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# Senior Producer at Atari, Inc.

- **Company:** Atari, Inc.
- **Location:** Melbourne, Australia
- **Posted:** 2026-10-07
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-05
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/atariinc/jobs/5447079008

## Job description

Producer (Senior) - Hipster Whale

## About Us

At Hipster Whale, we're passionate about creating bright and funny arcade action games that appeal to broad audiences - games that players will continue to enjoy for years to come!

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Producer to join our team in a permanent, ongoing role.This is a highly collaborative role for someone who brings clarity, focus and momentum to game development. You’ll work across multiple projects and disciplines, helping teams plan effectively, make informed decisions, manage risks and deliver high-quality games on time and within scope.

## About the Role

You’ll support both new development and live-ops releases across several mobile titles, partnering with a variety of disciplines, platform partners and other stakeholders. You’ll manage schedules and dependencies, keep communication flowing, and help teams stay motivated and focused on shared goals.

The ideal candidate has experience successfully shipping commercial games, strong knowledge of production practices and Agile development, and the communication skills to work confidently with people at every level of an organisation.

This is a full-time, ongoing position. We’re ideally looking for someone based in Melbourne and available to start as soon as possible. Applicants based in Australia must hold appropriate Australian working rights.

Hipster Whale supports a hybrid working arrangement, with a minimum of two days per week in our Melbourne studio — currently Mondays and Thursdays. We also support flexibility to accommodate individual needs wherever possible.

We’re proud to foster an inclusive and welcoming work environment. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and perspectives.

## What You'll Do

- Own production across multiple projects, including new development and live-ops releases.
- Create and maintain project plans and release roadmaps, ensuring priorities, milestones, dependencies and key dates are clear and up to date.
- Help teams prioritise effectively, manage scope and make clear trade-offs between quality, time and resources.
- Identify risks, dependencies and delivery issues early, then work with teams and stakeholders to develop practical solutions.
- Facilitate effective communication and decision-making within teams and with external stakeholders. This includes running meetings, documenting decisions and tracking actions.
- Facilitate collaboration between disciplines and make dependencies visible so teams can work effectively together.
- Keep Jira and Notion accurate and up to date so they provide a reliable source of truth for roadmaps, tasks, documentation and releases.
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies, including stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives.
- Support continuous improvement of our production processes, tools and ways of working.
- Help create a psychologically safe, collaborative environment where people feel comfortable sharing ideas, raising concerns and taking creative risks.
- Be a strong advocate for the quality of our games and our team values.

## What We're Looking For

- 5+ years experience in the games industry or similar, having delivered multiple commercial projects
- Experience working on mobile games and familiarity with the mobile release processes, including Apple App Store and Google Play
- A deep understanding of core production principles and practices, including Agile methodologies
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with experience working across disciplines and with stakeholders at all levels of an organisation
- The ability to identify problems early, communicate them clearly and help teams reach practical decisions
- Confidence working with schedules, dependencies, project documentation and spreadsheets
- Experience using task and project management tools such as Jira
- Enthusiasm for games and a good sense of humour

Bonus Points

- Experience working on Apple Arcade titles
- Experience supporting live-ops development, regular content updates or post-launch product development
- Scrum Master, Agile or project management certification.
- Professional experience in another game development discipline, such as design, engineering, art, or QA
- Experience improving production processes, team structures or development workflows
- Just because we’re calling out for a Producer, doesn’t mean we aren’t extremely interested in hearing about any particular interests you have that may contribute positively to our studio!

Critical Info

- Competitive salary, based on skills and experience
- This is a permanent, on-going position.
- Applications are open until Sunday, November 1st, 2026.
- We aim to move through the recruitment process as quickly as possible and will respond to all applicants regardless of the outcome.
- Due to the large volume of applications we receive, we’re unfortunately not able to provide specific feedback to each applicant.

## About Hipster Whale

Hipster Whale is a multi-award winning Australian studio, located in the heart of Melbourne.

Their first release, Crossy Road, quickly became a viral success and Hipster Whale titles have amassed more than 500 million downloads to date.

Hipster Whale has joined forces with world-renowned companies along the way, including Bandai Namco and Disney to create more top-charting games like PAC-MAN 256 and Disney Crossy Road.

They continue to make and publish bright and funny games with broad appeal, including Piffle, and the Apple Arcade exclusives Crossy Road Castle and Crossy Road+. Hipster Whale is and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Atari.

## About Atari, Inc.

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Atari is an interactive entertainment production company that manages an intellectual property portfolio of more than 400 classic games and franchises, while operating game development studios, publishing, consumer hardware, and licensing.
- **Entity Type**: Public (Euronext Growth Paris: ALATA, OTC Pink: PONGF)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 1972
- **Founders**: Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Video games / interactive entertainment
- **Target customers**: Retro and modern gamers (B2C); licensing partners and IP collaborators (B2B); hardware consumers
- **Mission**: To honor the legacy of the Atari brand and build an engaged community of passionate fans around retro-focused content.

## Products & Services
- **Atari VCS**: Modern hybrid console for playing classic and indie titles
- **Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration**: Interactive museum/compilation game
- **Digital Eclipse**: Game development studio specializing in retro collections and archival releases (subsidiary)
- **Nightdive Studios**: Studio known for remastering and publishing classic games (subsidiary)
- **MobyGames**: Renowned video game database and community resource (subsidiary)
- **Coatsink**: Game development studio (subsidiary)
- **Licensing**: Iconic IP including Pong®, Asteroids®, Centipede®, Missile Command®, and hundreds more

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly available in this search. (Shares traded on Euronext Growth Paris and OTC Pink as of 2024+)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue – not disclosed in available search results. As a public company, Atari files financial reports on Euronext.
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Major partner/CEO Wade Rosen; no specific institutional investors listed in provided sources.
- **Growth Signals**: Acquisition and integration of multiple studios (Nightdive, Digital Eclipse, MobyGames, Coatsink); active hiring for AI and engineering roles (Senior AI Engineer, Principal AI Systems Engineer, QA Automation Engineer) across US, Germany, and India; headcount growth visible on LinkedIn (18 people, +9.3% YoY for core corporate, while subsidiaries expand independently).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Brand legacy**: One of the most recognized brands in gaming history, with over 50 years of cultural impact
- **Large IP portfolio**: 400+ games/franchises with built-in nostalgia and licensing potential
- **Studio network**: Owns specialized retro-focused development and publishing studios (Digital Eclipse, Nightdive, Coatsink) and authoritative database (MobyGames)
- **Unique market position**: Combines hardware (Atari VCS), software publishing, and licensing under one roof

## Strategic Focus
- Restoring, optimizing, and publishing classic video games to reach new and returning audiences
- Expanding AI-driven game development and systems engineering (as reflected in AI job postings)
- Growing community engagement around retro content and preserving gaming history
- Leveraging IP through licensing partnerships and new product categories

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “Make gaming history” with a team that “dreams big, jumps into new technology, and expands into new markets.”
- **Hybrid / Remote**: Headquarters in midtown Manhattan with a hybrid environment that blends remote flexibility with collaborative in-office dynamics.
- **Perks**: Paid Time Off, Year-End Shutdown, and an explicit “Play Games!” expectation built into the workday.
- **Locations**: New York, NY (US); Münster, Germany; Delhi, India; plus remote options for certain roles.
- **Subsidiaries**: Opportunities exist across Atari and its family of studios (Nightdive, Digital Eclipse, Coatsink), each with its own engineering and creative culture.
- **Caution**: Atari warns of fraudulent recruitment; official communication only from @atari.com, @digitaleclipse.com, or @nightdivestudios.com email addresses.

## Sources
1. [Atari About Page](https://atari.com/pages/about)
2. [Atari Careers Page](https://atari.com/pages/careers)
3. [LinkedIn Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/atari)
4. [Atari Greenhouse Job Board](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/atariinc)

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