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Producer
4 years ago
A Little About Us:
Making fans - That’s what we’re all about! Since our humble beginnings in 2011, these two words have driven Big Viking Games to become the successful company it is today. With over 100 Vikings already on board, and studios in both Toronto and London Ontario, we are focused on making our mark by building awesome free-to-play mobile and social games. Big Viking Games has proudly amassed millions of loyal fans across its many popular titles with no signs of slowing down anytime soon. We believe that by investing in our employees and in new technologies, such as HTML5, we can continue our success for years to come. With that in mind, we are on the hunt for exceptional talent to join our growing team, and that’s where you come in!
The Nitty Gritty:
We are on the lookout for a Producer committed to delivering a quality product to join our game development team on a full-time basis. This role will help drive production and project management for Live Operations titles and collaborate with the Senior Producers on production and corporate initiatives.This position is available in our Toronto or London office.
The Duties
- Daily management of cross functional project teams for game development.
- Project planning and management of product roadmap requirements and dependencies.
- Schedule, budget and resource plan for projects and departments..
- Manage the agile workflow for the project, including: scrums, sprint planning, reviews, milestones reviews and retros
- Provides regular status reporting and capacity plan updates.
- Identify and improve project process, workflow and tools and ensures that each project setup meets the best practices of the Company.
- Iterate and improve project management toolkit.
- Tracks and implements project improvement plans to drive team efficiency.
- Effective communication skills across all levels of an organization: status report, manage team communications, production plans, analysis and summary reports
- Team management, including 1:1s, performance reviews, levelling up etc.
- Be the point person on projects for clients and team members. Know all aspects of development and help team members prioritize and know what to do next.
- Able to negotiate, mediate and conflict manage within projects and teams.
- Execution management with all Production staff, supervise timelines, budgets, milestone reviews etc.
The Essentials:
- 4+ years of game industry experience in game development, production or publishing.
- 2+ years of leadership experience and managing a cross functional teams.
- Able to manage multiple mid to high priority, complex projects/initiatives.
- Create, input and manage project plans including; scope, schedule, resource and budget.
- Great communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Exceptional organization and managerial skills
- Improve personal productivity and positively influence the team.
- Proactive self management both project and career.
- Self-directed and autonomous with minimal guidance or senior level management.
- Adaptable to work in high paced environment.
- Anticipate and mitigate issues and escalations.
- Experience with project management software: Jira, confluence, Google Suite, Microsoft office.
- Passion for delivering the best creative, but capable of finding ways to produce it without jeopardizing schedule and budget.
The Loot:
- Competitive salaries, bonus program, Group Retirement Savings Plan matching & participation in the Employee Stock Option Plan
- Comprehensive benefit package (health, dental, and vision), including generous time off policies
- Stocked kitchen, unlimited snacks and beverages, along with breakfast and daily hot lunches. Vikings can't work on an empty stomach!
- Lots of other great perks such as frequent company paid outings, events and get-togethers
Becoming a Viking:
Are you cut from our cloth? Does the idea of working for a gaming company and doing what you love every day get you so excited you kind of want to scream? Great! Send us your resume and cover letter.
Big Viking Games is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities. If you require an accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs. Accommodation may be provided in all parts of the hiring process.
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