PRODUCER

TN United Kingdom; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

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Our client in Leamington Spa is a brand-new studio with big ambitions and a forward-thinking approach to game development, following in the footsteps of its world-class HQ in Brighton. They are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

We now have an opportunity for a Producer to join our new team, working on an exciting AAA console product based on a globally-recognised IP for a major publisher.

The Producer will have responsibility for the game’s production; ensuring the project delivers quality, on time and on budget. Most importantly, the successful candidate will have a passion for quality and a knowledge of video games. Reporting to the Lead Producer, you will be charged with planning, organizing, scheduling and monitoring these areas and facilitating regular meetings and inter-team communication.

This position is based in England at Leamington Spa.

The Producer will:

• Assist the team in the development of a high-quality product, on time and to budget.
• Development and ongoing monitoring of the organization, execution and control of project activities within one or more sub-areas of development.
• Prepare and monitor development schedules and see them through their successful conclusion.
• Maintain effective communications with all team members.
• Facilitate and Chair weekly meetings with sub-team(s).
• Assist the team to prepare regular milestone deliverables to submit to external management.
• Consistently achieve and sustain overall sub-team productivity.
• Routinely work to ensure effective open communication and helping to establish clearly defined goals and objectives.
• Help to ensure that new members are made welcome and are successfully integrated into the team.
• Remove impediments between development and business stakeholders.
• Facilitate processes to enable the business to maximize ROI.

Job Requirements:

A minimum of one year’s high-level project and team management/coordination experience and experience of managing or coordinating F2P mobile projects.
Strong technical skills, including a competent working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, essential for planning and tracking and the ability to understand technology issues.
Flexibility and adaptability; assertiveness and persuasiveness.
Proven organizational skills; effective in written, verbal and aural communication; and the ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
The ability to anticipate problem areas and initiate appropriate and decisive corrective actions.
Able to balance technical solutions with time, cost and human factors; and to devote the necessary time to planning, directing and controlling team activities.
Good understanding of human behavior; the ability to maintain a proper balance between organizational and human elements.
Able to work independently on routine tasks with little supervision.
An enthusiastic gamer and good knowledge of multi-platform video games and the entertainment software industry.
Please also let us know if you have experience in:

Scrum/Agile project management methodologies.
SAFe (scaled agile framework) certification.
Live Operations.