Producer, Video Games

Gamefam; United States; Remote; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Gamefam is seeking a Producer to lead creative projects within an innovative gaming environment. This role involves overseeing project stages, communicating with stakeholders, and ensuring high-quality game development. Ideal candidates will have deep game design knowledge and experience managing teams, contributing to the production of engaging games for various platforms.

Benefits

Remote Flexibility

Unlimited PTO

Comprehensive insurance package

401K

WFH Stipend

Electronics Allotment

Qualifications

• 3–7 years of experience in game production or related fields.
• Experience leading development teams with effective communication.
• Solid understanding of game models and ability to manage production calendars.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for multiple projects, coordinating internal and external teams.
• Develop and manage production schedules, ensuring project health and quality.
• Analyze KPIs and user feedback to refine product experience.

Skills

Communication

Detail Oriented

Risk Management

Game Design Knowledge

Leadership

User Experience Design

Job description

Company overview:

At Gamefam, we are revamping the gaming landscape. We strive to provide an unmatched experience for both players and creators across metaverse gaming platforms like Roblox, Fortnite Creative Mode, and Minecraft.

We aim to deliver the most authentic games and highest quality. We combine experienced mobile F2P producers, designers, and live ops managers with top native dev talent to create a one-of-a-kind, creative production and live operations hybrid powerhouse!

Our mission is simple: Amazing experiences for amazing communities.

And the COOLest part of working at Gamefam is how we win, together. We do this through Collaboration, taking Ownership, delivering Outstanding work, and cultivating Leadership at every level (aka, living our values).

Position Summary:

A Producer at Gamefam is the visionary, the painter of imagination, the team’s spiritual leader and the sharpest and most critical eye in the room. They must be possessed of incredible passion for doing only the best work, and have the combination of creative and technical skills to make their vision a reality for their colleagues in production, programming, art, and marketing.

Responsibilities:

• As a Producer, you’ll be responsible for a project or multiple projects, working with both internal and external teams.
• Drive your project at different stages of the development life cycle.
• Assist in developing, guiding, and facilitating the most senior designer’s game concepts from vision statement, mood boards, and game pillars down to finely detailed feature specs, layouts, and game logic-driven flow charts and spreadsheets.
• Coordinate internal and external resources to define and adhere to strict production schedules
• Establish development priorities and landmarks on a per-project basis
• Ensure the impact of scope changes is understood, and the ramifications are clearly communicated
• Meet with Gamefam’s partners, leading meetings, and keeping them fully engaged and excited about the status of the projects.
• Communicate frequently and effectively with key collaborators on project status, risks, and opportunities.
• Build and maintain project plans, schedules, and roadmaps
• Convey project health including current state, progress, potential risks, and blockers to key partners
• Partner with the management and production team to define and implement best practices.
• Support deployment of features in coordination with marketing and community teams
• Be able to dive into the engine at times to drive and enforce the quality bar for the team.
• Analyze KPIs, user feedback, and market trends to refine the product experience.

Skills/Requirements:

• 3–7 years of experience in game production, product management, or related fields.
• Experience leading development teams and delivering high quality productions on time and on budget - Superb written and verbal communication skills.
• High detail oriented and comfortable using various production tools and templates to manage transparent, detailed production calendars.
• Solid understanding of F2P, live service, or premium game models.
• Experience working with global brands and building relationships with stakeholders.
• Deep knowledge of game design and features, how mechanics, dynamics, and aesthetics combine to create engaging, enjoyable, and profitable video games.
• Accountable for a game's full development cycle.
• Experience with identifying risks and is able to develop mitigation strategies.
• Should be experienced and comfortable with user experience and interface design and how those functions facilitate great gameplay, retention, and monetization.
• Ability to lead a 10+ person project, or multiple smaller projects.
• Must have launched multiple games from inception to full release.

Highlights of Perks and Benefits:

• Remote Flexibility
• Unlimited PTO
• Company wide shutdown between Christmas and New Years
• Comprehensive insurance package including medical, dental, vision, disability & life insurance
• 401K
• WFH Stipend
• Electronics Allotment
• More surprises when you join!

Notes:

This is a remote position with working hours generally based around PST. Working hours can be shifted for candidates in other time zones.

The base pay for this position is $65,000 - $85,000. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate location, experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.

Business and operational costs, as well as state or local employment laws, factor into the approval of locations for remote work. The states listed below are approved by Gamefam for remote work locations. CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IL, IN, MA, MN, MO, NC, NJ, NV, NY, OH, TX, UT, WA.