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Experienced Games Producer

Edinburgh
Scotland
United Kingdom
Production
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Permanent

Climax is one of the leading creative lights of independent games development with an outstanding line of top published titles. It truly is an exciting and inspiring place to work in the heart of Edinburgh, overlooking the beautiful castle.

We’re looking for an experienced and talented on-site Producer to take this key position on an undisclosed project. Reporting to the Production Director, you will have responsibility for the delivery of the project to time and on budget, and within the quality expectations of the studio and client.

Requirements

  • Experience working in a production role on at least one shipped title.
  • Strong Team Management Skills – experience of managing and motivating teams of developers in all disciplines towards a common project goal.
  • Strong risk analysis skills where it relates to scheduling, budget, personnel and design.
  • The ability to identify and communicate project milestone goals and objectives.
  • Experience using JIRA, Confluence, G-Suite, Excel and other project management tools in a production environment
  • Passionate, willing to go that extra mile to make truly great games
  • Demonstrable and effective verbal and written communications skills

Responsibilities

  • To lead and support a multidisciplinary team
  • Manage the schedules of multiple departments within the game team, to ensure that milestones are agreed, detailed and delivered as expected
  • Create milestone content and realistic production schedules in coordination with team leads and management
  • Manage the project budget - identifying resource requirements and expectations, tracking actual project spend vs planned spend and updating projections
  • Ensure project scope is being adhered to
  • Identify and resolve conflicts between schedule, budget and design goals
  • Manage communication of project progress to the Production Director and internal senior management team
  • Ensure each team member is working from a tracked schedule and has a strong sense of ownership, responsibility and accountability for the quality and timeliness of their contribution
  • Ensure effective communication, foster positive working relationships and teamwork
  • Keep abreast of current market trends
  • Work closely with international publishers

Benefits

  • Excellent holiday package
  • Regular social events
  • A friendly, focused, ambitious and relaxed working environment
  • Ongoing training and development, with career progression
  • Group Private Medical Insurance provided by BUPA
  • Group Life Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Private Dental Insurance
  • Group Income Protection
  • Company Pension Scheme
  • Cycle To Work Scheme
  • Eye-Care Vouchers

Perks

  • In-house clubs and socials. From board games, tennis, football to D&D nights, there are lots of opportunities to socialise.
  • Regular Socials including Project Wrap Parties, team and studio events, Christmas and annual Summer parties and some great charity fundraising events.
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