Deep Silver Dambuster Studios have an exciting opportunity within their highly talented and experienced Production department for a Producer.
You will be working on the next game in the successful Dead Island series for PC and console, owning the planning and delivery of features and roadmaps, seeking to maximize quality within the required constraints.
They're looking for someone that has a deep understanding of game development and the challenges it brings and can balance managing the right amount of process and planning detail with maintaining a close eye on the final product.
Your responsibilities...
Own the planning and delivery of features and departmental roadmaps
Work with department directors and leads to balance competing priorities
Provide feature definition to teams, removing obstacles and enabling efficient development
Use your experience and production tools to turn your hand to any problems, allow the team to focus on what they do best
Ensure development goals are understood and communicated out to the team or other stakeholders
Inspire confidence through decision making and pragmatic insight
Own all aspects of day-to-day task planning to enable an organized and well-connected team
Build close relationships with Project Managers and other Producers to balance available resource and predict upcoming risks
Maintain excellent relationships with departmental leads and directors
Be familiar with industry trends and competitor products
The skills and experience you'll bring to the role...
3+ years of experience in game development as a Producer or Project Manager
Detailed understanding of project management techniques and production practices
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Understanding of common project management tools such as Hansoft or Jira
Professional communication and interpersonal skills, including conflict resolution
Passion for and insight in to video games
Non essential, bonus skills...
Experience of managing software engineers
Educated to degree level or higher
At Deep Silver Dambuster you’ll be working with cutting edge tech as part of an experienced, passionate, and diverse team within in a creative and collaborative work environment. Deep Silver encourage and support their team to participate in outreach opportunities and also fund learning and development opportunities for any of their team with an interest in self-development.
They also offer a range of other perks and benefits including…
Relocation assistance
Flexible working around core hours
Gym membership scheme
Free financial advice
Annual pay reviews and genuine opportunities to progress within the studio
Employee referral bonus scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Regular team activities including their family focused summer BBQ
