Are you a people focused Producer or Senior Producer with an outstanding talent for development methodologies, a good understanding of budgets and a passion for working with creative teams? Are you a problem solver, motivator and detail-oriented team player? If this sounds like you, read on!
Here at Antimatter Games we are looking for a Producer or Senior Producer to join our team working on our UE5 game, IGI : Origins, currently in development. This is a permanent role, which can be either based in our Cornwall office, hybrid office/some work from home days, or fully remote within the UK . We offer stability, great benefits and excellent long-term prospects with the option to relocate and work in a beautiful part of the UK.
This role will work with our teams to develop and deliver a world-class game experience for our players. Working with the departmental leads, you will take ownership for Production of the game project from current development through to delivery and post-release content with a focus for on-time delivery within budget.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- You will work to foster and maintain communication between various disciplines and with partner studios within our organisation.
- You will schedule sprints & workload for the team each sprint, including risk assessment and management
- Working with Department leads and Product Owners to plan sprint capacity and estimates
- Communicating with the Game Director and Product Owners regarding sprint scope
- You will jointly manage any Associate Producer or Production interns in the team
- You will work with finance and management in the ongoing budgetary process
- Communicating constraints on demand vs. availability on time/scope
- Provide oversight on build once candidate for release work is underway - identifying go/no go issues
- Work with Senior Management to identify potential additional staffing requirements
- Tracking work that goes overestimate, reassessing scope as sprints proceed
- Function as a key interdisciplinary point of contact for communication.
- Work to run, manage and track development Project Management.
- Attend/conduct stand ups.
- Support team members to clear blockers and facilitate best performance from developers.
- Work with Production colleagues to Manage team backlogs and do what’s necessary to deliver high-quality projects in a timely manner.
- Use research and competitive analysis to inform and improve pipeline and process.
- Comfortable in the use of JIRA and other tracking tools as appropriate.
- You’ll organize and manage development tracking and report project progress to a wide range of audiences
- You will communicate progress of project, known issues, expected points of risk and failure
- You will be familiar with Subcontractor interaction forecast planning and tracking.
Requirements
- A strong motivator with a positive, can-do mindset
- Shipped a minimum of 1 title as a Producer on PC or Console, preferably single player.
- Strong experience with software development practices.
- Comfortable working with diverse personalities.
- Good understanding of the project budgeting side of the business.
- Great track record of managing successful teams
- Outstanding understanding of version control, ideally Perforce
- Expert knowledge of JIRA or similar
- Excellent understanding of MS Office Suite, specifically word and Excel.
- Positive, proactive, autonomous and self-motivating.
- Organised, calm and an ability to exercise good judgement.
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
Beneficial Skills
- Production experience on multiplayer FPS titles or single player PC/Console games
- Understanding of Unreal Engine.
About Us
We are the South West UK's largest game development studio. Based in Truro, Cornwall, our team works to create exciting and innovative video games!
We were born from the team who made Rising Storm, PC Gamer’s 2013 ‘Multiplayer Game of the Year’, and Rising Storm 2: Vietnam, which released earlier this year. We have also worked on the Killing Floor games, as well as work for other major publishers.
Living in Cornwall: this position is an exciting and unique opportunity to live in one of the most beautiful, idyllic places by the sea in the UK – where the cost of living is competitive – and be part of a talented team on our way to even greater success.
UK Employees will receive Private Health Insurance, a BUPA Cash Plan and subscription to PerkBox, which includes hundreds of perks, freebies and discounts on its platform.
Truro is home to our studio and has been voted one of the top places to live in the whole of the UK, loved for its vibrant, arty & creative atmosphere, with lots of events being held throughout the year.
On weekends and evenings our team can be found cycling, surfing, kayaking, swimming, beach combing, walking, enjoying live music or capturing beautiful sights by camera.
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