Producer - Audio & Localization (Retro Studios)

Location: Austin, TX, US; onsite

Company

Retro Studios is a wholly owned subsidiary of hirify.global focused on AAA game development for hirify.global platforms.

What you will do

• Support audio and localization planning by tracking product readiness, critical-path work, dependencies, approvals, and delivery status.
• Track audio development budgets, internal costs, and outsourced/vendor budgets.
• Coordinate sprint and milestone planning, reviews, retrospectives, team velocity, scope, and capacity tracking.
• Communicate status, maintain development plans, and support risk mitigation strategies with production and development leadership.
• Coordinate cross-disciplinary work across engineering, art, design, QA, publishers, legal, finance, and external vendors.
• Support build deployments, build notes, content pipelines, development processes, and vendor contract approvals.

Requirements

• 7+ years of game development experience as a Producer or Project Manager of cross-disciplinary teams.
• Prior experience in an audio role in game development.
• Experience coordinating with engineering, art, and design professionals in game development.
• Deep familiarity with pre-production and production phases of AAA game development.
• Deep familiarity with Jira, Confluence, and other Atlassian products.
• Excellent soft skills with a firm yet supportive demeanor.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent time management skills.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with Excel.
• Familiarity with Miro or similar collaborative whiteboard solutions.
• Familiarity with ShotGrid/Flow.

Culture & Benefits

• Onsite work based in Austin, Texas.
• Inclusive and welcoming environment focused on kindness, empathy, respect, collaboration, curiosity, creativity, and initiative.
• Equal opportunity employer.
• Reasonable accommodation is available during the application process.