroll in the high deductible health plan receive an annual employer contribution to a health savings account and company‑paid hospital indemnity benefits. We also provide company‑paid life, AD&D, short‑term and long‑term disability benefits as well as access to voluntary life and AD&D for yourself and your dependents, flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) savings plan with a company match, and pet insurance.

Nexies are encouraged to take advantage of our monthly wellness credit, participate in lunchtime yoga, and enroll in language classes. We host bi‑monthly catered lunches, monthly happy hours, and maintain a well‑stocked snack bar. To help you maintain a good work‑life balance, we offer paid time off, sick days, company holidays, and a year‑end break.

Nexon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

The base salary range for this position in El Segundo, CA is $70,000 - $83,000 annually.

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