Production Manager

Games Jobs Direct; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading game development studio in the UK is seeking a Production Manager for their Tabletop RPG and Boardgame division. This role requires proven experience in board-game production and strong communication skills. You will manage projects from inception to completion, liaising with developers and suppliers while ensuring quality standards and budgets are met. The studio promotes a hybrid work pattern allowing flexibility to accommodate work-life balance. Join us to innovate in a creative and friendly environment.

Benefits

22 days holidays plus Christmas closure

Private Medical Insurance

Enhanced Pension Scheme

Mental Health and Wellbeing Support

Qualifications

• Proven experience in board-game production.
• Experience liaising with overseas and domestic suppliers.
• Strong attention to detail and time management.

Responsibilities

• Ensure quality expectations are met and projects are completed on schedule.
• Manage the production schedule and quality control processes.
• Liaise with international printers and freight companies.

Skills

Board-game production experience

Strong communication skills

Organizational skills

Negotiation skills

Time management

Problem-solving mindset

Tools

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Photoshop

Title management systems (e.g. Consonance)

Job description

We want you to #JOINTHEREBELLION!

For 30 years we've been independently developing and publishing incredible video games at our multiple studios founded by Jason & Chris Kingsley, but Rebellion is more than just games. We have our own film and mo-cap studio, we create board games, publish books, and through 2000AD, publish comics and graphic novels such as the amazing Judge Dredd.

We operate across multiple UK locations and employ a hybrid work pattern for this position from our studios located in Oxford, Warwick and Runcorn. Work‑life balance is important to us, and we're happy to discuss how we can accommodate your working preferences by offering flexibility in both working hours and the frequency of onsite days.

Rebellion is looking for a Production Manager for Rebellion Unplugged, our Tabletop RPG and Boardgame division. This role is the perfect opportunity for a lover of boardgames to take the next step in their production career with an ambitious and exciting company.

The ideal candidate will have proven experience of board‑game production. This is a busy role, covering complex, multi‑element games so(Byte: strong communication and prioritisation skills are essential. This role will work collaboratively with the development team from the early stages of projects to maximise the quality and cost efficiency of projects, while fitting the right materials to the play experience.

You will ensure that clear and consistent quality expectations are met, and projects are completed on schedule and to budget. You will manage the schedule alongside the in‑house game developers, manage the quality control process for samples and completed games, request quotes, maintain the necessary safety and product import marks on products, advise on safety testing requirements for international markers and manage their implementation.

The ideal candidate will also have experience liaising with international printers and freight companies, will be able to negotiate good terms and be agile in handling long and short print deadlines. You will also be responsible for booking freight, monitoring product formats, print quantities and schedules and notifying the team when those decisions are likely to expose a project to freight spikes.

Alongside production duties, you will also be responsible for analysing stock holdings on an ongoing basis and advising on reprints, as well as liaising with our Rights Manager on co‑edition printings. You will ideally be familiar with formats and materials used in both the board‑game and RPG industries. You will need to be familiar with InDesign and Photoshop, be able to check files and output print‑ready PDFs.

Requirements

• Proven experience in board‑game production
• Strong attention to detail, administrative and organisational skills
• Experience liaising with overseas and domestic suppliers
• Strong communication and negotiation skills
• Good understanding of budget necessities
• Strong time management and scheduling ability
• Familiarity with Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and title management systems such as Consonance or Biblio
• Problem‑solving mindset with the ability to prioritise, work to multiple deadlines and the ability to work well in a busy environment
• Knowledge and a passion for the board‑game and RPG industries

Benefits

We offer an extensive benefits package to our team including:

• 22 days holidays + Christmas closure (typically 4 days) & bank holidays (increasing with service at 5 years – one day each year until ise 31 days)
• Private Medical Insurance, healthcare cash plan, including dental and vision
• Life Assurance, Income Protection & Critical Illness Cover
• Enhanced Family Leave
• Interest‑free, tax‑free loans
• Enhanced Pension Scheme
• EAP a range of Mental Health and Wellbeing Support
• Plus loads more… including a wide range of discounts, freebies, and social events!

About Us

Whichever team you join at Rebellion we are proud of our open, friendly, and creative atmosphere. We love what we do, and we have fun doing it! As a big indie developer, we have complete creative freedom over our titles which allows us to work on a massive variety of projects across all the major platforms.

Find out more about us here.

Our size, stability, and the variety of in‑house expertise across multiple industries, makes Rebellion completely unique! We work in our own way, and we celebrate that as the key to our success. We foster an inclusive culture where you are encouraged to be yourself, to express your creativity and your talent. We are people focused and will support you in every way to can be the best at what you do. We recogniseൃതദ the importance of enjoying what you do and having a healthy work‑life balance. We offer a friendly, creative, and relaxed working atmosphere, with sensibly managed projects and a wide variety of benefits and development opportunities for all our teams to ensure you are fully supported with your physical and mental well‑being.

We are actively recruiting for a diverse team and continue to add to our culture of growth and inclusion. Rebellion encourages innovation in all areas, and we look forward to hearing how you can help us to be better. We encourage all demographics of culture, gender, ethnicity, neuro‑diversity and beyond, because a representative team makes better products.

If you are interested in working at Rebellion, but this role doesn't sound quite like you, we're recruiting for a range of positions across the studio and we're always happy to receive speculative applications via our website. Visit our Careers website to view all our live vacancies: Rebellion: Careers.