Xsolla is the industry leader in video game commerce. Powered by its Transaction Engine, Business Engine and new Web Shop for Mobile, Xsolla helps developers and publishers market, sell, connect and optimize their games globally.
Now, Xsolla is striving to become a leader in the delivery of narrative games, creating both the game engine and award-winning titles. Working with a small team of talented industry veterans, including the most creative minds in TV, film and games, we will push the boundaries of the way players consume and experience interactive storytelling.
We are seeking a skilled Game Producer to help us further develop our narrative game engine and build out our stories with the top-level writing talent we have contracted. Your responsibilities as Game Producer include working closely with our senior staff to oversee production on these upcoming titles. The Game Producer is responsible for bringing the vision of our creative teams to life while contributing in important ways to player interactivity and narrative gameplay. Other responsibilities include planning, scheduling, facilitating communication, and identifying risk.
Ideal candidates will bring a proven record of success with diverse teams making ambitious games, ideally with a focus on narrative or cinematic development. The ideal candidate will bring an expert level understanding of narrative game development with experience in interactions, animation systems and cinematic games. The position is for full-time employment in and reports to our President and other stakeholders to be determined, and our consulting head of creative for special projects.
Responsibilities:
- Develop modern narrative gameplay experiences by leveraging existing systems and creating new ones.
- Help plan, design, and then fully implement narrative interactions and game scenes for upcoming titles in Xsolla’s interactive stories engine.
- Work closely with our development teams to envision and implement strategies for game components, narrative system tools, and product deadlines.
- Master proprietary Xsolla cinematic authoring technology, helping to build integrations for the next generation of narrative games.
- Design, write and test efficient blueprints and design systems that control the game functionality and authoring tools.
- Work in small focused groups, be an active participant in the design and production of the game; you are the technical side of the creative team!
- Serve as a bridge between the PM of the external development team(s) and the elite creative teams writing and designing the stories.
- Work closely with stakeholders and PM of the development team reviewing milestone plans, identifying and communicating deliverables and helping ensure adherence to publishing requirements.
- Communicate current state, as well as medium and long term development plans to all stakeholders and team members, as well as assist in predicting issues and troubleshooting.
- Act as liaison to any IP licensors with respect to requirements, approvals and other partnership management.
- Contribute to the overall development and refinement of our production process and our stories to increase efficiency, quality, and player experience.
- Contribute to the creation and maintenance of the game budgets.
- Partner with Project Manager, who will communicate with programming, QA and release teams.
- Travel may be required.
Essential Skills:
- 5 or more years experience as a game producer, game designer, technical designer, or gameplay programmer.
- Must have 3 or more years experience working with an interactive game engine and consider themselves 'advanced' in all aspects of interactive stories gameplay capabilities.
- Strong creative and narrative skills, with experience working in narrative or interactive fiction and the ability to help writers/creators understand the interactive medium.
- Proven experience building key components of a modern interactive stories game, ideally with focus on storytelling and creating exciting stories through the use of cinematics, animation, and player interactions.
- Ability to communicate with designers, programmers, and artists at the same time, creating compelling and highly efficient game systems.
- Thrive on creating highly direct and operational systems that shine in their functionality more than their elegance.
- Self-motivated and diligent, with established habits for tracking one's own tasks and seeking out answers when needed.
- Outstanding communication skills.
- Experience creating a schedule and monitoring the progress of all departmental milestones and individual tasks, including use of JIRA, Google Suite and other management tools. Ability to track and organize work in Confluence/Jira and write and distribute weekly updates to all teams.
- Receptive to the iterative nature of new interactive stories engine design with a willingness to participate in many areas of the game development
WHAT WE CAN OFFER
Full medical benefits (medical, vision, dental, life), an inclusive work environment, unlimited vacation time, 401K with match, flexible work options, retirement planning, continuing education, competitive salary & bonuses and more.
ABOUT XSOLLA:
Serving only the video game industry, the Xsolla Transaction Engine powers the full suite of cloud-based tools to promote and monetize projects, while Xsolla Business Engine provides clients with the roadmap to maximize those tools, and connect them with industry partnerships to expand their business. The two work seamlessly together -- for businesses of all sizes, from indie to enterprise -- to solve the complexities of distribution, marketing and monetization so they can increase their audience, sales and revenue. Incorporated in the United States and headquartered in Los Angeles with offices worldwide, Xsolla operates as a merchant and seller of record for major gaming entities like Valve, Twitch, Roblox, Ubisoft, Epic Games and KRAFTON. For more information, please visit www.xsolla.com .
Xsolla is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on the following: Race, color, Ancestry, national origin, Religion, creed, Age (over 40), Disability, mental and physical, Sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), Sexual orientation, Gender identity, gender expression, Medical condition, Genetic information, Marital status, Military and veteran status, and any other terms deems by the State of California.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands for this position are sits, stands, bends, lifts, and moves intermittently during working hours. These physical requirements may be accomplished with or without reasonable accommodations.
The duties of this position may change from time to time so the individual and organization can achieve their results. This job description is intended to describe the general level of work being performed. It is not intended to be all-inclusive.
Xsolla takes your privacy very seriously and will not sell or externally distribute any data received during the hiring process. For more information related to GDPR or CCPA please reach out to careers@xsolla.com.
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