We take play seriously. We’re looking for curious adventurers ready to find their party, fueled by imagination and drive to build what’s never been built before. At Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast, you’ll collaborate with passionate teams to reimagine our iconic brands and create experiences that spark joy, connection, and community through the magic of play. This is your chance to shape legendary play that lasts a lifetime.
This role sits at the intersection of creative direction, franchise strategy, and program management, ensuring that externally produced content meets the creative, brand, and standards of Dungeons and Dragons while benefiting from the unique strengths of our partners.
You’ll be the primary creative owner and day-to-day point of contact partners. You’ll also help build and run our 2P/3P publishing pipeline: translating Product Architect briefs into clear partner direction, driving schedules and gates, and ensuring we deliver on time, on budget, and at D&D quality.
This will by a hybrid role requiring three days a week in our Renton, WA office.
Key Responsibilities
External Creative Leadership
- Serve as the creative lead for externally developed D&D content, including adventures, campaign materials, guides, and artwork.
- Establish and communicate clear creative vision, pillars, tone, and quality standards for partners.
- Review and approve creative deliverables to ensure alignment with D&D lore, brand values, and player expectations.
- Participate in RFPs, pitches, and evaluations, providing creative and strategic assessments of partner capabilities.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Act as a creative liaison between external partners and internal Wizards teams including Product Architects, Design, Art, Narrative, Franchise, Production.
- Gather, synthesize, and represent internal feedback, translating it into clear actions for partners.
- Ensure external work integrates cleanly with internal roadmaps, initiatives, and franchise priorities.
Partner + Program Management (2P/3P Pipeline Ownership)
- Lead end-to-end execution for multiple external projects, from Product Architect brief and partner onboarding through final delivery.
- Define scopes, milestones, review processes, and approval checkpoints.
- Own planning, forecasting, and management of external content development budgets in partnership with Production and Franchise leadership.
- Hold accountability for quality and timeliness of partner deliverables; surface clear go/no-go recommendations at key gates.
- Identify risks, gaps, or quality issues early and proactively course-correct with partners.
Strategic Contribution
- Contribute to broader franchise discussions about content strategy, audience needs, and creative evolution.
- Find opportunities where external development can expand capacity, explore new formats, or reach new audiences without compromising quality.
Required Qualifications
- Significant experience in creative leadership within games, publishing, entertainment, or transmedia storytelling.
- Proven success working with external partners or vendors on premium creative content.
- Strong understanding of narrative, worldbuilding, and visual storytelling principles.
- Demonstrated ability to give clear, constructive creative feedback.
- Experience collaborating cross-functionally with design, art, narrative, brand, and production teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Deep familiarity with Dungeons & Dragons, tabletop RPGs, or adjacent fantasy IPs.
- Experience with franchise or licensed properties.
- Experience managing creative budgets and making cost/quality tradeoffs for externally developed content.
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The pay transparency range for this role is listed below. The hiring range will vary based on factors such as experience, skills, location and market conditions. Additionally, employees may be eligible for annual and long-term incentives as part of their overall compensation package.
Pay Range
$150,500—$235,200 USD
Employees may be eligible for annual and long-term incentives as part of their overall compensation package, depending on role, location, and eligibility. Benefits and programs may include:
- Health & Wellness
- Time Off to Recharge
- Financial Well-being
- Life & Family Support
- Volunteer and Community Initiatives
- Learning & Development
- Exclusive Perks
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