Mobile Games Release Specialist

Mattel Game Studios builds and publishes digital games inspired by Mattel’s iconic brands—creating high-quality experiences that connect players with the characters and worlds they love. Led by seasoned games industry leaders, we partner across disciplines and with best-in-class external studios to bring experiences to life for a global audience.

The Opportunity: We’re looking for a Mobile Games Release Specialist to own submission execution and continual release operations across mobile game titles launching on Apple’s App Store, Google Play, and Epic Games Store. This is a publishing‑side role that works in close partnership with Production, internal QA Management, Live Ops, external QA vendors, and third‑party development studios to ensure builds, store metadata, assets, compliance inputs, and submission materials are complete, accurate, and delivered on schedule.

With a strong focus on execution, coordination, and first‑party readiness, this role helps Mattel Game Studios launch polished, compliant, and on‑time mobile experiences.

• Own first‑party submission execution: prepare and manage submissions for launches, live updates, hotfixes, and regional rollouts across Apple’s App Store, Google Play, Epic Games Store, and Creator platforms.
• Drive release logistics: maintain checklists, timelines, and release plans so teams are aligned on requirements, dependencies, approvals, and target dates.
• Own release calendar and version control: ensure builds, metadata, and submissions are prepared, approved, and submitted on schedule.
• Coordinate cross‑functional release operations: partner with Production, internal stakeholders, QA, and development teams to gather inputs, blockers, risks, and timeline changes, and support informed decisions.
• Work alongside vendor‑led QA operations: coordinate with the QA Manager and QA partners to align release candidate readiness, validation status, defect priorities, and submission timing.
• Manage store setup and compliance: oversee store metadata, assets, disclosures, release notes, and platform requirements to ensure submissions are accurate and complete.
• Own first‑party feedback and launch execution: respond to platform review feedback, communicate with all stakeholders, coordinate resubmissions, track rollout status, crash reporting, and support urgent fixes to keep releases moving.
• Improve release processes: maintain templates, playbooks, and documentation while identifying opportunities to use AI‑assisted workflows to streamline submission preparation, status tracking, and release communications.

• 4+ years in mobile game release operations, submission management, or related games publishing QA roles, with hands‑on experience supporting launches across major mobile storefronts.
• Experience managing submissions with Apple’s App Store Connect and Google Play Console;
  Epic Games Store;
  Age Ratings Boards experience is a plus.
• Strong understanding of mobile release workflows, platform requirements, store metadata, privacy disclosures, age ratings, and regional release setup.
• Experience coordinating across Production, QA, engineering, vendors, and third‑party development partners in a deadline‑driven Live Ops environment.
• Strong attention to detail, operational judgment, and communication skills, with proficiency in tools such as Jira, Confluence, Test Flight, Fastlane, automation systems, and store submission consoles.

• Shipped mobile game(s) and/or supported live game services / tech in live games production environments.
• Active Scrum Master certification (PSM, CSM).

Mattel offers competitive total pay programs, comprehensive benefits, and resources to help empower a culture where every employee can reach their full potential.

Mattel is an Equal Opportunity Employer where we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day. We welcome all job seekers, and all applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, veteran and protected veteran status, disability status, and or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act, qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment.