Release Manager, Publishing – 6 Month Project Hire

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🕒 July 31

🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $85k - $102k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👔 Manager

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Skydance

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2010

📣 Marketing

💼 Consulting

📱 Media

Marketing • Consulting • Media

Skydance is a media company engaged in the production of films, television series, and interactive media. It streams its content on various platforms, including Apple TV+, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and HBO Max. Skydance is involved in creating trailers and teasers for its productions, including high-profile series and movies like 'Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning', 'Foundation', 'Reacher', and others. The company has also expanded into areas such as sports content with 'Hard Knocks' and diversified its offerings with animated films and interactive new media. Skydance emphasizes maintaining an active presence on social media to keep audiences informed about its latest projects and releases.

📋 Description

• Own submissions (patches, content drops, store page updates) across first-party platforms (PlayStation, Xbox, Steam, Epic Games Store, Nintendo) • Advise teams on platform compliance requirements, emerging best practices, and new platform opportunities • Build and maintain release schedules in partnership with the Executive Producer and developer • Serve as the go-to point of contact between development teams and first-party partners • Sync with Localization, Marketing, and Development to keep releases on track and high quality • Act as the primary technical contact for platform partners • Coordinate feature approval processes with platform holders as needed • Manage age rating submissions with global rating boards

🎯 Requirements

• Experience shipping on all platforms as a Release Manager (Steam, EGS, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo) • Hands-on experience with first-party submission and certification processes • Expert knowledge of platform requirements: TRCs, XRs, lotcheck, and similar • Strong communication skills, including the ability to hold your ground in tough conversations • A proactive mindset and comfort owning outcomes • Excellent organizational instincts paired with a solutions-first attitude • Genuine passion for games and a solid grasp of the full development lifecycle • Familiarity with JIRA, Asana, Miro, and Excel • Awareness of relevant regulations such as CVAA, COPPA, and GDPR • Prior experience on live-service titles