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The App Store is the world's safest and most vibrant app marketplace, serving hundreds of millions of customers across APAC. Our creative teams bring editorial features, seasonal moments, and brand campaigns to life across Today, Apps, Games, Books, Music, and Podcasts - and we're looking for a producer who can sit at the center of that work, keeping design, art buying, motion, and production moving in lockstep.

Description
This role supports Art Buying across the App Store APAC organization, helping Designers and Creative Directors choose the right production route for every project and then owning the process that gets it there. You'll bring structure to ambiguous, fast-moving briefs, coordinate specialist teams at the right moments, and be the connective tissue between creative vision and production reality. This is a global role: you'll work across timezones with design, art buying, motion, 3D, and business affairs partners.

This role is a fixed term 12 month contract position. ","responsibilities":"Partner with Art Directors early to assess project complexity and route work appropriately
Advise on feasibility of creative concepts against timeline and budget before commissioning begins
Bring in specialist teams (motion, 3D) at the right moment to support evolving creative needs
Ensure projects are fully prepped before handoff to Art Buyers - briefs reviewed, specs confirmed, timelines validated
Build and maintain end-to-end production timelines across design, editorial, artists, motion, 3D, and internal review cycles
Own delivery tracking round by round, keeping artists and internal teams aligned and unblocked
Flag usage, licensing, and tech-spec requirements early, before external contracts are signed
Track project spend against forecast and communicate quarterly cost trends to the Managing Producer
Hold projects together through change - scope, creative, or timeline - realigning stakeholders as needed
Attend all App Store work shares and feedback meetings

Preferred Qualifications
Experience in art buying or working directly with illustrators/animators and external creative talent
Familiarity with App Store, Books, Music, or Podcasts creative workflows
Experience managing production timelines that span multiple specialist disciplines (motion, 3D, photo)
Comfortable operating across APAC timezones and cross-regional teams

Minimum Qualifications
3+ years of experience in creative production, project management, or art buying
Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects with competing timelines and stakeholders
Experience partnering with creative and design teams to translate ambiguous briefs into actionable production plans
Strong organizational and communication skills; comfortable being the point of contact across cross-functional teams
Familiarity with production and budget tracking tools (e.g., Airtable, Athena, or equivalent)

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Size: 10,000+ employees
Industry: Technology

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