Producer

Purpose

To provide organizational and creative leadership on video game development from initial design through to code release by managing projects to schedule and budget.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for one franchise of one or more SKUs.
• Define and track projects to schedule and milestones.
• Coordination of development staff and task interdependencies to ensure timely and accurate asset flow.

Work closely with the Technical, Creative and Art Directors to:

• Ensure each product's commercial success.
• Understand, refine, maintain and disseminate the product.
• Identify and resolve conflicts between schedule, budget and design goals.
• Drive communication.
• Provide effective coordination of staff.
• Ensure adequate, efficient and effective project staffing and resolve staffing conflicts across the studio.
• Identify, contract and direct individuals or organizations outside the project in the creation of assets such as independent contractors, talent, music, sound, voice and video production.
• Manage external developers and contractors to contractual requirements.
• Foster positive working relationship and teamwork within the development teams with an emphasis on communication.
• Oversee documentation, testing and QA processes.

Key Results

• To establish and manage projects to schedule.
• Good relationships maintained with other team members at all times.

Essential Skills, Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor's level degree (preferably Comp Sci) or equivalent /related experience.
• Minimum of 3 years experience in a project management role.
• Good understanding of multimedia and software tools.
• Proficiency in project management software.
• Excellent organizational and communication (both verbal & written) skills.
• A proven ability to multi-task, make decisions and solve problems efficiently and effectively.
• Self motivated and avid game player.
• Able and willing to work additional hours as necessary to successfully complete tasks.
• Excel as a team player and strive to maximize team/department performance.
• A dedicated work ethic and commitment to excellence.

Desirable Skills, Knowledge and Experience

• An understanding of game theory and related technology.
• An understanding of the game development life cycle and design process - from concept to delivery