Game Producer

Location: United Arab Emirates or Saudi Arabia (role could be remote from any location if willing to work local hours with occasional travel to the region)

Type: Part Time and Full Time

About the Position:

We are seeking an experienced Game Producer who has the instincts and experiences to support and mentor aspiring youth game makers.

The Game Producer will function as the Lead Producer for a portfolio of game projects being developed by members of the Endless Studios community. By working with university students and other aspiring youth game makers to refine their creative concepts, organize their production processes, solve problems and coordinate external production resources, you will help them bring their projects to life. Through your approach, modeling and mentorship, you will help them learn the ropes of game production and build the collaborative skills they will need to succeed in the game industry.

Key Responsibilities:

• Refining creative concepts and shepherding ideas through greenlight reviews;
• Creating project plans and schedules to develop concepts and create assets for participant projects;
• Mentoring aspiring game makers in the art of producing and modeling effective leadership and collaboration;
• Instituting project management practices to ensure quality, timely delivery of project outputs;
• Working with professional, semi-professional and student-led teams to help them achieve their milestones and produce amazing games;
• Sourcing and managing external development resources to augment our internal and participant teams;
• Creating systems and procedures for managing project schedules and documentation;
• Collaborating with game, product and educational design teams to align project content with learning and business goals;
• Ensuring all key design milestones and deliverables are achieved within budgets and timeframes;
• Troubleshooting challenges and conflicts as they arise;
• Communicating effectively both with the game development teams as well as domain experts;
• Contributing to an exciting, innovative, and supportive work environment.

Desired Experience and Skills:

• Minimum 5+ years experience in a producing or project management role in entertainment or software development projects (candidates with game industry experience, including prior released titles, strongly preferred);
• A background or demonstrated strong interest in coaching, training, mentoring or teaching -- and empowering -- less experienced game makers;
• Experience managing and motivating production teams and delivering project milestone on time and at a high-quality level;
• Experience managing external teams and integrating them with internal production resources;
• Ability to communicate effectively with designers, engineers, artists and other game making professionals across geographies and time zones;
• Passion for creating high-quality games that can both make money and have a positive impact for players and on our society.

It's a bonus if you have:

• Shipped one or more games built in Unity;
• Samples of completed Unity game projects you have directly contributed to;
• Prior experience developing for or supporting learning, especially learning to make games.

About Endless Studios:

Endless Studios is a youth-centered studio where the next generation of creators apprentice with professionals to create worlds and develop games. Inspired by the collective culture of open source software communities and the creative culture of game modding communities, Endless Studios operates as a globally distributed, massively open youth-focused game making studio and learning community. Through prior products like Minecraft.Edu, Gamestar Mechanic, The Endless Mission, Terminal Two, and XPrize Connect Code Games Challenge, the founding team at Endless Studios has touched the lives of millions over the past 10 years.

Endless Studios values diverse perspectives and voices on our teams. We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.