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Operations Assistant (Contract)

Playground Games is looking for an Operations Assistant to join our
Operations team on a temporary basis.

About us:

As a first-party Xbox Game Studio, we are passionate about making genre-defining games that are
accessible, beautiful, and, most of all, fun.

About the role:

As Operations Assistant, you will be working across both the Administration and Facilities Teams. You will provide efficient reception, administrative and office support to the Studio. This role involves interacting with a variety of internal teams and disciplines, in addition to external visitors.

You will be ordering resources for a busy studio and be responsible for keeping everything well
stocked, providing efficient support for all areas of the business, and supporting the co-ordination of
events and studio goings on. This fast-paced role means you’ll be involved in a number of operational support activities at any one time and will be working across all three studios in Leamington town centre.

Our ideal candidate has excellent customer service skills, is resourceful and flexible, and excited to be a champion for Playground Games and everything we produce.

This is a temporary role and will be based across our three state-of-the-art facilities in Royal
Leamington Spa.

What you’ll do:

• Host a busy reception, including meeting and greeting visitors, arranging NDAs and visitor
badges, answering phone calls and accepting deliveries.
• Provide administrative and operational support to the wider Admin and Operations team for
the day to day running of the studios.
• Accurately log sickness, duvet day requests and medical appointments within an online
holiday system.
• Raise purchase orders
• Respond to email requests from members of staff
• Be responsible for maintaining a safe and tidy studio, including frequent checks and walk
rounds.
• Assist with PG merchandise requests.
• Assist in the organization, administration and set up of PG events.
• Stock maintenance (replenishing vending machines and fridges)
• Assisting with desk moves
• Putting deliveries away
• Tidying meeting rooms / meeting room set up
• Performing other duties as required.
• Be an ambassador for Playground Games and everything we do.
What you’ll bring:
• Professional attitude and ability to work in a confidential manner.
• Flexibility to be involved in several operational support activities at a time, in a fast-paced
environment.
• Experience in a customer facing role.
• Good working knowledge of MS Office inc Outlook, Excel, Word.
• A genuine passion for supporting a workplace and its team.

Playground Games is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, we believe that diversity and inclusion fuels creativity. We are dedicated to creating a safe, comfortable and welcoming working environment.

We strive to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports and celebrates the diverse voices of our team members. It drives our innovation and connects us closer to our players. We are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion across age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

At Playground Games we recognise the importance of self-development, career progression, well-being and retention of our colleagues. We celebrate difference and welcome everyone to join us and to be themselves at work.

If you require any reasonable accommodation to apply for this position, please contact us on recruitment@playground-games.com