The document discusses various roles in game development including project manager, producer, assistant producer, external producer, creative director. It provides examples like Brienna Hick as a project manager, Paulina Bozek as a former executive producer at Sony, and Yoshiaki Koizumi as a creative director and veteran at Nintendo known for beloved games like Super Mario Sunshine.

1. By Brienna Hick

2. Project
Manger/Producer
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 The Project Manager, also known as the Producer, is
responsible for ensuring the successful delivery of a
game, on time and within budget. They control the
financial and other resources needed for a project
and co-ordinate the work of the production team,
making sure that the quality and vision of the game
is maintained, whatever problems may arise. They
understand everybody’s contribution to a game and
keep an overview of the entire process from start to
finish.

3. Paulina Bozek
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 Paulina Bozek is the CEO of INENSU, a start-up studio developing
social and mobile apps and platforms for the connected generation.
Prior to founding INENSU, she was the Development Director of the
Atari London Studio where she was responsible for overseeing the
creative direction and team management for the development of social
games and applications. Paulina spent six years at Sony as the
Executive Producer of the SingStar franchise for PlayStation. SingStar
has been instrumental in establishing games as popular entertainment
and has achieved over $500million in revenue.

4. Assistant Producer
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 The Assistant (or Junior) Producer works with a
game's production staff to ensure the timely delivery
of the highest quality product possible. Typically,
they will focus on specific areas of the development
process. This could involve handling the
communications between the publisher and
developer, or co-ordinating work on some of the
project's key processes such as managing the
outsourcing of art assets.

5. External Producer
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 An External Producers job responsibilities may focus
mainly on overseeing several projects being worked on by
a number of developers. While keeping updated on the
progress of the games being developed externally, they
inform the upper management of the publisher of the
status of the pending projects and any problems they may
be experiencing. If a publisher's producer is overseeing a
game being developed internally, their role is more akin
to that of an internal producer and will generally only
work on one game or a few small games.

6. Creative Director
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 The Creative Director is the key person during the
game development process, overseeing any high-level
decisions that affect how the game plays, looks
or sounds. They are responsible for the overall look
and feel of a computer game.

7. Yoshiaki Koizumi
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 Yoshiaki Koizumi is a Nintendo veteran who has
worked on some of Nintendo's best selling and
critically acclaimed video games, from his beginning
on The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past to his
role as director in games like Super Mario Sunshine
and Super Mario Galaxy. He has yet to work on a
game that is critically panned; all of his video games
are beloved by both critics and fans alike.