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Associate Producer

A leader in creating deep and engaging experiences on PC and mobile, Jagex was founded in 2001 and is today one of the UK’s biggest and most respected video game developers and publishers.

Famed for its flagship MMOs RuneScape and Old School RuneScape, Jagex has welcomed more than 260million player accounts to its world and created a $1bn lifetime franchise revenue. Today the RuneScape franchise exists beyond running games in live operations; our titles are living games that connect and inspire millions of players, with content and experiences both inside and outside of inexhaustible game worlds.

Both RuneScape and Old School RuneScape, on PC and mobile, offer ever-evolving, highly-active worlds and our community-focussed development ethos empowers players to have a real say in how each game is shaped.

Jagex is expanding and extending its portfolio with fresh franchise titles, new IP and, in 2018 launched Jagex Partners, delivering third-party publishing and operational services exclusively for the living games of the future.

Jagex employs more than 400 people at its Cambridge headquarters and is on the hunt for talented people to work across the business to help the company to achieve yet another year of record growth and player satisfaction.

As Associate Producer youwill work with Feature, Tech, Content and Cross Functional Teams to help track, manage and deliver on the production requirements for the development of the game to meet roadmap and release schedule and targets.

You’ll be responsible for ensuring game releases and dependencies are tracked, providing a clear status of development at all times and mitigating risks and issues. You’ll overcome challenges and support the team to execute and deliver predictably to maximise each game release and meet product goals.

Working closely with the Lead Producer, Project and Product Managers, you will be a motivator and build cross team communication. You will guide and support the team to form a collaborative approach that establishes the highest standards and sets the tone for studio culture and values.

Key Duties:

• As a member of the Production team, work closely with Discipline Leads, and Product Managers to deliver on short and long-term development and roadmap objectives.
• Create clarity for the Game Scrum, Art team, Tech team and Cross Functional Teams as needed by working collaboratively with Product Managers, Producers, Scrum Leads and Senior Leaders to drive requirements and outcomes.
• Serve as a driving force for delivering on OSRS business and product goals, facilitating communication, organization, and accountability for your assigned tasks and projects.
• Schedule and attend meetings as required, taking clear and concise notes and distributing them to the appropriate personnel.
• Provide regular updates and reports as requested on team progress and accomplishments, development status, issues and risks for your assigned work.
• Work closely with the game team to continually develop and improve processes, be a champion for production and execution excellence.
• Identify problems and blockers to enable efficient, predicable delivery of releases to quality that meet product goals and KPIs
• Create good working relationships, helping foster cross team communication of development plans, requirements, and the status of the live game.
• Focus on risks assessment and help define mitigations that deliver great outcomes for the team and product.
• Serve as custodian of team wellbeing and foster a culture of success

Essential Requirements:

• Experience with Mobile, or Console/PC games (preferred)
• Autonomous and able to use initiative with minimal supervision and a confident decision maker
• Worked with software like Jira or similar
• Excellent communication, with the confidence to present to senior teams
• Superb attention to detail

- Flexible Working

- Bonus Scheme

- Private Health Care

- Gym Membership

- Generous Pension Contributions

- Life Insurance

- Free Cycle Repair

- Income Protection

- Dental Plan

- Free Fruit and Drinks

- Subsidised Canteen

Feel like you fit this role, but don’t meet all the requirements? We strive for fresh perspectives, so as long as you can demonstrate how your attitude and other abilities might make up for any gaps we would welcome your application!

Jagex are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief.