Interactive Bidding Producer
Sawhorse Productions · Los Angeles, CA · 1 mo ago
HybridOTHR$100k–$120k/yrFull-time
Requirements
- Client Intake: Oversee incoming bid requests, asking the right questions to fully understand creative, timing, and budget scope before quoting
- Scoping & Estimating: Convert client conversations into clear scopes of work, accurate budgets, and practical schedules. Structure lean, expanded, or phased options when needed and make sure everything being proposed can actually be delivered
- Interactive Budgeting: Build budgets for interactive gaming experiences and branded activations, including Roblox, Fortnite, and broader UGC platforms
- Pitch Materials Oversight: Oversee the creation of decks and pitch materials, making sure scope, budget, and resourcing line up cleanly before they reach the client
- Cross-Disciplinary Coordination: Pull in creative, strategy, game direction, engineering, art, and community leads as each bid requires. Know when to go broad and when to keep the team tight
- Schedule & Pipeline Management: Maintain bidding calendars, prioritize an ongoing task list, and run regular status updates to keep every bid moving on time
- Client Communication: Maintain clear and constant communication with clients and leadership on deadlines, budget concerns, and project progress
- Project Greenlight Handoff: On project greenlight, brief the production team on what was sold, the assumptions behind it, and the key risks and pressure points
- Industry Awareness: Stay current on interactive platform capabilities, pricing trends, and emerging formats so bids reflect what is actually achievable today
Qualifications
- Experience: 5+ years of experience in production, bidding, or project management roles within interactive, gaming, digital, or branded content environments
- Interactive Fluency: Strong general knowledge of the interactive landscape, including UGC gaming platforms, branded activations, and digital production workflows
- Industry Knowledge: Hands-on experience with Roblox or Fortnite Creative/UEFN bidding specifically
- Budgeting Expertise: Demonstrated ability to build accurate budgets for interactive and gaming projects, with a working knowledge of platform-specific cost structures
- Scoping Discipline: Track record of turning ambiguous client conversations into clear, deliverable scopes and watertight budgets
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Comfortable pulling together teams across creative, technical, and production disciplines, and keeping them aligned without micromanaging
- Client-Facing Presence: Professional, calm, and confident in client-facing settings, including bidding calls and budget negotiations
- Communication: Clear, concise written and verbal communication across leadership, clients, and team members
- Operational Sharpness: Strong organizational instincts, ability to manage multiple bids in parallel, and comfort working at pace
- Availability: Willingness to work occasional weekends or late nights when bidding deadlines require it